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TEE 276 LavcHiING Boy aa a TP NS VION cans, but she would never do it with me. I de- served it from her. She made a fool of me instead. Why not me, too? Always putting me off an’ getting around me. And then that fool came ou: of nowhere and she gave him everything. Him! And he threatened me. He told me what to do. All this through many months had become a single feeling. They were riding slowly, leaning towards each other, talking. Faintly, he hearc her laugh. There was a pack-animal in front of them — they were going on a visit somewhere. very rich, with a pack-horse. He thought, * There goes the man who may send an arrow into me some day.’ It made the small of his back squirm. He took up his rifle, aimed high for distance, and fired. The gun had not been cleaned for sev- eral weeks, his hands were cold, and the pony moved. He fired three times, then ducked low behind the rock, and began riding. Laughing Boy heard the shots, turned, and | ducked as two bullets snapped close to him, be- fore he saw Slim Girl slump forward in the saddle. He threw his arm about her, caught her rein, and | drove the horses to a gallop. The pack-animal, startled by the rush behind him, raced ahead. A 1 When you have only a bow, and an unseen person | or persons begins shooting liberally with a rifle, | 1

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