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Show I3_T« xras s t i l l sxrollen, but the food xrent doxm, and. he slept again. That night L-'Laf asked Bill if he thought he could get through the night xrithout them banking the f i r e ; the ashes should be taken out. Sunny crashing in xrith a stack of xrood on his arm shouted- " Bnocfs getting so low in the xrood p i l e thcy's only long pieces l e f t . I had to cut every piece in txro! Bill said, "That sort of ansxrers the question. -Bum? We've got the coxr shed, though." In the morning he axrakened to hear Sunny and Olaf trying to get the fire going. Bis head had. cleared and he thought back to xrhen he'd bought the big black stove from at Carson City a mormon family .last year/xrhen they had to return to Salt Lake I t \ns a treasure. It xras good to cook on but more than that i t xras heavy xrrought iron and once heated up i t xrould stay xrarm for hours. Boxr he heard. Sunny give It a kick saying to Olaf, "I give up! Third time itfs gone out." Bill said, "Sunny, try i t once more xrith the drafts half-closed, so your kindling won't burn up so fast. Stove pipe's cold a t f i r s t so i t won't pull, but i t should be xrarmed up by noxr and both drafts just half-open should give i t enough time so the xrood Trill take hold." Olaf came over to his bunk while Sunny xjas laying the f i r e arc,in. "Birst day of spring today Bill? Do you believe i t ?" ".Low i s the xreather?" "Ask Weasel. He's the xreather watcher these days." |