Blood From a Stone (140 page)

T
hat
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
o
w
a
it
…but
t
hen
he
a
lr
eady had
se
v
e
r
al
t
housand
do
ll
a
r
s
w
o
rt
h
i
n
h
i
s
possess
i
on
t
hat
he
‘
d set
as
i
de
w
it
h
h
i
s
w
a
ll
et
and
c
l
o
t
h
i
ng
f
or
h
i
s
i
mm
ed
i
a
t
e
use
upon
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
,
so
he
had
m
o
r
e
t
han
enou
g
h
f
or
now
fr
om
w
hat he
cou
l
d
t
e
l
l
i
n
t
oda
y
’
s
econo
m
y
.
H
e
cou
l
d
buy an
y
t
h
i
ng he
’
d need p
r
e
tt
y
m
uch.

H
e
g
r
abbed
a
hea
v
y
l
ea
t
her
bo
m
ber
s
t
y
l
e
j
ac
k
et
out
of
t
he
c
l
oset
and
headed
back
out
t
he
door
i
n
t
o
t
he
c
h
ill
y
a
ir
, and
dec
i
ded
t
o
h
i
t
a
li
b
r
a
r
y
w
he
r
e
he
cou
l
d
s
t
udy up
m
o
r
e
on
t
he
t
echno
l
o
g
i
es
of
t
oda
y
…and
m
o
r
e
i
m
po
rt
an
tl
y
w
he
r
e
t
hey
m
i
g
ht
be head
i
ng
i
n
t
he next
f
ew
decades.

I
t
had
not
been
an
easy
t
ask adap
ti
ng
w
it
h
each
Aw
a
k
en
i
ng
t
o
t
he
new
s
t
y
l
es
of
d
r
ess,
t
he
ne
w
est
in
v
en
ti
ons and
t
he
w
ay peop
l
e
spo
k
e
and
t
he
i
r
cus
t
o
m
s.
T
he
ad
v
ances
i
n
tr
a
v
el
a
l
one
w
e
r
e
m
i
nd
-
b
l
o
w
i
n
g
.
O
ne
day
he
’
d
g
one
a
s
l
eep and
t
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
ho
r
se
d
r
a
w
n
ca
rri
a
g
es,
and
t
hen
t
he
next
ti
m
e he
a
w
o
k
e,
t
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
m
e
t
al
fr
a
m
ed
m
ons
t
e
r
s
on
f
our
w
hee
l
s speed
i
ng
do
w
n
nea
tl
y pa
v
ed
r
oads
at
speeds
one
cou
l
d
ha
r
d
l
y
i
m
a
g
i
ne back
i
n decades
and cen
t
u
ri
es
g
one b
y
.

T
he
w
eapons…and
t
he
l
a
w
s
su
rr
ound
i
ng
t
hem
w
e
r
e ano
t
her
w
ho
l
e
can
of
w
o
r
m
s
as
w
e
ll
.
C
h
ri
s
t
.
I
n
past
cen
t
u
ri
es
i
t
had
been
co
mm
onp
l
ace
f
or
e
v
e
r
y
m
an
t
o
ca
rr
y  a
w
ell
- c
r
a
ft
ed
s
w
o
r
d,
and
l
a
t
er
on,
a
g
un.
E
v
e
r
y
y
oung boy
g
r
ew
up
k
no
w
i
ng
exac
tl
y
how
h
i
s
f
a
t
he
r’
s
w
eapons
w
e
r
e
used,
and
w
as
tr
a
i
ned
i
n
how
t
o
use
t
hem 
f
or
bo
t
h
p
r
o
t
ec
ti
on,
and hun
ti
ng
f
ood.
T
hat
hadn
’
t
chan
g
ed
f
or
se
v
e
r
al
Aw
a
k
e
n
i
n
g
s.
A
nd
t
hen a
l
l
of
a sudden
t
he
r
e
w
as
t
he he
r
e and no
w
.

A
w
o
rl
d
w
he
r
e
g
uns
a
r
e con
tr
o
ll
ed and a
m
an
’
s
ab
i
l
it
y
t
o
p
r
o
t
ect
h
i
m
se
lf
,
and
h
i
s
f
a
m
il
y
i
f
he
has
one,
ar
e
under s
e
v
e
r
e
r
es
tri
c
ti
ons.
F
ood…c
l
o
t
h
i
n
g
…
m
ost
of
m
an
’
s s
ur
v
i
v
al needs
t
hat
used
t
o
co
m
e
fr
om h
i
s
o
w
n
capab
iliti
es,
w
it
s
and s
tr
en
g
t
hs
now
w
e
r
e
c
r
ea
t
ed
by so
m
eone
e
l
se
and
pu
rc
hased
fr
om
so
m
e
w
he
r
e
e
l
se,
or
g
i
v
en
out
t
o
h
i
m
.
A
dan
g
e
r
o
us
s
it
ua
ti
on
i
ndeed,
t
o
a
ll
ow
one
’
s
su
r
v
i
v
al
t
o
be
r
e
li
ant
so
l
e
l
y upon
g
o
v
e
r
n
m
ent
or
i
ndus
tr
y
.