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wig “J_AUGHING Boy ‘Yes.’ ‘T hope you win. I shall take it all away from you to-night.’ ‘All right.’ I He turned out of the crowd to avoid him; the@§ man made him feel disagreeable. Towards him@ walked a pinto pony with too-long ears, carrying: Half Man, his father’s brother. Laughing Boy watched him sorrowfully as he approached, con : sidering the withered arm and leg, the wasted apf pearance of this man, and remembering Wolfe Killer, the tall, cheerful brave he had known as af: boy, before the Ute arrow grazed the right side off his head and, by some strange Ute magic, shriv{f elled the left side of his body. ‘ Ahalani, nephew. Are you here alone?’ ‘Yes. It is good to see you.’ ‘Are all well?’ ‘All are well, but there has been very little rain this spring.’ ‘Too bad. The chicken-pull is starting. Aren’ you in it?’ ‘I have only one horse; that I am riding in ths last race.’ ‘You should be in it. I should have been in it your age. This horse is all right; take it.’ He dismounted clumsily, taking a walkin stick from behind the saddle. Laughing Boy fe! his eyes sting. CORR MR OB Mw 8 lou nn

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