Mary and Peter Jackson were driving down highway 50 in the middle of Nevada when Collie Entragian, the Desperation police officer, pulled them over for having a missing rear license plate. He told Peter that he could take the front license plate off and put it on the back and they should be ok. Peter went to the trunk of the car to get a tool kit under the spare tire. When he lifted up the …showed first 75 words of 1895 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1895 total…grabbed David and they ran out of the pit. Johnny ran in farther and set off the explosives. He has successfully closed up the cane in the China Pit, and he had taken his own life to do it. The others headed back to Austin to call the state police. Steve and Cynthia drove Mary to where her car was parked on Highway 50. Mary took David with her. They followed Steve and Cynthia into Austin.