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. LavgHING Bov 25 ~~ cigar which Jesting Squaw’s Son passed back to him. ‘I'll offer you a nickel, perhaps.’ Both laughed. ‘You say, how much.’ The formal gambits were over. The guide cocked his head, pursed his lips, and looked criti- cal and rather disgusted. ‘I'll give you twenty- nve dollars.’ ‘No, no.’ ‘How much, then?’ He took it off. ‘This is a good belt. These 3 stones are good. The silver is heavy; Mexican » silver. That is good work. Seventy-five dollars.’ The guide grunted, and threw a pinch of sand sn it in token of its worthlessness. ‘What does he say he wants?’ ‘He says seventy-five.’ ‘What's it worth?’ ‘Up to about sixty, I guess. Them’s good szones.’ ‘Get it for less if you can.’ ! Laughing Boy passed the cigar back. His Iriend, who knew a little English, whispered, ‘He saves sixty, I think, that he will pay.” He blew out

a the cigar to use up as much as was possible.

Laughing Boy asked the guide, ‘Where do you come from?’

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