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at 16 LavugHING Boy a a a VENA VENA ENA Sw Aa A A Aa collecting and announcing the bets. Most of the money was on Big Tall Man, and there were few takers. Laughing Boy could not place any. He saw that girl sitting among the neutral spectators. ‘Who is that girl.” he asked Slender Hair — ‘the one who had so much hard goods on last night?’ ‘She is called Slim Girl, I think. She comes from down by the railroad track, from near Chiziai, I think.’ Big Tall Man and Man Hammer moved up to two dead trees of roughly the same size. Hill Singer and Hurries to War were judging. Now they pushed and strained at the trees, digging their feet in the sand, heaving shoulders. Big Tall Man's tree began to crack; then suddenly it went over. People exclaimed and laughed. After that nobody more wanted to play against him, Then they had wrestling for the young men. Laughing Boy bet a little and lost a couple of dollars. There was a tall man wearing an Ameri- can shirt and trousers and a hat, who made a great deal of noise about himself. He beat one challenger easily. Laughing Boy recognized the man who danced so outrageously last night. ‘Who is that?’ he asked. ‘That is Red Man. He comes from down by the railroad.’ 1 i

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