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LavucHING Boy 217 ‘What must I do?’ ‘You must go to a place alone, you must wash your hair. Then pray to the Divine Ones whose cigarettes you offended. Then take this remedy.’ Out of the bundle he took a bottle of red liquor, looked at it a moment, and then, benevo- lence conquering, took out a second and handed them over.

‘What is this?’

‘It is a special kind of whiskey. It is very holy. The Americans drink it; it is so good they try to keep any one else from having it.’

‘How do I take it?’

‘When you have prayed, just start drinking it. 3v and by you will feel your mind becoming all a. sight, your heart will be high. Then you will seep. When you wake up, you will feel badly, } ut if you take some more, you will feel all right. IL ne bottle should be enough. Put the other away - zntil something tells you you need it.’ “Tsee’ ‘I shall go on the trail to Buckho Dotklish, and | —ake a charm there, to prevent any more bad things coming to you from those cigarettes. Tell 22 one about this, above all no woman. Itis very | =oly and secret; if you speak of it, it will do you zarm. It will make you jump into the fire.’ ‘I see.’

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