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Show 15. laughing again, i t s whole body shaking and i t s eyes bright and merry in the candle l i g h t . Sunny pushed through the now clapping and stomping men and joined Bill trying to keep his rhythm, but looking awkward and big-footed compared to Bill. Dad said, " I ' l l bet that k i d ' s father danced for him." Sunny laughed. "Thinks your his Pa, Bill" he said. "Sure do look a lot younger when you're dancing." No one said anything for a while, and Olaf, as though he were thinking aloud, said, "If spring was just comin' on instead of winter we could get one of the Indian women with a new papoose to nurse him; then if no one came to claim him by f a ll he'd belong to the t r i b e and the babe would be used to their way of living. I hiked over to L i t t l e lake l a s t week, though, and that t r i b e of Paiutes camping there is small and poor. They'll do well to get through the winter, even if we have an open one l i k e l a s t year.' I wouldn't give a nickle for that baby's chance to survive ' t i l l spring with them!" Tiny shuffled his feet. "I'm fer givin' i t to the Indians. Let them calculate on how to feed him." Olaf said, "Well t h i s ol» hoss is going to bed." "Come on Sunny," Dad said, "we've double work to do tomorrow." The other miners began to move about. They a l l slept in the lean-to except B i l l . He went over to the stove and poured some of ths broth off the deer steak that was s t i l l simmering |