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Show 168. Bill built up t.iif. fire and rermed some blankets in front of the stove. ie sloxrly stripped Little Bill doxm and moved him onto the xiarm blankets, them changed his bed xrhich xras damp all the xray to the boards. The baby's skin xras cool and clammy noxr. When Bill started to dress him again he axrakened. Bill picked him up and gave him a cup of xrarm broth. He took one drink, but then gave it back to Bill. Mien Bill put It to his mouth again, he shook his head, but he clung to Bill and Laid his head against his shoulder. Bill held him until he -mmt to sleep and them stretched him out comfortably In his crib. Bill kept expecting Olaf and Sunny to return, and finally he xrent out, filled the xrood en box he'd had the carrots- in xrith good rich mountain dirt and brought it in, put it in front of the xrindoxr and planted the fexr tomato seeds heln saved, '-hen he sat doxm by Little Bill. He must have dozed because he was startled to hear the door opening and hear Olaf and Sunny talking. It seemed they xrere talking very loudly, and he turned to them putting his finger to his lips; immediately their voices loxrered. "Hoxr is he, Bill," Olaf asked. "Better-much b e t t e r . " Then Bill saxr t h e i r sack of flour. "Where did you find i t ?" Olaf said, "Where you thought B i l l - o n l y Weasel didn't quite make i t to the cabin. He xrent doxm in a drift trying |
