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Show 52. and soon i t started to snoxr. "Glad I made t h i s ride back with you tonight B i l l , " said Dad. "I've heard you could be holed up for days in a blizzard here." "You've heard r i g h t , " said B i l l. The x<jagon r a t t l e d on and the men f e l l s i l e n t , each trying to shield his face from the blinding snoxr. I t noxr looked like the beginning of a valley blizzard- a thing every man who had lived here very long feared and respected. On the windward side, there were h i l l s and through t h i s valley the wind would become constrictedj no man could unprotected l i v e in i t / r h e n i t xras cold and a t i t s worst. Even in xiarm xreather i t did xrild and unexpected damage, but in the winter Suddenly the horse stopped. Sunny shouted, "Giddy-up!" Bill jumped out. Keeping his hand on the wagon he ran head down to the front-the xsagon moved on a l i t t l e and stopped ag'air. "Sunny," Bill shouted above the wind. "You've lost your xray. This is the Dream Mine cabin!" He jumped up on the xragon and sat doxm by Sunny. "Couldn't see a thing B i l l . " Sunny shouted. "Horse has never needed guiding before xrhen I drove back." Bill turned around to the back of the mgon, and, cupping his hands, shouted, "Dad!" "Yes." "Olaf?"-no answer. "Dad wake up Olaf." |