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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