The 22nd Secret (103 page)

“
I
f
y
ou
w
a
n
t
, now th
a
t
t
he
snow h
a
s s
t
opp
e
d
,
m
y
men
ca
n d
i
g
out
t
his deb
r
is field throu
g
h the t
r
ee
s. T
h
e
m
i
ddle t
e
nt
i
s ov
e
r the
a
c
tual plan
e
, or
a
t
le
a
st wh
a
t
’
s left of it. The
tent
c
losest
t
o us do
e
sn’t
rea
l
l
y
h
a
v
e
muc
h
, just
pie
ce
s
of
the pl
a
n
e
. T
h
e
f
u
r
thest
one
h
a
s the s
e
c
ond bo
d
y
.”
T
he
p
a
r
t
y
follow
e
d
C
a
rn
e
s
down the
hi
l
l.

“That second body, is it a male or female?” Walker asked.

“
Mal
e
,”
C
a
rn
e
s
s
a
id
a
s t
h
e
gro
u
p stopp
e
d
a
t
t
he
b
o
t
t
om of the
hi
l
l
b
y
the
fi
r
st
t
e
nt.

“
A
r
e
y
ou posit
i
ve
a
bout
t
h
a
t,
C
a
ptain
?
”
Tom
a
sked.

“
W
e
l
l
, it
w
a
s eith
e
r a
ma
l
e
or a
f
e
male
with a d
i
c
k
b
eca
use t
h
a
t’s
a
bout all
y
ou
ca
n identi
f
y
.

“
I
’ll t
a
ke
th
i
s tent,”
N
ie
m
e
r s
a
i
d
.
“
You
t
a
ke
the
f
a
r
tent
a
nd then
we
’ll both
wo
r
k the plane
i
t
s
e
lf.”
The
F
AA
m
e
n w
e
nt
t
o wo
r
k
a
s
W
a
lke
r
, Mitch
e
l
l
, the
she
r
i
f
f
a
nd Ca
r
n
e
s ent
e
r
e
d the m
i
ddle t
e
nt.

I
t
w
a
s an e
e
rie
si
t
e. T
h
e
plane
and the
a
rea
a
rou
n
d it
h
a
d b
ee
n d
u
g
out of
t
he
sno
w
, r
e
quiri
n
g
the m
e
n to step
down to the l
e
v
e
l of the
snow that h
a
d b
ee
n th
e
re wh
e
n the pl
a
ne
w
e
nt down. Dim
g
e
n
e
r
a
tor
-
p
o
w
e
r
e
d l
i
g
hts
in all four
c
o
r
n
e
rs l
i
t
t
he
e
nt
i
re
tent.
B
i
l
l and
J
im
stood
b
y the door
of the
tent
a
s
Ca
rn
e
s show
e
d
Tom
a
round
the sit
e
.
J
im
w
a
s
g
r
a
te
f
ul
he
would not be
a
sked
to
l
ook
a
t
t
he
pi
l
ot ag
a
in.
Tom s
ee
med to
b
e
e
spe
c
ial
l
y
in
t
e
r
e
s
t
e
d in
t
he
lugg
a
g
e
a
nd lug
g
a
ge
c
ompa
r
t
m
e
nt
o
f
the
plan
e
,
a
nd tal
k
e
d
a
t
le
n
g
th
with
C
a
rn
e
s
a
bout wh
a
t w
a
s un
c
o
v
e
r
e
d
.
J
i
m w
a
nted to know
w
h
a
t
t
h
e
y
w
e
re
s
a
y
i
n
g, but
c
ouldn’t h
ea
r
a
bo
v
e
the
c
o
nstant
hum
of
the
g
e
n
e
r
a
t
o
r.

A
f
ter
w
h
a
t se
e
med to
J
im
a
n unusu
a
l
l
y
lo
n
g
c
o
n
v
e
rs
a
t
i
o
n
, Tom w
a
lked
o
v
e
r to
J
i
m
.

“
This
t
he
w
a
y
y
ou
r
e
m
e
mber
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
.
”

“
Y
e
s,
I
g
u
e
ss s
o
,”
J
im
sa
i
d.
“
I
me
a
n,
I
didn’t t
a
ke
notes.”

“
You s
a
w nothi
n
g
of the
th
i
rd p
a
sse
n
g
e
r
,
a
y
ou
n
g wom
a
n
, blond stunn
i
n
g
l
y
b
ea
ut
i
fu
l
?
”

J
i
m wond
e
r
e
d how
T
om
kn
e
w so
much
a
bout
P
a
u
la. He
hop
e
d his n
e
rv
e
s
woul
d
n
’
t betr
a
y hi
m
.

“
No,
I
to
l
d
y
ou. Th
e
r
e
w
e
re
f
ootprints l
e
a
ding
a
w
a
y
f
r
om
t
he
c
r
a
sh tow
a
rd
the
we
st. Tom did not
tell
J
im
tha
t
,
e
v
e
n tho
u
g
h Ca
r
n
e
s
’s t
e
a
m w
e
re
not
fo
re
nsic
s
c
i
e
nt
i
s
t
s, th
e
y h
a
d man
a
g
e
d to u
n
c
ov
e
r
a
number
of
f
ootprints
– both
m
a
le
a
nd f
e
ma
l
e
–
a
nd snowmobile tr
ac
ks n
e
a
r a ro
c
k
a
t
t
he
f
a
r
c
o
r
n
e
r of
t
h
e
tent
c
los
e
st
t
o
the t
ree
s. He
a
lso d
i
dn’t tell
J
i
m or
B
i
l
l that he
h
a
d
a
sked
for
C
a
r
n
e
s to provide
a
c
oup
l
e
o
f his b
e
st
m
e
n to follow th
e
m ba
c
k to
t
he lod
g
e
.

“
S
tr
a
ng
e
.
J
ust do
e
sn’t make
sens
e
.
W
h
y
would she
just
w
a
lk off
to nowh
e
re
?
”
Tom
a
sked rh
e
tori
ca
l
l
y
.
“
W
e
l
l
,
I
g
u
e
ss
t
h
a
t’s
a
ll
I
ca
n do h
e
r
e
.
L
e
t
t
he
F
A
A
g
u
y
s
f
i
g
u
r
e
out wh
a
t happ
e
n
e
d. You mind
i
f the
F
AA
m
e
n
a
nd
I
st
a
y
a
t
y
our lo
d
g
e
. The A
r
m
y
will
g
i
v
e
us tr
a
nsport
a
t
i
on b
ac
k
a
nd f
o
rth, so
y
ou
c
a
n
g
e
t
b
ac
k to
B
ea
r
B
r
ea
th,
S
h
e
ri
f
f
.
B
e
on
l
y
f
or
a
c
ou
p
le
of
d
a
y
s.”