A Contract Bride's Triple Surprise
“The barefoot boy whispered the words to his ragged companion. “Ya gotta run away.”
“I cain’t, Billy. If I run, he’ll find me, lock me up where nobody’ll see, and beat on me regular. I’druther be dead.” The second boy’s harelip made him mumble the words.
“What’cha gonna do? He’s got such a mad on, he’s like to kill ya.”
Ernie looked around. Their hiding spot, behind two barrels separating the mercantile and Mrs. Dawes’s dress shop, was almost useless. Baldy’s Saloon was across the street and dow...n a bit. His father was inside, spending the gold dust someone had given him. He sure as heck hadn’t worked for it. Work was something other men did.
He had to get out of town without being seen. In front of the mercantile was a wagon waiting to be loaded. As he watched, a tall, dark-skinned man came out of the door with a hundred-pound burlap bag over his shoulder. He set the bag in the wagon with a thump and went back inside. Everyone knew that man always carried at least three knives and that he could throw them in a flash.MoreLess
“I cain’t, Billy. If I run, he’ll find me, lock me up where nobody’ll see, and beat on me regular. I’druther be dead.” The second boy’s harelip made him mumble the words.
“What’cha gonna do? He’s got such a mad on, he’s like to kill ya.”
Ernie looked around. Their hiding spot, behind two barrels separating the mercantile and Mrs. Dawes’s dress shop, was almost useless. Baldy’s Saloon was across the street and dow...n a bit. His father was inside, spending the gold dust someone had given him. He sure as heck hadn’t worked for it. Work was something other men did.
He had to get out of town without being seen. In front of the mercantile was a wagon waiting to be loaded. As he watched, a tall, dark-skinned man came out of the door with a hundred-pound burlap bag over his shoulder. He set the bag in the wagon with a thump and went back inside. Everyone knew that man always carried at least three knives and that he could throw them in a flash.MoreLess
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