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<blockquote data-quote="Leep" data-source="post: 194080" data-attributes="member: 3153"><p><strong>Part Three</strong></p><p></p><p>Looking frantically around, he saw the envelope sticking out from the desk.</p><p>Picking it up, he saw his name in big letters on the front. He ripped it open and read it quickly. </p><p>Jack grabbed the phone of the wall and frantically called the station. Suze answered the phone.</p><p>"Suze, call the search and rescue right away and tell them to follow me up to road 347. From there go twelve miles to the turnoff. They will see my truck and Tom's too. Tell them to take the trail to the left until they get to me."</p><p>"Please hurry, Suze."</p><p>"Oh, and tell them to bring a stretcher, the biggest one we have."</p><p>Jack ran down into the yard and fired up his truck. He roared down the lane and turned left on two wheels as he came out the lane.</p><p>"Please God, please let him be all right," he prayed.</p><p>In no time he saw Tom's old pickup parked in the turn around. He jumped out and felt the hood on the truck. </p><p>It was as cold as ice. </p><p>He reached behind the seat and grabbed the old, heavy coat he kept there for emergencies.</p><p>Jack turned and ran up the trail. He never slowed down to more than a jog the whole time.</p><p>As he breasted the hill he looked down into the meadow, to the tree Tom always sat under when he hunted. Jack had sat there many times with him. He ran stumbling and falling down the hill, the sound of an approaching siren far in the distance.</p><p>When he reached Tom and old Sam, Jack fell to his knees sobbing.</p><p>There sat Tom, cold, with two frozen tears still on his cheeks. Sam was curled up tight against him, Tom's right hand on his head.</p><p>The two paramedics found him there later, sitting beside Old Tom, holding one of his frozen hands in his, crying.</p><p>"Jack,… Jack, one man said softly,… Let us Jack."</p><p>Jack stood up unsteadily and said, "No, I'll do it."</p><p>Jack laid old Tom's body on the stretcher and covered him with a blanket.</p><p>They started to walk up the hill when Jack said, "Wait a **** minute."</p><p>They looked askance back at Tom and he said, "The dog too."</p><p>"What, Jack..The dog?</p><p>"I said THE DOG TOO…."….</p><p>The two men looked at Jack for a moment then walked back down the hill carrying the stretcher.</p><p>Jack picked up the cold, stiff body of old Sam and laid him tenderly beside Tom, covering them both.</p><p>Then he took one end of the stretcher and carried it the whole way back down the mountain. The other two men took turns but Jack just stubbornly held on to his end, tears running down his silent cheeks.</p><p>Finally they reached the ambulance and they carefully put the stretcher in the back. </p><p>Jack said, "Be careful with them."</p><p>One of them said, "Sure Jack, don't you worry, we'll see you back in town."</p><p></p><p>The next spring Jack and his new wife stood on the front porch of Tom's house and looked out at all they owned.</p><p>His wife said, "I still can't believe Tom willed this whole place to us, Jack."</p><p>"And, I can't believe how good his son and daughter were about all this."</p><p>Jack put his arm around his wife's shoulders and pulled her close.</p><p>"They knew he loved me and that I loved that old man."</p><p>"We'll take care of this place and fix it up like it was when Tom and Dorothy lived here..</p><p>Jack looked up the yard to the little graveyard where Dorothy, Tom and Sam lay.</p><p>It was getting close to dark and Jack suddenly stiffened and turned his head a little, listening.</p><p>Did you hear that Suze?"</p><p>"I think so, honey. It sounded like a hound bawling up on the mountain."</p><p>Jack grinned and held his wife closer.</p><p>Soon they heard the sound of a baby fussing in the house.</p><p>Jack said, "We better go in and feed the baby, honey. </p><p>I think Tommy is hungry, and we need to feed little rascal of a pup Sam too."</p><p>With a smile, they walked back into the house, arm in arm.</p><p>And somewhere, high on the mountain, Tom stood watching, Sam by his side, his arm around his wife, smiling.</p><p></p><p>Leep:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leep, post: 194080, member: 3153"] [b]Part Three[/b] Looking frantically around, he saw the envelope sticking out from the desk. Picking it up, he saw his name in big letters on the front. He ripped it open and read it quickly. Jack grabbed the phone of the wall and frantically called the station. Suze answered the phone. “Suze, call the search and rescue right away and tell them to follow me up to road 347. From there go twelve miles to the turnoff. They will see my truck and Tom’s too. Tell them to take the trail to the left until they get to me.” “Please hurry, Suze.” “Oh, and tell them to bring a stretcher, the biggest one we have.” Jack ran down into the yard and fired up his truck. He roared down the lane and turned left on two wheels as he came out the lane. “Please God, please let him be all right,” he prayed. In no time he saw Tom’s old pickup parked in the turn around. He jumped out and felt the hood on the truck. It was as cold as ice. He reached behind the seat and grabbed the old, heavy coat he kept there for emergencies. Jack turned and ran up the trail. He never slowed down to more than a jog the whole time. As he breasted the hill he looked down into the meadow, to the tree Tom always sat under when he hunted. Jack had sat there many times with him. He ran stumbling and falling down the hill, the sound of an approaching siren far in the distance. When he reached Tom and old Sam, Jack fell to his knees sobbing. There sat Tom, cold, with two frozen tears still on his cheeks. Sam was curled up tight against him, Tom’s right hand on his head. The two paramedics found him there later, sitting beside Old Tom, holding one of his frozen hands in his, crying. “Jack,… Jack, one man said softly,… Let us Jack.” Jack stood up unsteadily and said, “No, I’ll do it.” Jack laid old Tom’s body on the stretcher and covered him with a blanket. They started to walk up the hill when Jack said, “Wait a **** minute.” They looked askance back at Tom and he said, “The dog too.” “What, Jack..The dog? “I said THE DOG TOO….”…. The two men looked at Jack for a moment then walked back down the hill carrying the stretcher. Jack picked up the cold, stiff body of old Sam and laid him tenderly beside Tom, covering them both. Then he took one end of the stretcher and carried it the whole way back down the mountain. The other two men took turns but Jack just stubbornly held on to his end, tears running down his silent cheeks. Finally they reached the ambulance and they carefully put the stretcher in the back. Jack said, “Be careful with them.” One of them said, “Sure Jack, don’t you worry, we’ll see you back in town.” The next spring Jack and his new wife stood on the front porch of Tom’s house and looked out at all they owned. His wife said, “I still can’t believe Tom willed this whole place to us, Jack.” “And, I can’t believe how good his son and daughter were about all this.” Jack put his arm around his wife’s shoulders and pulled her close. “They knew he loved me and that I loved that old man.” “We’ll take care of this place and fix it up like it was when Tom and Dorothy lived here.. Jack looked up the yard to the little graveyard where Dorothy, Tom and Sam lay. It was getting close to dark and Jack suddenly stiffened and turned his head a little, listening. Did you hear that Suze?” “I think so, honey. It sounded like a hound bawling up on the mountain.” Jack grinned and held his wife closer. Soon they heard the sound of a baby fussing in the house. Jack said, “We better go in and feed the baby, honey. I think Tommy is hungry, and we need to feed little rascal of a pup Sam too.” With a smile, they walked back into the house, arm in arm. And somewhere, high on the mountain, Tom stood watching, Sam by his side, his arm around his wife, smiling. Leep: [/QUOTE]
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