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would like to have a nice horse added to my herd to-day, dear wife, an 

 animal that has a whitish color, with bay specks all over the body, and 

 golden mane and tail." So he ate breakfast with his wife, both having 

 smiling faces. ''Well, then, you go over to the herd and bring in that 

 gentle mare again; that mare that I rode a good deal," said the wife. 

 So he went out to the herd and brought in the gentle mare, together 

 with the red-speckled horse. "Now, wife, here is the mare with the 

 red-speckled horse," said the husband. After the wife had finished her 

 chores she saddled up the mare with good saddle blankets, starting off 

 in the same direction. The husband remained at home, and at times 

 went out to see if his wife was coming in. It was about forenoon when 

 she came over the divide through the ravine, and shortly afterwards, 

 the golden-speckled horse, with the red-speckled horse. Reaching the, 

 tipi, she said to her husband, who was just coming out of the tipi, 

 "Here, take this horse. He is perfectly gentle in every way. Bridle 

 him and use him. I have already told you that they will be of gentle 

 disposition," said the wife, dismounting from the mare. "Well, well, 

 I am so glad to hear your good words, and much more pleased to get 

 a good gift from you," said the husband, softly. The husband lassoed 

 the horse, bridled him and mounted him. He rode the animal through 

 the camp-circle without any trouble. "Say, partner, that man must 

 have a good breed of stock. It is possible that since he is out all the 

 time with the herd, the horses may voluntarily get into his herd." ''Oh, 

 well, he has plenty of them, they get bigger and prettier." "I do 

 wonder where that man gets such, magnificent horses." "He may get 

 them from herds of mustangs," said the people at various places. 

 Reaching his tipi, he drove his stock with the rest to good pasturage for 

 the night. Both the husband and wife spent the night in pleasant mem- 

 ories, etc. 



In the morning during breakfast, he said to his wife, who was 

 then wiping her utensils, "Oh, I do wish I could own a light dapple- 

 gray horse to-day," his eyes twinkling and moving his hands impa- 

 tiently. "All right, I shall see about it. Then you may go out into the 

 herd and catch that gentle mare and bring her in. Go right away!" 

 said the wife anxiously. So the husband then started off with his lariat 

 and shortly afterwards brought in the mare. "Oh, old woman, here is 

 the mare," said the husband, gently. So she caught the mare and 

 mounted her. "You must watch the same place, so you may know of 

 my arrival," said the wife. The husband remained at home doing some 

 work and wafted patiently for her return. It was about the middle 

 of the afternoon when he went out of the tipi and sat down against it. 



