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the streetlights were little more than blurry indications of man's age-old feeble attempt to fend off fear of the dark. |
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Madden had managed to round up 18 or so of the heartier souls in the village to help him conduct a hastily concocted, combination patrol and vigil. |
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Kendall had succeeded in getting two additional officers down from Waverly post, and the men arrived with a small arsenal of weapons that were promptly passed out to the patrol. |
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The three Mounties and Madden held a strategy meeting at the back of the store, and when they came out, Kendall assembled the men around him. |
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"Gentlemen," he began stiffly, "this is Constable Gregory and Constable Hawkins from the Waverly post. These men are here to serve as squad leaders and maintain contact with our detachment headquarters in Thunder Bay. |
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"We'll organize our patrol network pretty much on the same concept we used to conduct our sweep last evening. Constable Gregory will set up a command center down at the old school house, and Officer Hawkins and I will head up the two patrol shifts. Each patrol will cover four square blocks and report in to Officer Gregory every thirty minutes. The group that goes out now will be replaced at three o'clock, and we'll rotate again just after dawn." |
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