Show I 25 2 5 Razors Razor's Strip I By RAY LOUIS What do you know about the medicine men Nothing Would you like Uke to know more You dont don't Ill I'll tell you anyway THERE ARE the good kind of medicine men who know their business well but dont don't know enough and dont don't ha have ve the knowl- knowl ledge for the difficult affairs Then there are the excellent kind who heal people pretty fast and supposedly know how to get rid of bad spirits and a lot of other junk THESE TWO kinds of medicine medicine medicine medi medi- cine men do good for the people and they fight the bad medicine men The medicine ed i good bad m c 1 n e eman man is a good man but heals people by using peyote which is isa isa isa a plant that makes people kind of high it relieves pain for fora a while The people that dont don't believe in peyote think this is bad and it is That's why I call them the good bad medicine men THERE IS one more which I call the bad kind because they use Voodoo These are the worst of the evils because they kill for themselves their pleasures and to comfort their jealousy These men all believe in their work and the fight is for life Some try to save and the others try to take The medicine man does not claim himself to be a God C He is a man that prays through his faith to a God higher than he he does it his way 4 morning ji day dB this morning dB ji li today tee Pee night I tee fee toni tonight this morning past today past t f last night The continuing story story OUT FOR BROKE Third Week I sat on the chute for a few minutes while Roy and some of the boys told jokes so I wouldn't think too much about what might happen Roy asked Is there anything you would like us to todo do if you leave us I laughed and replied Well you can always send a letter to that girl I told you about and be sure to explain what happened Ill Til make sure and do that said Roy I LOOKED at the horse and then glanced around the corral I started to get on the horse I slowly slipped my right leg over the saddle and followed It with my body I swooped into the saddle saddle sad sad- dle and my feet slipped Into the stirrups The horse was nervous nervous nervous ner ner- it stood trembling and I Iwas Iwas Iwas was also nervous inside but kept control of myself I got gothold gothold gothold hold of the rein and fit it to my size of arm and the distance from the saddle I r sat there a second I praye prayed prayed d' d O 0 O Father I come before the again bless me through another r deed I awoke from prayer and pulled on the rein the horse backed up and out into the open It swung its head to the right and ducked I knew what was coming It bucked hard with all Its might m I thought Here ere it goes again THE SECOND jump was harder harder hard hard- er than the first I straightened my legs out to the front to keep my balance When it went up I remembered that I was supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to be spurring the way I had learned and practiced On the third and the fourth jumps my mind was left to nothing nothing- ness I could feel myself going up and down all I could do was judge the movement of the horse I followed his skills The fi fifth th jump almost faked me out as he changed pace and andI I about flew like a bird with wet wings His movement was fast as he turned on into the sixth He turned to the right again and headed down along the fence I spurred hard and kept my eyes on tie fie pintos pinto's head as It moved b bk k and forth wildly I kept UD un with him and right g gI I FORGOT TO leas lear baCk bast the eleventh jump lump I lost l a ance ance and started rny my t towards towards' hor horses horse's se s 's head All An dashing moments I 1 c cOuld ul In people a dream yelling The not clear b to ri j bronc back for its it s twelfth ca jump was gi giving ving in heading heath stairs The w ground w Was fk but next I saw the sky down d own to meet the ka face Quickly I rolled overta left thinking that the ho horse f still coming down i came ca cameto senses from the hard tail fall fan my legs felt like the they t a 3 y w t cut apart Everybody came over overn 1 tug n to and asked A. A t how I felt feu T I and lt replied Okay but bk tt ground was hard i Joc loc loc- around and I saw Roy Jj ready saying Take fake back into the chute He cic eT cE over to me and asked I 6 feel you J 1 FIN FINE E BUT HE sure J t hard and stiff He put his r hish-r ti on my shoulder and said y yb did good you just lost our b ance t tI I said sari I J know than thanks s g I Bt careful and good luck I |