Dammit, that's too much money to haul around in public.When I got back to Mrs. Shipley's, I was greeted by 21 sweet-smelling young ladies, all of whom...wanted to kiss me and make on over me. Naturally, being male, I never backed away from that. When I told them that the safe had contained gold and each one was getting $1,000, they were all over me again!Most of the women had some place she could go, though some of the women were not sure what kind of reception that they would get. Five of the. He had a wall full of knives and daggers, garrotes hanging by handles, a bull whip that had to have been nine feet long when rolled out. He had precision surgical scalpels, hemostats, even a stethoscope.There was no telling how long he had been at this.They had found diaries, started a couple years ago, that told of his recent killings and hinted of past ones. The diaries were scary on their own. Each page was filled with small neat handwriting from the top to the bottom, side edge to side. Karen ran over to Mike shouting, “Unk!”Cathy laughed at the little girl’s exuberance and said, “I think she’s going to call you Unk forever.”Catching Karen in his arms, Mike lifted her high in the air, and then hugged her. The pair rubbed noses.Grinning, Mike asked, “So how is my favorite niece doing?”“Unk!”Mike set Karen down on the floor and knelt down next to her. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little stuffed animal. It was a floppy eared dog. He gave it to her and said, “I. I also had a word with the people on the farms who are basically surplus to requirement and there are some families who have expressed interest in removing the families from the war zone to somewhere neutral and who will look very seriously at it if there is work going with it but they don't wish to emigrate." I've been giving that some thought too" replied McCock. "Looking at the political situation while I was there, it was evident that the two biggest players were Noramcon and Chencon with.