The 22nd Secret (94 page)

“
T
e
n
-
fo
u
r. You
a
re
to
l
o
c
a
te bo
d
y
tw
e
n
t
y
y
a
rds in
f
r
ont of obj
ec
t
i
ve
a
nd h
a
ve
it
rea
d
y
f
o
r
g
u
e
sts
a
ls
o
. O
v
e
r.”

“
Co
p
y
that.
T
e
n
-
four
a
nd
out.”

The
b
re
vi
t
y
of
the
c
onv
e
r
s
a
t
i
on on a
sc
ra
mb
l
e
d
r
a
d
io ch
a
nn
e
l would
g
ive
a
n
y
o
ne
t
r
y
i
n
g to e
a
v
e
sdrop litt
l
e
t
i
me to loc
a
te the
te
a
m
o
r
f
i
g
u
r
e
out wh
a
t
t
h
e
y
w
e
r
e
doin
g
.
I
t
w
a
s s
t
a
nd
a
rd op
e
r
a
t
i
n
g
proc
e
dure
for
C
a
rn
e
s
’
s
g
roup.

S
udd
e
n
l
y
, the
phone
in
f
r
ont of Tom
ra
n
g
.

“
W
a
lke
r
.”

“
This
i
s
C
olonel
P
ick
e
t
t
.
Good n
e
ws. Ca
r
n
e
s’s te
a
m
i
s at the
c
r
a
sh s
i
te. T
h
e
y
should be r
e
a
d
y
f
o
r
y
ou
b
y
the ti
m
e
y
ou
g
e
t
t
h
e
r
e
. A
n
y
th
i
n
g
e
lse
y
ou
n
ee
d
f
r
om
m
e
,
j
ust c
a
l
l
.”

“
Th
a
nks,
I
wil
l
. Good n
i
g
h
t
, Colonel.”

“Good lu
c
k.”

B
oth
m
e
n hu
n
g
up
a
nd
T
om
r
e
c
l
i
n
e
d the s
e
a
t ful
l
y
a
nd r
e
la
x
e
d
a
nd tried to
g
e
t
a
l
i
t
t
le sle
e
p.

T
iming was e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng and so far he
had manag
e
d to k
ee
p the Chinese
o
n
e
step ah
e
ad of him.

“
B
i
l
l
y
,
w
a
ke
up.
W
h
a
t do
y
ou ma
k
e
of th
a
t
?
”
H
e
n
r
y hit
B
i
l
l
y
in
t
he
a
rm
w
h
i
le p
ee
ri
n
g
out of
the
f
ront of
the sn
o
w
c
a
t
t
h
r
ou
g
h his n
i
g
ht v
i
s
ion b
i
no
c
ula
r
s.

“
W
h
a
t
?
W
h
e
r
e
?
”
B
i
l
l
y
f
o
c
used
a
s qui
c
k
l
y
a
s
h
e
c
o
uld.
“
L
ooks like
a
sno
w
mob
i
le.”

“
No h
ea
d l
i
g
h
t
,”
H
e
n
r
y
s
a
id.
“
I
make
out
t
wo
rid
e
rs.”

B
i
l
l
y
f
umb
l
e
d to
r
a
ise his
ni
g
ht v
i
sion binocul
a
rs
to h
i
s
e
y
e
s.
“
Th
a
t’s
wh
a
t
I
s
e
e.
C
a
n
’
t make
out f
ac
i
a
l f
ea
t
u
r
e
s.
Th
e
y
both
g
ot
f
a
c
e
masks
on
a
nd h
ea
v
y
c
lo
t
hin
g
.
M
y
g
u
e
ss
i
s the man
is Mitch
e
ll
a
nd the oth
e
r
’
s
t
h
a
t dame
we
s
a
w l
a
st n
i
ght.”

“
I
th
i
nk
y
o
u
’
r
e
ri
g
ht.
Wh
e
re
do
y
ou th
i
nk th
e
y
’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
?
”
H
e
n
r
y
looked
a
t
his w
a
tch
a
nd b
ac
k thro
u
g
h his binocu
l
a
rs
a
t
t
he
f
i
g
u
r
e
s on the
s
nowmobi
l
e
.

“
I
h
a
ve
no i
d
e
a,”
s
a
id
B
i
ll
y
.
“
T
h
e
re’s nothing
in
t
h
a
t d
i
r
e
c
t
i
on f
o
r
ma
n
y
m
i
l
e
s but the K
e
n
a
i N
a
t
i
on
a
l
W
i
l
dl
i
fe
R
e
fug
e
.”

“
S
ix
in
the mo
r
nin
g
,
m
idd
l
e
of a
bl
izz
a
rd,
I
doubt
th
e
y
’
re
g
oi
n
g
f
o
r a
j
o
y
r
i
d
e
.”

“
W
a
it
a
m
i
nute.
J
ust
h
o
ld
on.
I
r
e
memb
e
r Mitch
e
ll
h
a
s a
c
a
bin
ri
g
ht
a
t
t
he
e
d
g
e
o
f the r
e
f
u
g
e
.
His un
c
le built
it
in c
a
se
one
o
f his hunt
i
ng
p
a
rties
g
ot s
t
u
c
k out
i
n b
a
d w
ea
t
h
e
r.
S
ometi
m
e
s M
i
tch
e
ll
uses it
t
o b
a
s
e
f
ish
i
ng
e
x
p
e
di
t
ions out of. Th
e
y
c
ould be h
ea
di
n
g
the
r
e
.”