Two Heads are Better than One

[st_clare]

The days in late January were just the slightest bit longer, but the weather was still crisp. The highway had been one long stretch of asphalt, only a few cars and the occasional semi sharing the road.

Julianna had taken the day off, leaving her teaching duties to Clarissa, so that she and Gerald could make the drive to Searchlight. They didn't have a town hall, but there was a library there, and she knew from experience that they had some of the town archives in a special section. She already had her reason prepared, that she was planning a lecture about local history of Clark County and needed to see surveyor's maps and census figures from when the township was first established.

She parked the BMW in the lot, killed the engine and got out. She'd worn a light jacket against the slight chill of the day, and she tugged it closed as she started towards the building that housed the library. If there was something to be found, surely two sets of eyes could find it.

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Re: Two Heads are Better than One

[ghargreaves]

"Uh, depends I guess, on what you were wanting." The librarian looked from the lady to the gentleman and back to the lady. "Are you reporters? Or something?"

Gerald shook his head, stepping forward and smiling beatifically. "No, we're historians," he replied, indicating himself and Julianna. "And we're currently studying the locations in Nevada and Arizona, looking at the affects the construction of the Hoover Dam had on the population in these areas, and what long term affect it had on the development of infrastructure," he said smoothly, "such as a fine archive as you are keeping here."

A major event such as the construction of the dam was always handy to have to use as a cover for their real purpose.

Re: Two Heads are Better than One

[st_clare]

"Oh, right," the librarian said, and she stepped away from the desk and towards a separate table where a book with an imitation leather cover rested. She flipped it open, then turned it around on the solid surface to reveal lined pages. She produced a ballpoint pen, but Julianna had already retrieved one from her bag.

"Just put your names here and you can have as much time as you want. We just opened, so there shouldn't be anyone else in for a while. I'll come in and let you know if someone else wants to use the space as well."

The female half of the pair signed her name with a flourish, then handed the pen to Gerald. As small as Searchlight may have been, having people there who knew what they were about was good fortune. Now to see if they could improve on that.