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Just before sunset there came a young man into their tipi. "Wel- 

 come ! Welcome !" said the husband. This young man was the one 

 who came over to see his wife from time to time. He was very agree- 

 able and pleasant with the young man who came to notify the hus- 

 band of the hand-game. This young man told him that it was very 

 important that he, the husband, should be there to do some betting. 

 "All right, tell them that I will be there in the course of time, a/ter 

 I get some goods with which to make my bets." He was lying on the 

 bed with his legs crossed, on his back. He got up from the bed and 

 pulled down the wing fan from the lean-back. His wife watched him 

 closely. He pulled a small wing feather from near the shoulder, which 

 he split from the tip end to the quill, making two separate pieces, but 

 still adhering at the quill end. After he had done this, he untied his 

 medicine bag from his scalp-lock and took out some medicine. He 

 placed a piece of charcoal on the ground from the fireplace, and placed 

 this incense on it and it burned, making a cloud of smoke. 



"Go out and get some wood and make some light inside," said the 

 husband. "Well, no; if you are going to leave me alone, we ought to 

 let the fire go out," said the wife. "I think that you ought to stay by 

 yourself ; nobody would bother you while I am away," said the hus- 

 band. So she went out after some sticks of wood, and he held the 

 wing feather over the charcoal to be incensed for a certain purpose. 

 Then he placed it under the blanket at the bottom of the lean-back. 



After remaining for some time with his wife, he went out to see 

 the hand-game. The game was an exciting one, since one side was los- 

 ing all the time, and it happened that his companions were on that side. 

 This young man was a servant for the Star society. The husband lost 

 all the articles that he took along ; so he said to the servant, who was 

 the one who had won the affections of the wife, "Go over to my tipi 

 and get my arrows from the bow-case and calf-hide quiver of arrows. 

 If you find my wife asleep, get them yourself ; bring half the number 

 of arrows ; that will be all," said the husband. "We will proceed with 

 the game, and I will make the bet with the rest, and if I should lose 

 the bet will be paid," said the husband to the company. "All right!" 

 said the men. So the heated game went on, and away went the young 

 man, the servant, to the tipi after some arrows. 



When the servant went into the tipi he found that the wife was 

 alone, not sleeping. "Your husband sent me after some arrows, and 

 now we ought to improve the chance before I go back," said the young 

 man. "Oh, noT He might come out after you, and we might get 



