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LS CHAPTER XVII 1 As summer drew to a close, Laughing Boy tocs = spending more time than was necessary with = horses. Sometimes he would crave company, 22 if he found it, would be sociable and garrulous z other times he kept very much to himself. Nc m who met him then for the first time would z= named him ‘Laughing Boy.” Locally he wz known as ‘Horse Trader,” and latterly one InZ.z had applied to him, in jest, the name of = legendary character ‘Turns His Back,’ which bz: fair to stick. Partly he liked to be away {r= home because of the chance of a happy returr.. she were waiting for him, if she had not been = town, if he was tired from the long ride anc : peace with himself, the old spell would surrc= them. If she was just back from that work of E= or if she came in after he did, she overt—= brooding, and a little nervous, it was a fai= Once or twice they quarrelled; she had an a= ingly sharp and clever tongue. The quar ended in reconciliation and passion which = hausted them both without bringing peace either. On one day, when autumn had begun to a

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