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Show 84. before she died she taught me every day the things I needed to know to live alone. I think she knexr I ' d not take another woman. He turned to B i l l . "I t r i e d but couldn't stay on xrith the t r i b e a f t e r . Young Indian children belong to the whole t r i b e . I knexr ours xrould be better off without a grieving xrhite father, so I l e f t ." Bill said. "Any man's fortunate to have load a good wife. I ' l l t e l l you hoxr I learned to cook Sunny, my xroman xras a bi " he looked over a t L i t t l e Bill, his chin resting on the top of the crib, xratching and listening "a-a xritch. She liked the easy social l i f e . Whenever there xras cooking to be done her nose turned up and her mouth turned doxm, and I had to put the meal on." There res silence for a while, and then Sunny said, I've been a xrantin' to say I 'd like this household to share the food Bill t o l ' me he put aside as Pa's share." "That's mighty generous of you, Sunny. With the wind blowing cold t h i s early and L i t t l e Bill added, xre can surely use i t ." "Pa xrould 'ave xianted i t . Never hoard any of you complain-in' about his age when we divided the gold-yet his screenin' had been slow since cold weather set in." "I saw you working extra to bring your common pan up too." Olaf said. Sunny's open young face looked pale noxr that he xras cleanshaven and Bill could see the muscle twitch at the side of his jaw. |