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You

r
e
wond
e
ring
a
bo
u
t
t
he
n
a
me.
D
o
e
sn’t
go
w
i
t
h the
fac
e
d
o
e
s i
t
?

H
e
n
r
y
sm
i
led
a
nd
e
x
plain
e
d
a
s if h
e
’d d
o
ne
th
i
s his entire
l
i
f
e
.

M
y
g
r
a
ndf
a
t
h
e
r
wa
s
a
C
a
u
ca
sian.
N
ot on
l
y
g
a
v
e
me
m
y
last n
a
me but b
e
l
i
e
v
e
it
or n
o
t
I
’m a
S
outh
e
rn
B
a
pt
i
st. Gr
e
w up in Am
a
rill
o
. As a kid,
m
y b
e
st fri
e
nd

s last n
a
m
e
w
a
s
R
osen
b
loo
m
. H
e
’s a
B
a
pt
i
st
t
oo.”


A
c
tual
l
y
no,
I
w
a
s wo
n
d
e
ring
h
o
w
y
ou
g
ot he
r
e
so soon.
I
m
e
a
n
,
I
just
g
o
t off
the phone with Dir
ec
tor S
t
a
nl
e
y
.
H
e
said
y
o
u

d be
taki
n
g
c
h
a
r
g
e
of t
h
e
ma
f
ia pla
n
e
c
r
a
sh but he
said noth
i
ng
a
bout
y
ou
a
r
riv
i
ng
th
i
s mornin
g
.


I
ca
n
’t tell
y
ou
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng, but
t
h
e
r
e
a
r
e
some
v
er
y
s
e
rious n
a
t
i
on
a
l se
c
u
r
i
t
y
is
s
u
e
s involved. I
n
ee
d to
g
e
t
t
o a
pl
a
c
e
c
a
l
l
e
d
W
hi
t
e
B
ea
r
L
a
ke
L
o
d
g
e
a
s
quick
l
y
a
s possib
l
e
. Do
y
ou or
a
n
y
o
f
y
o
ur
p
e
ople know
th
i
s pl
ace
?


Y
e
s,
I
know t
h
e
pla
c
e.
S
o do most
of
m
y
men.
W
e
’ve
b
e
e
n the
r
e
f
ish
i
n
g
ma
n
y
t
i
me
s
.”


P
e
r
f
e
c
t
.
I
n
e
e
d
y
ou to e
q
uip
m
e
a
nd one
of
y
our
men
f
or
tr
a
v
e
l
i
n th
i
s s
t
o
r
m. A snow
ca
t or
wh
a
tev
e
r
y
ou
r
ec
om
m
e
nd
that

ll g
e
t us
t
o that lod
g
e
ton
i
g
ht. The
man
w
i
l
l ne
e
d
to be
fa
m
i
l
i
a
r with
J
i
m
Mitch
e
l
l
, the l
o
d
g
e,
a
nd how to
g
e
t
t
h
e
r
e
in
t
his
s
torm without be
i
ng
d
e
t
ec
ted
.


You m
ea
n the
c
r
a
sh s
i
te
or Mitch
e
l
l
’s pl
ace
?

Tu
r
n
e
r
a
s
k
e
d.


I
me
a
n the lo
d
g
e
.
I
n
e
e
d
to be in a
posit
i
on
b
y
ton
i
g
ht
t
o obs
e
rve
t
h
e
lodge
without
b
e
i
n
g s
ee
n, if th
a
t’s poss
i
ble.”

Tu
r
n
e
r look
e
d d
o
wn
a
t
t
he
C
I
A id
e
nt
i
fi
ca
t
i
o
n
, then
up
a
t H
e
n
r
y
.
H
e
h
a
dn’t
r
ec
o
g
ni
z
e
d
S
tanl
e
y
’s voi
c
e
a
nd
h
e
h
a
d no
rea
l pro
o
f this
g
u
y
w
a
s who he
said
h
e
w
a
s.

I
t
’s possib
l
e
, but
I don’t know.
I
me
a
n,
w
e
d
idn’t
e
x
p
ec
t
y
ou to
j
ust w
a
lk
i
n h
e
re
th
i
s mornin
g
,
a
nd Di
rec
t
o
r St
a
nl
e
y didn’t s
a
y
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
a
bout
t
his.
R
ea
l
l
y
, he
to
l
d me to st
a
y
c
l
ea
r
o
f the
plane
a
nd
a
s f
a
r
a
w
a
y
f
r
om th
i
s as
w
e
c
ould. Now
y
o
u
c
ome
wa
lk
i
n
g
in he
r
e
th
i
r
t
y
m
i
nutes lat
e
r
a
nd
a
s
k for
a
man to ta
k
e
y
o
u to
W
hi
t
e
B
e
a
r
L
a
k
e
.
W
h
a
t’s Jim M
i
tch
e
ll
g
ot
t
o do with
t
his a
n
y
w
a
y
? I
kn
o
w Mit
c
h
e
l
l
.
I th
i
nk
y
ou n
ee
d to
t
e
ll
me
wh
a
t he

s
g
ot
t
o do with
t
h
a
t p
l
a
ne
other
than
r
e
p
o
rting
the
c
r
a
sh.
I
f
y
o
u th
i
nk h
e
’s
g
ot so
m
e
t
hing
to do wi
t
h the mob
y
o
u

re
w
ro
n
g
.”

H
e
n
r
y
f
o
c
used
his
e
y
e
s
d
ir
ec
t
l
y
a
t Turn
e
r

s. Tu
r
n
e
r
wa
s an
e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
ce
d
a
g
e
nt and
w
ould not be
ea
si
l
y
bl
u
f
fe
d.
H
e
n
r
y

s tone
a
nd
e
x
p
re
ss
i
on
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
f
rom the lika
b
le
B
a
pt
i
st fr
o
m Am
a
rillo
t
o the
c
ol
d
-
blooded ki
l
ler
he
r
ea
l
l
y
w
a
s.


S
tanl
e
y
to
l
d
y
ou to coo
p
e
r
a
te
w
i
t
h me
a
nd don

t
a
sk qu
e
st
i
ons. Th
a
t’s
e
x
ac
t
l
y
wh
a
t
y
o
u

re
g
oi
n
g
to do.
W
e
don

t have
t
i
me to be
si
t
t
i
ng
h
e
re
c
h
a
t
t
in
g
.
I
f
I
’m
n
ot at Mitch
e
l
l
’s
lod
g
e
b
y
ton
i
g
ht
I
’ll h
a
ve
y
o
u
r
a
ss and
y
ou’ll be
r
e
spons
i
ble
f
or
the b
i
g
g
e
st espi
o
n
a
ge
blunder
o
f the
ce
ntu
r
y
.”

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