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Ls 38 | LAUGHING Boy She is not of the People any more, she is Ameri- || can. She does bad things for the Americans.’ ‘I do not know what vou mean, but I know her, - that girl. She is not bad. She is good. She is & strong. She is for me. ‘You come from away up there; you do not know about these things. Nor do you know her. 8 What is her clan?’ f ‘I do not know.’ 1 ‘Well? And what makes you think you can go out and pick a wife for yourself like this? Thefl next thing I know, you will jump into the fire. If tell vou, she is all bad; for two bits she will do thei! worst thing.’ Laughing Boy sat up suddenly. ‘You should@ not have said that, you should not have thought®¥ it. Now you have said too much. I hope that bad thing follows you around always. Now you havels said too much. Ugh! This place is too small forgt el He ran outside. He needed space. People were i beginning to arrive; there was laughing and@ shouting around the trading post. He went of rapidly to get by himself, too proud to run befor: people. His mind was boiling; he wanted to hig} something, he was all confused. This way he wen on until at last he reached a small butte tha@l ° offered protection. He tore around the corner. § A

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