CtfA PTER 1 Kin, s (_olh q~ i tosFihlL l vmton, 1953 Pop Dawson died at F):,I-~ l . d. Kate stood by his hospi- tal bed holdin~ the dr,,, lcverish hand and felt it s]owlv reieas0 its grip. t lis head, crowned in a mist of fine, prema- turely white h4ir, moved slowly over to the left, and the clouded bhlc cxvs;,, .,,adual~v dosed. Gently moving her hand from his, sl~t slid her [Jn~;ers pointlessly k~ his puh~e. There would be ran>. , o( c{nlr -,c, but it was t ssentiaI to fol- 10w nursing procedure. \",h,, entered the time, with the da~e, March 15, i~)53, on his ch,wt. .4hc ch~,cked her watch again. Only fourteen mim~teq bclkwe i~< r shift ,: mi~ d. Nlr. I)nwsoli had ahvavs been obJi%ing; how col~vcllu.,n[ fh/f hc ~., ~uM time his dcl.,artu,c in her presencv, bhc to]ded his hands together ami drew ,~ J.on~ bre,ith. l)urin~,\"si , , , L H.~l> borers, XX Jl~. ll J>op wa .; tJi,.tnv i:ot rdrdV did anvonc come h~ .re i~im .-Kai:e ,u,:>~:id. stay ar~t chat with him. lie k~vcd t,t l,iik 4bout hi,, Rov0i Navy days dur-. ing the war, and c cn though bin (~pportunitv to travel had ) ~ occurred while :-,crying% hi> c~unt, v oftc~ in :,. ~d:i~e v,,a- ters--his dc>of Murm,-m~,k and the c,~, ,st> ~ff North Atmca and Europe were related with obviotis picnsure. Knk~ had never beon abroad and I op tirwd her irna~inatic~n. {.)he day, she vowed, she would see it all ior hersclL Kate ,rod M r sLipcYvisoL the ward Mste~; carried out
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