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CHAPTER III I ~ z= dance of the second night was much like that

Z the first, although perhaps a little less exuber-

=. He entered once more into the river of song, == I was happy, yelling his head off, save that he <:2t on being conscious of that girl. While she -z: dancing, he would forget about her, but when == saw her looking for another partner, he would -= uneasy until she had made her choice. He =:zced that she did not dance with Red Man. ~zliway between midnight and dawn, the women -z~ing departed, he fell out, to sleep by a fire. They rode down to Ane’¢ Tseyi that day, where == dance of the final night would be held. He -:Ze behind Jesting Squaw's Son's saddle, leading =z mare. He hoped they would find a place with s:me grass for the animal, and reflected that in x= case, now, he could afford to buy corn. The . hot ride, hot sun, hot wind, unrelieved, sgh hed on them somewhat, combining with lack sleep to make limbs sluggish and eyes heavy. e was a relief to ride into the narrow cafion of parte © destination, to rest in a strip of afternoon Ze. Laughing Boy took the horses down to the

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