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Myself, I’m not thrilled or enthusiastic I’ ducks with all the dead tiht Unfortunately, he and his crew started up the ravine on the right side of ca down the left

"Mrs Ross, keep trying to connect with the outside world," Captain Wolfe coins to walk around the copole, immediately!"

I follow after hi to knohat the next step will be

"Men, we have a critical situation There’s a fire about three e We have to send everyone We’ll start digging trenches about a mile from the camp The fire suppression teams are already out there I’ll pull Lou Cross and his crew over to the left, if he hasn’t already gotten there

"I need soet Drake Trustler down from the fire tower It may be a hot ride Who volunteers?"

Loonie Tinkshell raises his fist "I’ll go"

"Okay, then Every man follow your tea you can find, buckets of water and burlap sacks We’ll beat the flaainst the wind "And be careful as hell"

Waiting

Now, except for the roar of the wind and Mrs Ross’s calls for help on the shortwave radio, it is quiet Boodean has been forced to co to blow hi wound, still sleeps on a cot, under the influence of the laudanuauze to cover wounds or burns, and Boodean runs to the laundry for clean towels and washcloths and then to the kitchen for salt and ice to make saltwater packs to cool the men’s skin, but other than that we are as ready as we can be

"What do we do now?" Boodean asks me "Sit and wait?"

"No, we should set up an aet injured"

"Really?"

"Yes I want you to scour the camp for an available vehicle, maybe a pickup truck with a metal hood Metal, not canvas; it could catch on fire We’ll make a couple of pallets in the back and load the stretcher, then you take ambulance down the road, closer to the flaets hurt, do first aid at the site, bind wounds, put on splints, whatever you can to stabilize the patient before you et hurt yourself"

The secretary stands up and starts yelling into the ain, "This is CCC Camp White Rock Can you hear me? Can anyone hear me?"

For a few seconds there’s static on the line, but then it stops "Can anyone hear me? There’s fire on theWe may need help"

Outside on the porch I scan for a blaze as the day darkens It’s only four o’clock but it could be nine, the s" Snake wakes up crying "Oh, Nursie My leg hurts so bad! Can I have another few drops of that ood stuff" The man sounds half drunk