Heaven Ran Last

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I saw him when he got off the train. He was just as big as I remembered him, with thick Irish features, and that made him easy to spot. He was bent a little under the weight of his duffel bag and he looked uncomfortable in the heavy uniform.

I worked my way through the crowd and slapped him on the shoulder.

“Welcome home, hero,” I said. I gave him a big grin that probably seemed on the level.

He eyed me for a second and then he smiled, a slow, easy smile of recognition.

“Well, Johnny, this is swell. It’s swell to see you.”

I pulled him away from the mob coming off the train and he put the duffel bag down, and began to look around. He was looking for someone and I know who he was looking for.

“Is Alice here?” he said. “Did she come down with you, Johnny?”

“You’ll have to wait about another half hour to see her,” I said. “She didn’t want to meet you in a crowd so she called me this morning and asked me to pick you up. You know how a woman is.”

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