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Show 75. Bill nailed the l i d on the coffin then sat doxm by L i t t l e B i l l . Bill rested this xray nearly every afternoon and the baby usually went to sleep as he sat by him. It d i d n ' t work today-Little Bill xras s t i l l on his feet when Olaf opened the door, and Weasel, then Sunny, followed him in. L i t t l e Bill yelled at Sunny but he seemed to not hear him. The four men then carried the coffin up the h i l l . Bill had attached two bands of canvas to the top and bottom of the coffin. This xras to make i t easier to lower into the grave, and i t xras a good thing he did for the grave xras too narroxr a t one end and they had to pull the coffin up and widen the grave s t a r t i n g three or four inches from the bottom. Bill looked around a t the three men a f t e r they had loxrered i t again. None of them xrere praying men,so he bowed his head and said, "Let this good and just man rest in peace as he lived in peace." Sunny s t i l l stood numbly by the grave. Bill took his arm and said. "Sunny, L i t t l e B i l l ' s alone in the shack. Let's leave now. Olaf and Weasel will mound up your father's grave. We'll make him a head stone and you can come back then." Sunny s t i l l stood, just looking down into the grave. Then from down the h i l l , L i t t l e B i l l ' s crying, slow and low, could be heard. Gradually i t became higher and more urgent. Bill once more tugged on Sunny»s arm. "We've got to get back to the shack Sunny." Sunny turned and folloxred Bill doxm the path in the snoxr. |