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"The government?" Cassie threw a hand in front of her mouth.
"Oh, no."

"Let Jan have the message," Phineas said.

"I can't understand a word of it. The whole thing isтАФ"

"Let Jan try."

Cassie nodded solemnly and handed the white paper to her
brother. He held the message up to the distant light coming from
the house and struggled to read. The second time through, he
spoke aloud:

JAN JEROUX JARMAN HOMESTEAD SECTION 2398F
AREA 78G DIVISION AH. ATTENTION: YOU HAVE BEEN
ELECTED TO

SERVE IN THE UNITED WORLD CORPS. REPORT FOR
ASSIGNED SERVICE SECTION 2397Q AREA 78G DIVISION
AH 2400 LOCAL TIME JULY 18 2169.

"Oh, no," cried Cassie. She began to sob violently. "Isn't it
awful?"

Jan looked quizzically at Uncle Phineas: "What does it mean?"

"Just what it says. You're going to serve in the United World
Corps."

"I figured that much out for myself." Jan spoke loudly to be
heard over Cassie's weeping. "Only, what is it?"

"It's where your Cousin Norton went. He got that same
message fifteen years back."

"I didn't even know I had a Cousin Norton."

"That's because, after he went away, he never came back,"
said Phineas.
 CHAPTER TWO
On the evening of July 18 when Jan returned to the big house
after work detail, Uncle Phineas was standing on the porch,
waiting for him.

"I already told you," Jan said. "I'm not going."

"I remember you saying that."