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Show Sunny didn't go to bed xrith the rest of them. Said he'd had his sleep and would hunt until supper. He a te breakfast with L i t t l e Bill and then left. Bill banked the f i r e and stretched out until he heard Sunny talking to L i t t l e B i l l . He'd shot a sage hen, but said he'd not seen elk or deer tracks and he'd walked for a t least txro hours due south before he'd turned back. He said, "Bill, Pa and me hunting in Placer County, the other side of the Sierras, shot our game every time xre xrent out. I ' l l bet they've a l l gone over there!" "Either over there or south to the desert^" Bill said. That night there xias serious talk. They took count of t h e i r flour and Bill reported that even xrith Dad's share he xrasn't sure i t xrould l a s t . Seemed they'd used more flour holed up than when they xrere xrorking. , The question res, should they t r y to buy while they could? Weasel xras against the price that res being asked, and Olaf agreed xrith him. "All r i g h t , "Bi 11 said, " I ' 1 1 go along xrith you if i t 's agreed that Olaf xrill hunt the beginning of every week f u l l days u n t i l we've got the week's supply of meat. I ' ll hunt every morning as usual, but I ' l l make the coffee and b i s c u i t s before I go, and xron't come back u n t i l I figure the rest of you have load your breakfast and are ready to leave. That'll give me a l i t t l e daylight hunting." |
