The 22nd Secret (98 page)

P
a
t
t
y
took
t
he
pi
l
ls out
of
He
n
r
y
’s
h
a
nd
a
nd h
a
n
d
e
d them to
B
i
l
l
y
a
lo
n
g
wi
t
h h
e
r
c
up of luke
wa
rm
c
o
f
f
e
e
.
“
T
a
ke
t
he
d
a
mn p
i
l
l
s.”

B
i
l
l
y
without
knowing
w
h
y
took
t
he
pi
l
l
s
, laid down on the b
e
d,
a
nd p
a
ss
ed
out
with
i
n a
m
i
nute.

W
e
h
a
ve
to get out of h
e
r
e,”
H
e
n
r
y
said.
“
B
r
a
dl
e
y
sque
a
led just l
i
ke
we
th
o
u
g
ht he would, but
y
ou w
e
re
su
p
posed
to be in China two d
a
y
s
a
g
o. Tom will be h
e
re
b
y
1
a
nd is in
c
h
a
r
g
e
o
f the
o
f
fi
c
ial
C
IA
hunt for
y
o
u
.
B
ut
h
e
’s
on
l
y
g
oi
n
g
to be
a
ble to
s
lo
w
-
w
a
lk
j
ust
s
o lon
g
. Th
e
n
a
ll
h
e
l
l
’
s
g
oing
to
b
r
e
a
k l
o
os
e
.
I
f
Tom’s pl
a
n
is on sch
e
dul
e
, the A
r
m
y
’s
g
ot a s
p
ec
ial unit
a
t
t
he
c
r
a
sh si
t
e
a
lr
ea
d
y
a
nd the
Co
a
st
Gu
a
rd
’
s
w
a
i
t
i
ng
f
or
the Chin
e
s
e
ship to
m
ove
then th
e
y
’
re
g
oi
n
g
to pounce
on i
t
.
B
e
n
’
s
g
ot e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
r
e
a
d
y
to
g
e
t
y
ou out
b
y
plane
a
s ori
g
inal
l
y
plann
e
d but we
h
a
ve
to
g
e
t
t
o
t
he
r
e
nd
e
z
vous s
i
g
ht as soon
a
s possib
l
e
. This
y
our st
u
f
f
?
”
H
e
n
r
y
s
a
id as he r
e
ac
h
e
d for
t
h
e
b
ac
k
p
ac
k
on the t
a
ble.

“
No, l
ea
v
e
i
t
. This
i
s all
I
n
ee
d
.”
P
a
t
t
y
pick
e
d up
t
he
c
osmeti
c
s
c
a
se
a
nd st
a
rt
e
d for
the door.

“
How
a
bout
t
his
M
i
t
c
h
e
ll
g
u
y
?
W
h
a
t does he
kn
o
w
?
”
H
e
n
r
y
follow
e
d
P
a
t
t
y
out of the door.

“
Nothin
g
.
”
H
e
n
r
y
c
ould
h
ea
r
a
nd
fe
e
l
that
P
a
t
t
y
d
id not
w
a
nt
t
o discuss M
i
tch
e
l
l
,
a
nd the subj
ec
t w
a
s ne
v
e
r m
e
nt
i
o
n
e
d
a
g
a
in.

N
e
i
t
h
e
r spoke
d
u
ring
the
di
f
fi
c
ult
w
a
lk
t
h
r
o
u
g
h the d
ee
p snow
b
ac
k to
t
he
F
B
I
’s snow
ca
t. The
wind died do
w
n
a
nd so h
a
d the snow
i
m
p
roving
vis
i
bi
l
i
t
y
. H
e
n
r
y
thou
g
ht
t
his w
a
s both a
blessing
a
nd a
c
u
rs
e
.
H
e
h
a
d to find his w
a
y
to
t
he
Chinese
thro
u
g
h the
A
lask
a
n wilde
r
n
e
ss using
m
a
ps a
n
d luck.
I
t
a
lso
m
ea
nt
t
h
e
y
would
b
e
c
ome mo
r
e
susc
e
pt
i
ble to
d
e
te
c
t
i
on.

“
Ok
a
y
, so w
h
e
re
a
re we
a
nd wh
e
r
e
in
t
he
h
e
ll
a
r
e
we
g
oin
g
?
”
P
a
t
t
y
c
losed
t
he
door
to
t
he
ca
t and
H
e
n
r
y
sta
r
ted t
h
e
e
n
g
i
n
e
.

“
H
e
r
e
’s the
map
,
”
H
e
n
r
y
said
re
a
c
hing
in
t
o his
c
o
a
t handing
it
to
P
a
t
t
y
.
“
W
e
look for
the
B
ig B
ea
r River
just
south
of Mitch
e
l
l
’s pl
ace
.
W
e
follow it
a
ll
the
w
a
y
to
O
t
t
e
r
B
a
y
a
nd the Chines
e
.
I
t
’s
f
roz
e
n ov
e
r
a
nd the t
e
r
r
a
in
g
e
ts flatt
e
r
c
loser
to
t
he
c
o
a
st.
W
e
should be
a
ble to d
r
ive on the
f
ro
z
e
n ri
v
e
r
most
of the
w
a
y
.”

The
snow
ca
t
b
e
g
a
n mo
v
ing
a
nd th
e
re
w
a
s l
i
t
t
le
c
onv
e
rs
a
t
i
on b
e
tw
e
e
n the
two of
them
e
x
ce
pt for
o
c
c
a
sional
l
y
c
h
ec
ki
n
g
the m
a
p
a
nd dis
c
uss
i
ons of how
to navi
g
a
t
e
a
round
obst
a
c
les th
e
y
e
n
c
ounte
r
e
d. H
e
n
r
y
c
on
ce
nt
r
a
ted on d
r
iv
i
n
g
t
r
y
i
n
g
not
t
o th
i
nk of
the
f
a
te th
a
t a
w
a
i
t
e
d him
a
t
t
he
e
nd of
the
rid
e
.
Pa
m
l
ook
e
d
a
t
t
he
sc
e
n
e
r
y
out of the
side
w
indow
b
ut d
i
dn’t
rea
l
l
y
not
ic
e i
t
; she tri
e
d to
g
e
t h
e
r mind on the
tasks
a
h
ea
d
o
f
h
e
r
a
nd o
f
f of
J
i
m
.