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fully," said the husband, with watering eyes and heavy beating of the 

 heart. 



Just when the sun was setting with a deep glow he took his bow 

 and two arrows and went out. When the horse saw him leaving his 

 tipi, it began to whinny at him, thinking he was the wife. Advancing 

 to the horse with quick steps and full of energy, he took aim at his heart 

 and shot his horse. This horse staggered around, and he again sent 

 another arrow from the other side, which landed on the ground. This 

 red-speckled horse vomited and staggered until he fell dead on the 

 ground, still tied to the stake-pin. 



The sun had set in the western sky. "You may now enjoy yourself 

 v»^ith him ! Go and see him as often as you like," said the husband, 

 with sarcasm to his wife, who was still swallowing her saliva with some 

 fear. For some time both exchanged no words, and they retired with 

 gloomy disposition. 



In the morning the husband awoke his wife to go out and turn the 

 stock loose. "^Say, I wish you would get up at once. Go and turn the 

 stock loose and drive them to the range before breakfast," said the hus- 

 band abruptly and still in different spirit. "Oh, my ! I am quite sleepy 

 yet," siaid the wife, taking a long gape and sneezing toward the wall of 

 the tipi. The wife then took her lariat and went out of the tipi with a 

 deep cough, to clear her voice. Looking to the camp-ground, then to 

 the location of the horses, she was surprised to find them all gone except 

 the dead one. 



Without any word of exclamation she returned, and, entering the 

 tipi with courage, said to her husband, still in bed, his head completely 

 covered up : "Your thoughtless act of last evening has made the whole 

 herd desert us. That red-speckled horse which you shot dead yester- 

 day has taken away the herd. He is lying on the ground, but the rest 

 are all gone, leaving no trail behind." "Is that so? Do you mean 

 to say that the whole herd is gone except the dead one? ' Oh, my, my! 

 I cannot bear that. Something has got to be dene to get them back. 

 They may have stampeded early this morning," said the husband, put- 

 ting on his leggings and moccasins. "Oh, yes, they are all gone. Just 

 get out and you will see," said the wife with a hint. So he went out, 

 and surely the whole herd had gone excepting the dead horse. 



Feeling heart-stricken, he went back into his tipi and began to beg. 

 his wife to tell him if there was any secrecy between her and the dead 

 horse. The wife still held her peace, but kept on with sorrowful dis- 

 position. "Say, dear wife, I wish you would have mercy on me to 

 tell me what gifts you have got from him. I want you to forgive me, 



