The 22nd Secret (126 page)

“
Oh
J
i
m
, wh
a
t a wond
e
r
f
ul p
l
a
ne.”
P
a
m
took one
of
the s
a
ndwi
c
h
e
s out of
the b
a
g
a
nd h
a
nd
e
d it
to
J
i
m
.

“
Y
ea
h, i
t
’s
m
y
b
a
b
y
.
”
J
i
m
took a hu
g
e
bi
t
e
out of
his first s
a
ndwi
c
h.

“
W
h
a
t
y
e
a
r
?
”

“
’3
9
.
I
didn’t know
y
ou
k
n
e
w
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
a
bout p
l
a
n
e
s
?
”

“
J
i
m
, I
know
a
lot
a
bout
a
lot
of thin
g
s.
I
t’s
l
i
ke
n
e
w.”
S
he step
p
e
d on the
met
a
l foots
t
e
p
a
nd looked th
r
o
u
g
h the
w
indow
a
t the inte
r
ior.
“
H
ow
w
ond
e
r
f
u
l
, is
th
i
s a custom
le
a
ther
in
t
e
rio
r
? Those
se
a
ts
l
ook
c
omfo
r
t
a
ble.”

“
Y
ea
h,
I
h
a
d it
done
in
A
n
c
hora
g
e
.
I
’ve r
e
sto
r
e
d the
w
hole pl
a
n
e
,
b
e
lo
n
g
e
d
to
m
y
un
c
le.
I
t
w
a
s the
f
irst p
l
a
ne
h
e
u
s
e
d h
e
re
a
t
t
he
lo
d
g
e
.
H
e
g
ot a
n
e
w one
in
’62
a
nd
I
bo
u
g
ht
t
h
a
t one wh
e
n
I
bo
u
g
ht
t
he
pla
c
e
.
”
J
im
g
e
stur
e
d tow
a
rd t
h
e
c
ov
e
r
e
d Ca
r
a
v
a
n
.
“
S
he
kind of just
sat h
e
re
in the h
a
n
g
a
r
c
ol
l
ec
t
i
n
g
du
s
t. No one
used
it
f
or
y
e
a
r
s and
a
c
ouple
o
f
w
in
t
e
rs
a
g
o
I
g
ot bor
e
d
, so
I sta
r
ted
w
o
r
ki
n
g
on the
e
n
g
ine.
O
n
e
th
i
ng
l
e
d to a
n
othe
r
. Now
I
k
ee
p it
e
qu
i
pp
e
d with skis
i
n the winter
a
nd put pon
t
oons on it
i
n the summ
e
r.
I
t’s
a
wond
e
r
ful plane
to f
l
y
.
A lot
of the
g
u
e
sts
a
sk for
r
ides.”

J
i
m
s
a
t on
a
n old wood
e
n
p
icnic
table
b
e
n
c
h
a
lo
n
g the
wa
ll
n
e
x
t
t
o the
massive h
a
n
g
a
r doors.
T
he
two plan
e
s
fa
ce
d the doo
r
s
a
nd
c
ould
t
a
x
i out
a
nd down the
wood
e
n planking
in
t
o the lake
or
onto
i
t
th
i
s t
i
me
o
f
y
e
a
r
. T
h
e
y
w
e
re
pul
l
e
d
b
y
win
c
h
e
s b
a
c
k in
t
o the
h
a
ng
a
r
f
o
r sto
r
a
g
e
a
nd mainten
a
n
c
e
, up the
s
a
me h
ea
v
y
w
ood
e
n pla
n
king.

J
i
m
w
a
s s
ca
r
f
i
n
g
down h
i
s se
c
ond s
a
ndwi
c
h
wh
e
n
P
a
m sat down n
e
x
t
t
o h
i
m
.
“
You like to wo
r
k on
y
o
u
r pl
a
n
e
,
J
i
m
?
”
P
a
m
a
ske
d
.
J
im
no
d
d
e
d
a
s he
c
h
e
w
e
d
.
P
a
m sat
look
i
ng
a
t
t
he
h
u
ge L
y
c
om
i
n
g
e
n
g
i
n
e,
a
dm
i
r
i
ng
i
t
s in
t
ri
ca
c
y
a
nd pon
d
e
ring
i
t
s ine
f
fi
c
ie
n
c
ies
w
hi
l
e
she
f
in
i
shed
h
e
r s
a
ndwi
c
h.

“
I
’m
c
h
ec
ki
n
g
it
out
,
”
J
i
m said. “
Ge
t
t
ing
it
r
ea
d
y
.
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t
h
a
d it
out for
a
mon
t
h or so
a
nd
I
tho
u
g
ht we
c
ould f
l
y
up to An
c
h
o
rage
th
i
s a
f
te
r
noon.”

“
W
h
y
?
I
w
a
nt
t
o st
a
y
h
e
r
e
with
y
ou
a
lone.”
P
a
m
w
ra
pp
e
d
h
e
r arms
a
round
J
i
m
, p
re
ssing h
e
r
c
h
e
st
a
g
a
inst
his a
r
m
.
“
L
a
st n
i
g
ht
w
a
s wond
e
r
f
ul. Th
e
r
e
’s nothi
n
g
we
n
ee
d in An
c
ho
ra
g
e
.
W
e h
a
ve
plen
t
y
of
f
ood
a
nd
y
o
u
’
re
a
ll
I
n
ee
d.”

J
i
m
le
a
n
e
d fo
r
w
a
rd
a
nd
c
lasp
e
d his h
a
nds,
le
a
di
n
g
P
a
m
to
l
e
t
g
o. He
r
e
sted
his a
r
ms on his
l
e
g
s, and
looked d
ow
n
a
t h
i
s fold
e
d h
a
nds.
“
I
know
I
shouldn’t
fee
l
t
h
i
s w
a
y
, but
I
g
u
e
ss
I
’m just
a
man.”

“F
e
e
l wh
a
t
w
a
y
?
”

“
W
e
l
l
, it
looks l
i
ke
I
’m going
to be a
k
e
pt
m
a
n.
I
’
ve
a
lw
a
y
s b
e
e
n
v
e
r
y
ind
e
p
e
nd
e
nt, sel
f
-suf
f
ici
e
nt, more
so
a
ft
e
r
I bo
u
g
ht
t
he
lo
d
g
e
.
W
e
l
l
,
now
I
g
u
e
ss
I
’ll just be living
off
o
f
y
our mon
e
y
.
”