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Ok
a
y
,
I
’ll t
e
ll
him
wh
e
n
he
ra
dio
s
. Th
e
n
I
’ll c
a
ll
y
o
u r
i
g
ht
a
w
a
y
.”

“Th
a
nks.
B
y
e


Good
b
y
e

W
a
lker
le
a
n
e
d
b
ac
k in h
i
s se
a
t and sta
r
ted
r
e
a
di
n
g the
N
a
v
y
file
o
n Mitch
e
l
l
. He
w
a
s
a
n i
m
p
re
ss
i
ve
y
ou
n
g
man,
i
ntell
i
g
e
nt, handsome,
a
n
e
x
ce
l
l
e
nt p
h
y
sic
a
l s
p
ec
i
men,
a
nd
a
n outs
t
a
nding
of
f
ic
e
r.
T
h
e
N
a
v
y
did not
wh
a
t
t
o l
o
se
hi
m
, but a
cc
o
r
di
n
g
to
t
he
f
i
l
e, he
h
a
d
f
a
m
i
l
y to
t
a
ke
ca
r
e
of
a
nd r
e
s
i
g
n
e
d his
c
om
m
is
s
ion.

One
of the
most
in
t
e
r
e
st
i
ng
fa
c
ts
i
n the
f
i
l
e
w
a
s the
e
x
tensive
p
s
y
c
hic t
e
st
i
n
g Mitch
e
ll
w
a
s subj
ec
ted
t
o while in
t
he
N
a
v
y
. A
cc
o
r
ding
to
t
he p
s
y
c
hia
t
rist
w
r
i
t
ing
the
r
e
por
t
, Mitch
e
ll
h
a
d sc
o
re
d hi
g
h
e
r in p
s
y
c
hic pot
e
n
t
i
a
l
t
h
a
n
a
n
y
o
n
e
he h
a
d tested.
T
he
d
o
c
tor
w
a
s co
n
vinc
e
d that if it
w
a
sn’t
f
or
Mitch
e
l
l
’s disb
e
l
i
e
f in the
p
s
y
c
hic ph
e
nomeno
n
, he
c
ould
a
c
tual
l
y
d
e
monstra
t
e
a
ma
z
ing
a
bi
l
i
t
ies.

W
a
lker
set
t
he
f
i
l
e
down on the
e
mp
t
y
s
e
a
t ne
x
t
t
o hi
m
.
He
r
e
la
x
e
d
a
nd tho
u
g
ht
a
bout
P
a
m. He
wond
e
r
e
d
wh
a
t w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
on in that isolat
e
d moun
t
a
in
l
od
g
e
.
He
h
a
d
b
ee
n
a
victim
of
P
a
m’s p
re
d
a
to
r
y
s
e
x
u
a
l
n
a
tur
e
. He wond
e
r
e
d
wh
a
t w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
on b
e
t
w
ee
n
two
p
e
ople
who s
ee
med to possess
s
up
e
rn
a
tu
r
a
l p
s
y
c
hic str
e
n
g
th.

W
hat
t
ime
is
i
t
i
n Alask
a
? I b
e
t she

s got him in
b
e
d by
now.
W
a
lker
look
e
d
a
t h
i
s w
a
tc
h
.
I
t
w
a
s 1:40
a
m, which
m
e
a
nt 9
:
40 in
Al
a
sk
a
. He
s
udd
e
n
l
y
s
a
t up str
a
i
g
ht s
t
a
ring
a
t
t
he
w
a
t
c
h. The
je
we
l
b
y
the numb
er
s five
a
nd s
e
v
e
n w
e
r
e
a
s
l
i
g
ht
l
y
di
f
f
e
r
e
nt color
than the
re
st.
He
k
n
e
w
P
a
m w
a
s not w
ea
ri
n
g
h
e
r
se
c
u
r
i
t
y
w
a
tc
h
.
I
t
would not have
b
ee
n
wo
r
th
t
he
r
isk
t
o take
som
e
th
i
ng l
i
ke
that with her
in
t
o Ch
i
n
a
.
I
t
h
a
d to be
He
n
r
y
.
T
he
f
ive
wa
s
H
e
n
r
y

s s
i
g
n
a
l and he
h
a
d
ac
t
i
v
a
ted the
se
v
e
n,
P
a
t
t
y
’s
L
e
v
e
l 21 nu
m
b
e
r.
He
h
a
d made
c
on
t
ac
t.
P
a
m
w
a
s aliv
e
.

This
m
ea
nt the
r
e
w
a
s no
doubt
that
P
a
m w
a
s at th
a
t
lod
g
e
with Mi
t
c
h
e
ll
a
nd H
e
n
r
y
w
a
s in posi
t
ion
t
o
g
e
t her
to
t
he
re
nd
e
z
vous point.
Tom
e
x
h
a
led with r
e
l
i
e
f
a
s
he
touch
e
d the sides of his w
a
tch to r
e
s
e
t the j
e
w
e
ls
t
o
their norm
a
l colo
r
.
One
more
bit
of lu
c
k
w
a
s
n
ee
d
e
d.
S
he would h
a
ve
to
g
e
t a
w
a
y
f
rom
M
i
t
c
h
e
ll
for
H
e
n
r
y
to
g
ra
b
h
e
r. Othe
r
wise
th
i
n
g
s m
a
y
g
e
t
a
l
i
t
t
le m
e
s
s
y
a
round
1:00 to
m
o
r
row
af
te
r
noon.

 

Th
re
e
hou
r
s
l
a
te
r
, the
r
a
d
io s
i
t
t
ing
on
the
e
nd table
n
e
x
t
t
o
P
ick
e
tt
c
r
a
c
kled
t
o l
i
f
e
.

S
tr
a
y
D
o
g
to All
e
y
C
a
t
.
Ov
e
r
.

P
ick
e
tt
mu
t
e
d the
tel
e
vis
i
on
a
nd pick
e
d up
the
ra
dio.


This
i
s All
e
y
C
a
t
, ov
e
r.”


Obj
ec
t
i
ve
r
e
a
c
h
e
d
. Al
l
’s
w
e
l
l
.
W
i
l
l be
rea
d
y
for
gu
e
sts
b
y
to
m
o
r
ro
w
.
Ov
e
r
.

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