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Show 51. on his feet I ' l l load up. Bill s l i d the brick he'd put on the stove when they came in onto a blanket. Carefully wrapping the hot brick up, he said, "Jan I enjoyed that music. Sure am glad to know you made i t over that mountain too!" Sunny got his father awake xrhile Bill xras getting the ropes untied and L i t t l e B i l l ' s cap on. Olaf joined them just as they xrere going out the door. "A ride back and a warm bed is what t h i s child is choosin!" Bill shouted to Weasel, but he shook his head. He had a stack of money in front of him and a xrinning streak going. Bill could feel the heat from the hot brick he was carrying. He handed the baby to Sunny and rushed ahead to the brick get /. in the xragon. There xras a change in the a i r , and Bill immediately turned his face toxiards the mountains; he arranged the blankets very carefully building them up as a sort of shield for L i t t l e Bill xrho d i d n ' t wake up as Sunny laid him doxm in them., Then Bill jumped from the xuagon and got the two warm blankets from the horse's back and put them over L i t t l e Bill and said, "Air s.mells wrong. Let's get going!" He untied the horse, turned the wagon around and started pushing. When i t started to r o l l .Sunny jumped up on the seax: and took the r e i n s . Olaf and Bill jumped in the back. Then they were going down grade and out of town; the snoxr on the ground xras blowing unevenly over the road, but i t s t i l l xrasn't snowing. The wagon rolled easily along. The cold winiwas moist, |