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Show 6. The horse started to gallop,jerking the buckboard, the baby l e t out another yell that sounded to Bill now more like a wild bawling calf than a bobcat. He pulled the baby over onto his lap and holding i t close to him said, "That made you change your tune. Huh? Now, now, I've got you-there nox?. Noboby's going to hurt you." The horse s e t t l e d into a fast t r o t , and Bill kept talking quietly to the baby. The crisp doxm-mountain wind made B i l l ' s ears ache; this l a t e in the f a l l an injured person o.ould die of cold alone in that shallow mine if left there too long. If one of those big old heavy beams had just kno^cked them senseless and they could get them out soon enough there was a chance the young couple could survive he guessed. The horse slowed and Bill shouted and slapped i t with the reins.' The baby s t i r r e d and Bill hugged i t closer to him,feeling i t s warmth across his chest; he leaned over the baby trying to see what i t looked l i k e but hignt was coming fast now and he couldn't t e l l. When he saw the light from his shack through the trees, he shifted the baby over onto the seat again; as i t didn't move when he stopped he left it there, jumped out and tied the horse. Then, gathering the baby up carefully in his arms, he ran for the shack and seeing the door a j a r he kicked i t open. The miners x?ere s i t t i n g around the table xiaiting for him. He pushed through the men to the table and putting his bundle doxm on i t shouted, "Get your shovels men and |