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Finally she came over the divide through the ravine, followed by two 

 liorses, one of which was the red-speckled horse. "Here, man, lasso 

 this horse, he is perfectly gentle to use right now if you want to," 

 said the wife, dismounting from the mare. "Oh, my dear wife, you are 

 so kind-hearted. Just come over and lean your head toward me," said 

 the husband, kissing the wife tenderly and embracing her. So the 

 husband at once mounted the dapple-gray horse and rode around the 

 camp-circle. "Oh, my ! That man has plenty of good and fine horses !" 

 "Yes, he is a lucky man." "It is because he is quite stingy." "Not 

 only that, but he is true to his stock, and he looks after it day and night." 

 aaid the people. "It is true that I have good horses. That is the way 

 to have a herd. Let them be good and plump all the year around," 

 said the husband, emphatically. After he had viewed the camp on the 

 new horse, he drove the mare with the new horse to the herd out ro 

 good pasturage for the night. 



In the morning during the breakfast he said to his wife, facing 

 toward her, "Say, dear wife, I do wish now that I could own a mouse- 

 colored horse, — an animal that has a black mane and tail, also a 

 long black streak from neck to tail, all the legs at the knee joints 

 striped crosswise, and also a hazy face, like smoke." "All right, I shall 

 try and get such an one soon. You may go out to the herd and bring 

 that mare again, the one that I have ridden a good deal," said the 

 wife, with deep breath. So he started oflf, carrying his lariat, and soon 

 brought the mare in. "Here is the gentle mare, old woman," said 

 the husband. "All right, I will be out soon. Leave her standing for a 

 while," said the wife, perhaps fixing up herself. Finally the wife came 

 •out, saddled up the mare and mounted her. "You must be sure and 

 watch that ravine to-day. It will be the last time for me to get out and 

 demand a horse for you," said the wife as she started oflf. The hus- 

 band became impatient late in the afternoon. "I do wonder if they are 

 going to come back. Surely this time he will get away With my wife," 

 said the husband, with limp head and hands. It was quite late in the day, 

 when at last she came out through the ravine just before sunsei, about 

 the same time the red-speckleci horse was shot down on the other day. 

 ^'Here, man, lasso this horse, he is perfectly gentle. Get on and ride 

 around if you want to," said the wife, dismounting from the mare. 

 ^'Oh, my dear wife, I must thank you for this, and hereafter I shall be 

 thoughtful in everything," said the husband, lassoing the blue-faced 

 borse. So before the sun set he rode around, and the people talked of 

 his new horses. They all -had the impression that he had raised them. 



