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Show 57. standing at the end of the stove, reached out and caught him or he'd have hit the stove pipe. "Hey what's wrong Bill? Pa-a-ah!" Dad came in xrith only one shoe on. "That's it Sunny, lower his head a little more now. He's blacked out. You know he was standin» up in the wagon most of the way from the Dream Mine with the blizzard full in his face." Pretty soon Bill opened his eyes and shook his head. "Went down huh? Pour me a cup of that coffee on the back of the stove,will ya, Sunny? That'll pull the blood back to my head." He took a big drink of the just warm coffee. "Did this once before when I rode a horse back from Sacramento. I'd gone for old Doc Williams that time-in February-when the Jack mine caved? Cold wind and rain hit when I was half xray back.1 Knew I was lost that time. Gave my horse it's head and it brought me home.' There's the scar where I fell against the stove." He pulled his hair aside, "Think I'd learn." When Bill looked over at the baby, he looked pretty sober, sitting in the corner of his bed looking through the rungs. "There's biscuits in the bread can.' Give one to Little Bill, will you Sunny?" "He looks like he's ready to bawl. Maybe your passin' out scared him." B i l l Ip.Qked over a t him and smiled, "Hey/ l i t t l e guy." |