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Show 47. picked up the thin sample cake he'd baked first to see if he should stir in a little more flour. "Here taste your first piece of honey cake." The miners came back early and Dad started to shave. Immediately Little Bill knew they were going out. He pulled himself up in his bed and shouted, "Da, Da," at him. Dad said, "He's a smart one-talking before he can walk." Sunny said, "He's purty near the funniest thing I ever saw,the way he gets so excited when he thinks we're going to Blue Burg." It was beautiful riding along in the soft snow. Everything m s covered lightly-the pines, white and tall weren't moving a breath. Little Bill kept turning his head and looking back, then lifting his head so he could see to the very top of them. The horse pulled evenly in the growing dusk until they got to the grade. Then the wheels started to slip, the men jumped out," and pushed.5 They made it up to the store and Bill handed the baby down to Sunny, got out of the wagon, and spread a couple of blankets over the steaming horse. Tonight, Dad sat over in the corner with Bill instead of standing around. They let Little Bill sit up for a while on the table, and Bill went over and got a hot cup of tea for Dad as he didn't seem to want to move. It was going to be a big night. Miners came in stomping the snow from their boots and came over to the stove to. warm up. with The gold was running good, but/no big finds to cause secrecy and greed.1 Men were were coming in from everywhere around. |