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Show -W. goes to Jan's daughter in Sacramento if he doesn't survive t h i s winter. Her married names is Nelly Watkins. The rest of this gold is yours if you can get L i t t l e Bill through t h i s . " "Hold on there-you haven't croaked yet-I'm sayin' again. I can't take over L i t t l e Bill for you! You've been mighty sick, but your fever's broken. That's why you feel so down in the mouth." " I t ' s more than-" "Can't do It Bill. Hell, I couldn't even take care of my own. Think of the kid before you give up. I'm not the one he goes to when he's in trouble. You treat him like his pa and ma must have. Before you decide to leave him in my care, here's another thing you better hear. Little Bill's mother had no wedding ring on. I carried her out of the dream Mine and I wrapped her coat around her hand so no one knows but us. It's the sort of thing an orphan kid doesn't need to grow up with, but don't you see why they were so unfriendly. They must have skipped arey and kept his birth secret from their families. Chances are a hundred to one, no one's comin' for him so you're handin* me a lifetime job!" "Maybe Sunny-" "Ya c a n ' t saddle Sunny with a baby! I t ' d t i e him down when ah B i l l , Sunny hadn't even changed him or taken his moc-cassins off. He's got a sore ass and big red welts up his legs |