Page 63 (1/2)

"How high is it?" I asked

"One hundred and fifty feet It will be nearly one seventy when they finish the lookout cabin at the top I’ll take you up there someday when it’s safe"

I wrinkle hs

"Just a little"

"Miss Becky!" A voice breaks h voice, as she stands just inside theher winter coat and hat and I realize I’ve never seen her in the cafeteria before She prefers to bring her own lunch and eat at her desk while listening to supervisor Milliken’s big band records on his Victrola The uilty secret "Miss Becky!" she calls again looking around the mess hall

"Over here!" Boodean yells and the short round woman rushes across the crowded roo’s wrong Perhaps one of the boys has been injured

"Oh, Nurse Myers! I hate to interrupt your meal, but Sheriff Hardman from Liberty is in the main office and needs to speak to you" All heads turn and the hall gets very quiet Most of these young men have had hard lives and know that a su

Captain Wolfe strides over "Is there a problem, Mrs Ross?"

The poor lady is so upset she’s shaking all over "The sherriff wants Miss Becky, now Says he tried to reach us on the tay radio, but couldn’t get through"

"I’ht over, Mrs Ross"

"I’ll come with you" That’s Wolfe, the protector

Outside, rain coundy wool coat closer The sheriff paces on the clinic porch He takes a drag froarette, blows out steam with the smoke, and tosses it into the snowbank

"What’s this about, Bill?" Wolfe starts out, and I’m surprised that the captain knows the lawman by name

"There’s a woman in labor and Daniel Hester, the vet, called and asked et Miss Myers," Hardman explains "Can you come, Nurse? It’s way out in Hazel Patch"

"A birth? A delivery?" Even in the chill, I begin to perspire

"Yes" The sheriff looks atwhat else it could be "One of the colored ladies The midwife told the vet that it’s her second child and she expects a quick delivery"