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Show a. "Ahhh B i l l " "This babe gets i t ! " You b e t t e r go through the xroods with Olaf. That old horse out there is pretty tuckered out. Been standing for I don't know how long tied up to the wagon xfithout food-same as the baby." "But B i l l -" " I ' l l bring food to the Dream Mine. If you finish up before I get i t to you, bring that bag of meat I forgot and left by the Dream Mine cabin door." Bill ran out and backed the xiagon up to the wood p i l e. Dad and Weasel loaaed on the logs they'd need to timber up the cave-in. The other men threxx t h e i r shovels on the x«agon and started off through the woods. Dad climbed up on the x«agon and took the r e i n s . The horse started to move and Weasel jumped in the back. Bill x-jalked slox^ly back to the shack thinking how miners' fought and cheated each other over gold-even killed-but when there xuas a cave-in, to a man they'd risk their oxm lives to save a n o t h e r ' s . But what xrould they do with the baby if they couldn't save a t least one of i t s parents? No families had ever x-rintered over in Blue Burg. Bill opened the cabin door. The baby x-jas kicking and xuatching the flickering light of the candle. No one had noticed i t at a l l in the rush to get a-way. Bill walked over to i t . "Liked a l l that commotion did you? Nox?", nox-r, no need to s t a r t yelling again. Here's a biscuit |
