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