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Show 171. worried so long. He noticed honey bees buzzing around the big tree stump that marked his deer trail and underneath a big trunked pine on the sunny sheltered side, close to the trunk, he thought he could see some green pushing up through the snow. He'd check this out with Olaf-it might be edible. Sunny slowed down, and Bill caught up with him as they got to Blue Burg. They went immediately to the store. stove There was a fire in the/and Bill said, "Sunny let's put our buckets on the stove to warm up the soup a bit." Jake came out of his store-room. Bill said. We've brought food for the sick. How many are there?" Slowly Jake counted, "Swede, Jack, old Hard Tack " "Lunch Mouth?" Bill asked quickly. Jake nodded his head, "He's alive. Maybe a dozen- all too weak to walk now except Swede Johnson* He's the only one on his feet and he's over burin' Booze Jenkins. Guess old Booze was the only one who didn't make it through the night. None of them have had meat for over a month." Bill nodded. "Pretty much the same story with us until Sunny and Olaf went for this bear-pulled it in last night. This morning Olaf and Sunny found Weasel frozen in the snow. He'd been trying to get to the Dream Mine cabin with our flour." "Served him rightJ" Jake said. "Sunny, should we get this food to the men. Jake |