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LaveHING Boy 225 He found his wife waiting before the door. ‘I did not know you were going to be gone so . ong; I have been lonely without you. Bring in | our saddle while I get supper. I am glad when vou come back.’ ‘I am always glad to be back.’ ‘As long as you feel like that, I shall continue to =e happy.’ i® Why should he worry himself about this wo- 8 —an? And why should he worry about anything . =se as long as he had this woman? He slapped the | conies’ flanks to make them run around the corral. | He looked at his growing corn, and as he broke the z=tle mud dam across his irrigation ditch, he felt | --c coolness of evening seep along his veins as the cright water spread through the narrow channels. “lay bluffs were not as fine as painted rock, there | vas too much adobe in this sand, but it was a fair ziace. The fire gleamed before his house, he heard =e flow of water and the occasional stamp of a ! zorse in the corral. Slim Girl brought out the bottle and an orange. ‘Do not make the drink, little sister, I do not | want it. I think I shall try not taking it.’ She kept herself from looking at him. She was | —ubled. “All right.’ What was this? Probably nothing. When one

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