Blood From a Stone (138 page)

S
a
m
son
nodded,
a
m
a
z
ed  and 
g
l
ad 
f
or
ha
v
i
ng
been ab
l
e
t
o
he
l
p
t
he
o
l
d
g
u
y
…but
a
l
so
s
li
g
h
tl
y  d
i
s
t
u
r
bed
t
hat
H
a
r
o
l
d  had  seen  so 
w
e
l
l
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
m
i
nd.
H
e
f
ound
h
i
m
se
l
f
f
ee
li
ng
so
r
t
of
t
han
k
f
ul
t
hat
t
he
m
i
nd
/
soul
connec
t
i
on
w
as a
l
m
ost
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
b
r
o
k
en no
w
.

H
e
s
l
unk o
f
f
i
n
t
o
t
he shado
w
s of
t
he
a
ll
e
y
w
a
y
,
t
hen back a
r
ound
t
he
bu
il
d
i
ng and
t
o
t
he s
tr
eet
w
he
r
e he
qu
i
c
k
l
y s
li
pped
ac
r
oss
and
back
t
o
h
i
s
apa
rt
m
en
t
.
H
e
w
a
t
ched
out
t
he
w
i
ndow
f
or
a
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
as
t
he
H
a
r
o
l
d
g
a
v
e h
i
s
ex
pl
an
a
ti
on of
t
he
‘
k
i
nd
l
y
g
en
tl
e
m
an’
t
hat
he
’
d
sent
on
h
i
s
w
a
y
,
w
ho
‘
d
m
i
s
t
a
k
en
l
y
t
hou
g
ht
he
w
as
i
n
j
u
r
ed
and
ca
ll
ed
f
or
h
e
l
p,
w
hen he
w
as
j
ust
s
l
eep
i
n
g
.
A
nd
t
hat
he
w
ou
l
d
li
k
e
a
ri
de
t
o
t
he nea
r
est
she
lt
er
so he cou
l
d s
t
a
r
t
g
e
tti
ng
h
i
s
lif
e back
i
n o
r
de
r
.

T
he 
pa
r
a
m
ed
i
c 
qu
i
c
k
l
y 
chec
k
ed 
h
i
m 
o
v
er
and

de
t
e
r
m
i
ned
H
a
r
o
l
d
w
as
i
ndeed
fi
ne. T
he
po
li
ce
offi
cer
w
as a
n
i
ce
g
uy and
li
s
t
ened
i
n
t
en
tl
y
t
o
h
i
s
s
t
o
r
y
…but
aft
er
e
y
e
i
ng
t
he
expens
i
v
e
l
oo
k
i
ng
l
ea
t
her
j
ac
k
et
s
k
ep
ti
ca
ll
y and
t
h
i
n
k
i
ng he
’
d
p
r
obab
l
y
he
i
s
t
ed
it
,
dec
i
ded
t
hat
H
a
r
o
l
d
had p
r
obab
l
y
r
obbed
so
m
eone
t
o
g
et
it
…
m
a
y
be
e
v
en
t
he
m
an
w
ho
‘
d su
p
posed
l
y
co
m
e
t
o h
i
s
a
i
d.

S
i
nce
t
he appa
r
ent
‘r
escue
r
’
w
as no
w
he
r
e
t
o be
f
ound,
i
t
ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y d
i
dn
’
t
l
ook
g
ood.
N
ow
i
t
m
ade
no
sense
w
ha
t
soe
v
er
. H
ow
t
he
he
l
l
w
ou
l
d
appa
r
en
tl
y
fr
a
il
,
6
0- so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
y
ear
o
l
d
H
a
r
o
l
d
beat
t
he
c
r
ap out
of
so
m
e
one
and s
t
eal
t
he
i
r
j
ac
k
e
t
?
B
ut,
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n,
t
he
po
li
ce
w
o
ul
d on
l
y
f
ocus on
how
cou
l
d
a
ho
m
e
l
ess
m
an
co
m
e
ac
r
oss
a
l
ea
t
her
d
us
t
er
t
hat
no doubt
cost
hund
r
eds
of
do
ll
a
r
s.

S
a
m
son
s
i
g
hed
w
hen
he
r
ea
li
z
ed
w
hat
w
as
tr
ansp
i
r
i
ng be
l
o
w
.
T
hey
w
e
r
e
j
ust
l
oo
k
i
ng
f
or
a
r
eason
t
o
haul
h
i
m
i
n
f
or so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
.
A
ny
t
h
i
ng.
H
e
w
as
a
ft
er
a
l
l
a
v
a
g
r
an
t
.