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Show 50. and played quietly a few minutes. Then he put it on the table and got a piece of rosin out of the case and started slowly rubbing the long horse hairs of his bow. "Ya know I might just not leave here come summer-plan to save enough between now and next fall to buy my own grub and winter over on my own like you do. Getting too hard to get stakers-feel like I've gone over that pass my last time." Jan picked up his violin again and put it on his shoulder.8 He played a long slow lullaby softly then started on "Don't be Angry Mother." Sunny came over, "Pa looks done in, Bill." Dad had slumped down and was sound asleep-his head resting on Little Bill's sack. "Guess my playin* did it young fellow. Almost put myself to sleep;"then he stood up and put his violin back in its case. He stretched pulling his shoulders together-you know I must be getting old. I'm still stiff from travelin'." "Jan this is Sunny. He came over the pass the first time with his father here this spring. They live in my shack." "Jan, Sunny, is my old friend and he just came over it day before yesterday?" "Just came over?" Sunny said. "That's right," said Jan and it's the last time I'll ever try it this late." Bill said, "Sunny if you can get your father awake and |