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arrows. And then he hid himself in a clump of birches and poplars that Strong Hand would have to pass on the way home.

"This is just the time for killing," said No Man. "Strong Hand is very proud and I will strike him. When he is dead there will be no one to hunt for his woman; and her milk will give out and the child will also die. Matters could not have been better arranged."

He waited patiently all thro' the afternoon and re-