"Poor Digger," the cook said with a frown. "He ain't been so well as of late. But said he had to hold on just a little longer. I can't count the times he said that, just a little longer."

"He said he knew my family," I told her and the EMT overheard me and looked at me strange. "What is it?"

"You said he talked to you sir," the ambulance driver said.

"Yeah, we had a short conversation out on the lawn why?"

"I'm not arguing with you but he's stone cold dead sir. He's been dead for hours that's all."

"But that's not possible," I said and pondered the...