， I ioined the Army."<br >stl~esiologist said.<br >away as Prince went<br >~amed of the nurse s<br >eyes， understanding<br >e dreamed. I wonder<br >:e that? I bet she did.<br >CHAPTER ONE<br > THE ROCK<br >The Kansas~Oklahoma Border<br > The woman died from her first labor of love<br >without ever seeing her son， James Edward<br >Prince. When World War Two broke out， the<br >father left the sobbing little boy on the steps of<br >an orphanage， with a cardboard suitcase<br >holding all the child s possessions. The father<br >told the boy he d be back--someday. The<br >elder Prince took a bullet in the chest while<br >ferrying troops from ship to shore on Nor-<br >mandy Beach and James Prince was truly<br >alone. He had no other kin. Families took him<br >in， for he was a nice-looking child， and seem-<br >ingly very intelligent. Those families attemp-<br >ted to show him love， trying to make a home<br >for him. But Jim would have none of it. He<br >remained alone， in his heart， at least， if not in<br >his actual surroundings.<br > As a child， Jim did not care to participate in<br >13<br ><br >