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wig 18 LAvcHING Boy Red Man arose puzzled and angry. He went at the next bout seriously. He would have liked to foul, but he was afraid of Hurries to War. Laugh- ing Boy, staring over his opponent’s shoulder, saw Slim Girl's face as she watched, half smiling. Again he ceased sceing, his jaws clamped fiercely together, he gripped clese and lifted, then over — now. A fall, and a hard one. Red Man was shaken, and came into the next bout without confidence. The fall he got was worse than the others. ‘Take the goods,” Hill Singer told the winner. ‘Put up vour horse, and try again. You might get your belt back,” Laughing Boy mocked. ‘We are going to play Tset Dilth on the fourth nigh, then bring your belts.” Red Man was feel- ing the back of his head. ‘I shall be there.’ Laughing Boy gathered up his winnings. He looked around. Slim Girl had disappeared. He was hungry. He hunted up Jesting Squaw’s Son. ‘It is noon. Let us go eat.’ II Many visitors were at the hogahns scattered about Tsé Lani. There was much food and much talk. Where they went, they reclined on sheep- skins, while two small naked boys brought ears of i i i x rn Cm A SSE 1 i A

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