The 22nd Secret (81 page)

“
P
a
ula,
I
h
a
v
e
a
l
i
t
t
le
ca
b
in about
a
n hour
a
nd a
h
a
lf
b
y
snowmobile
f
rom h
e
r
e
.
I
t’s u
s
e
d for
e
me
r
g
e
n
c
ies like
su
d
d
e
n sto
r
ms wh
e
n
I
h
a
v
e
f
ish
i
ng
p
a
rties out.
I
t’s p
r
e
t
t
y
b
a
si
c
, but
i
t’s
g
ot a
stove
a
nd i
t
’s sto
c
k
e
d
with food
a
nd supplies,
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
y
o
u
’ll n
ee
d.
Y
ou wouldn
’
t have
a
n
y trouble su
r
viv
i
ng
th
e
re
f
o
r a
w
e
e
k
,
e
v
e
n lo
n
g
e
r."

“
A
w
e
e
k?
Oh,
J
i
m
.
I
’m
s
ca
r
e
d
.
”
P
a
ula s
a
id wi
t
ho
u
t
m
oving
h
e
r he
a
d off
J
i
m
’s
c
h
e
st or loosening
h
e
r
g
rip
a
rou
n
d
hi
m
.

“
You
w
on’t
e
v
e
n h
a
v
e
to
l
ea
ve
the
ca
bi
n
. Ev
e
r
y
th
i
ng
y
ou n
e
e
d is
t
h
e
r
e
,
e
x
ce
pt
y
ou’ll h
a
ve
to use
the outhous
e
.
This
t
i
m
e
of
y
e
a
r the
w
o
lves
w
on’t be
sta
r
vi
n
g
y
e
t
. Th
e
y
’ll pro
b
a
b
l
y le
a
ve
y
ou
a
lo
n
e
. Do
y
ou
know how
to use
a
g
un
j
ust
i
n
ca
s
e
?
”

“
Y
e
s,
I
l
e
a
rn
e
d
f
r
om
m
y
f
a
ther
on the
f
a
rm
.
”

J
i
m push
e
d
P
a
ula
a
w
a
y
,
hold
i
ng
h
e
r should
e
rs
a
t
a
rms le
n
g
th.
“
I
t’ll be
h
a
r
d, no
c
om
m
unic
a
t
i
ons. You
’
ll
h
a
ve
to ro
u
g
h it
a
l
i
t
t
le, but if w
e
’
r
e
l
u
c
k
y
th
i
s
W
a
lker
c
h
a
r
a
c
t
e
r
w
i
l
l find
w
h
a
t he
w
a
nts and le
a
ve
us alo
n
e
.
I
’ll c
o
me
g
e
t
y
ou
a
s soon as
I
’m s
u
re
th
e
y
’
r
e
g
one
for
g
ood.”

P
a
ula
w
r
a
pp
e
d h
e
r
a
rms
a
round
J
i
m
’s n
ec
k
a
nd
p
ul
l
e
d h
e
rs
e
lf up to his ea
r
.
“
Th
a
nk
y
o
u
,
J
i
m
. Th
a
nk
y
ou f
o
r h
e
lp
i
ng
me
.
”

Th
e
y
kis
s
e
d
a
nd
P
am
a
l
l
ow
e
d the door
b
e
tw
ee
n
t
h
e
m
t
o op
e
n just
a
l
i
ttl
e
. Th
e
re
w
a
s no doubt
i
n
e
i
t
h
e
r of
their
m
inds
that their
r
e
lationship w
a
s spe
c
ial. T
h
e
re wo
u
ld no
l
on
g
e
r
b
e
a
n
y qu
e
st
i
oning
of the
sin
c
e
r
i
t
y
of
w
h
a
t w
a
s bet
w
ee
n
t
h
e
m.
S
he
wond
e
r
e
d wh
a
t
she should d
o
,
wait h
e
re
unt
i
l
T
om g
e
ts
h
e
r
e
,
or go to
J
im’s
c
abi
n
?
T
om
k
nows
I
’m
h
e
r
e
, he
k
n
ows
J
im is lying so h
e
’s planning around Jim
’
s l
i
e
. H
e
nry,
h
e
’s in A
l
aska
now, he
c
ould be h
e
re
by
ton
i
ght.
Y
e
s, tha
t
’s i
t
.
T
om
k
nows
J
im is going
t
o try to hide
me
away som
e
wh
e
re
by
no
o
n tomorro
w
.
I
f
H
e
nry would be in posit
i
on by
t
onigh
t
, H
e
nry
c
ould
t
a
k
e
me
to
t
he
ren
de
z
v
ous.

“
Ok
a
y
,
I
th
i
nk
w
e
n
ee
d
t
o
g
e
t
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
r
ea
d
y
f
o
r
y
ou to
le
a
ve
b
e
fo
r
e
di
n
n
e
r
,”
J
im
said.
“
Th
e
n we
ca
n
h
a
ve
the
e
v
e
ning
to our
s
e
lves.
W
e
’
ll
le
a
ve
h
e
r
e
b
y
six
in
t
he
mornin
g
.
T
h
a
t wi
l
l
g
e
t
m
e
b
ac
k
h
e
re
no la
t
e
r
than s
a
y
,
ten or
e
l
e
v
e
n
i
n the mo
r
nin
g
.
W
a
lker
s
a
id
t
he
soon
e
st he
c
ould get h
e
re w
a
s on
e
,
a
nd with
t
his w
ea
ther
h
e
’ll
be
lat
e
. Go upst
a
irs
g
a
t
h
e
r
a
ll
y
our
d
ir
t
y
c
lo
t
h
e
s,
I
’ll g
e
t
t
he
on
e
s
ov
e
r the
r
e
b
y
the door
fr
om
l
a
st n
i
g
ht and m
ee
t
y
ou in
t
he
laund
r
y
.
I
t’s b
ac
k
b
y
the kitch
e
n
.
”

Th
e
y
s
p
e
nt
t
he
n
e
x
t f
e
w
hours p
re
p
a
ring
h
e
r
f
o
r life
a
lone in
J
i
m
’s
ca
bin.
Th
e
y
w
e
nt throu
g
h the
d
r
e
ss
e
rs in the b
a
s
e
ment
a
nd ou
t
fitted h
e
r
w
i
t
h
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
she
would n
ee
d for
s
e
v
e
r
a
l w
ee
ks in the
A
las
k
a
n w
i
nter
wilde
r
n
e
ss. T
h
e
y
c
l
e
a
n
e
d
a
nd hid
t
he
c
lo
t
h
e
s
J
i
m had
g
ot
t
e
n out of the suit
ca
s
e
s at the
c
r
a
sh
a
mong
the ot
h
e
r m
e
n
’
s
c
lo
t
hing
in
t
he
b
a
s
e
ment.
J
im
g
a
ve
h
e
r his th
i
r
t
y
-e
i
g
ht
a
nd
a
box
of b
u
l
l
e
t
s
,
a
nd w
e
nt over
h
o
w to use
it
with
P
a
ula, who obvious
l
y
a
lr
e
a
d
y kn
e
w.
J
im
p
ac
k
e
d
e
v
e
r
y
t
hing
in
t
o two b
ac
k
p
ac
ks
a
nd
P
a
ula
’
s cosm
e
t
i
c
s
c
a
s
e
.
J
im
e
v
e
n w
e
nt
t
o the sh
e
d, wh
e
r
e
the sno
w
mob
i
les
we
re.
H
e
filled the
o
ne
he
h
a
d us
e
d the
d
a
y
b
e
fo
r
e
a
nd ma
d
e sure
it
w
a
s wo
r
ki
n
g
p
r
o
p
e
r
l
y
.
The
w
ea
ther
w
a
s s
t
i
l
l sev
e
re
but
J
im
s
e
ns
e
d that it
w
a
s b
e
g
inn
i
ng to br
ea
k.
W
a
lker
m
a
y
b
e
a
ble to g
e
t he
r
e
b
y
to
m
o
r
row
a
t
one
a
ft
e
r
a
l
l
.
J
im
s
ug
g
e
sted t
h
e
y
c
l
e
a
n up the mo
r
ning
dishes
a
n
d the b
e
dding f
r
om
t
he
n
i
g
ht be
f
o
re
a
nd
ea
t
a
n
e
a
rly
dinne
r
.
I
n or
d
e
r to le
a
ve
b
y
six
th
e
y
would
h
a
ve
to rise
a
t
fo
u
r
-
th
i
r
t
y
. Th
a
t would
g
ive t
h
e
m
t
i
m
e
f
or
P
a
ula to take one
last show
e
r,
a
nd both of them to e
a
t br
e
a
k
fa
st
a
nd
c
le
a
n
up t
h
e
dishes
a
nd b
e
ddin
g
. T
h
a
t w
a
y
,
e
v
e
n if
W
a
lk
e
r
wa
s
ea
r
l
y
, the
r
e
would be
no
e
viden
c
e t
h
a
t
she
ha
d b
ee
n the
re
.
J
im could si
m
p
l
y
s
a
y
he
h
a
d
g
o
n
e
o
ut for
a
short
r
ide to
c
h
e
c
k out
t
he
w
ea
the
r
.
Th
e
y
w
e
re r
e
a
d
y
to
g
o
b
y mid
-a
ft
e
rnoo
n
.