Christmas Under Western Skies (2010)
“She didn’t take the children to church on Sunday. Luke had the sniffles, and while she knew it wasn’t serious, that was her excuse. On Monday she found herself listening for the creak of Sam’s old wagon, knowing if it came it would most likely be Nathan driving the team.
But Nathan did not come. Glory stopped by to check on the children but remained uncustomarily silent regarding Nathan. A week passed, and an unexpected snowstorm gave Julianne the only excuse she needed to miss church for the second week in a row.
Late on Monday night, after the children had been in bed for an hour already, Julianne heard the pound of hoofbeats coming down her lane. She wiped her hands on her apron and waited for the rider to pass, but the only sound she heard was the relentless wind that whistled around the house seeking any possible entry, and the low murmur of a man’s voice instructing his horse. Then boots, heavy on the stoop outside her door, followed by a light tap.
She glanced at the rifle over... the door, then at the lamp she’d left burning while she finished putting up the last of the apple butter that she hoped to trade at the mercantile for toys for the twins’ Christmas.MoreLess
But Nathan did not come. Glory stopped by to check on the children but remained uncustomarily silent regarding Nathan. A week passed, and an unexpected snowstorm gave Julianne the only excuse she needed to miss church for the second week in a row.
Late on Monday night, after the children had been in bed for an hour already, Julianne heard the pound of hoofbeats coming down her lane. She wiped her hands on her apron and waited for the rider to pass, but the only sound she heard was the relentless wind that whistled around the house seeking any possible entry, and the low murmur of a man’s voice instructing his horse. Then boots, heavy on the stoop outside her door, followed by a light tap.
She glanced at the rifle over... the door, then at the lamp she’d left burning while she finished putting up the last of the apple butter that she hoped to trade at the mercantile for toys for the twins’ Christmas.MoreLess
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