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240 * .LAauGgHING Boy done indoors. She greeted the visitor correctly- : : hospitably, and saw that her husband, although ¢ he seemed grave, was at peace with himself. At the first moment when they were alone, Laughing Boy explained the situation, watching her anxiously. She nodded her head. ‘Poor man, I am sorry for him. We must help | “him. He is going to get over his love, I think. He [i is already reconciled to it. It is that in combina- tion with the other that worries him, I think.’ Her husband, after a moment's thought, agreed. I ‘Now this is what we must do; talk about what § will keep him interested, talk about things you have done together, talk of what will remind him of the good taste of life in his mouth. Do not try to make him laugh, do not try to comfort him. We shall show him new things. I shall give him § some of your drink, I shall talk about the Ameri- ¥ cans. Now, I think, he is keeping one thing in his | mind all the time, we must make him let go of it. § Do you see?’ ‘Yes, that is very good.’ Truly, his wife was a remarkable woman, so § wise, so right. Hearing his friend returning, he § kissed her quickly. That evening was blissful, so harmonious that i in the middle of it Jesting Squaw’s Son excused § himself, went down to the corral, and cried into §