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Show •1BY7- too, that starving men xrould buy flour/regardless of xrhere i t came from-at least there xrere some xrho xrould and Weasel knew who they xrere and xrho had gold. Bill dozed and awakened abruptly xrhen he heard L i t t le Bill choking. Bill jumped up and raised him up. This helped xrith his breathing, but his face s t i l l felt very hot. Bill got his jacket and put i t under his shoulders propping him up xrhile he put xrood in the stove. He xras frightened and longed for Olaf's knoxrledgo of children and Indian remedies to bring doxm a fever. He xrarmed up the kitchen and held L i t t l e Bill for a xrhile, then put him on the table and spooned a l i t t l e cool carrot xrater into his mouth; he seemed to like the sxreet wetness in his mouth but xrinced when he sxralloxred. Bill had another quinine p i l l fixed xrith the sticky milk and got that xray back in his throat, but he wouldn't sxralloxr. Bill quickly sxrooped him up in his arms, loxrered his head, and ran xrith him to the door; he swung i t open and xrhen L i t t l e Bill gulped the cold a i r the p i l l slid doxm, but the way he cried out Bill knex; he'd be on his guard the next time. He cuddled him a fexr minutes but he f e l t so hot he put him bad: in bed and sponged him xrith cool xrater, until he xrent took to sleep. The sun xras just coming UP and Bill put on his coat and xrent out to chop more xrood xrhile L i t t l e Bill res sleeping. He couldn't keep from scanning the snowy mountain range for Olaf and Sunny. He wished he'd thought to suggest they bring |