Sagging Boobs Ugly Nipples Ch 01
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Norma spent a restless night. If she had her own transportation, she would have left first thing.
Sherrie was upbeat and supportive.
"I bet he's forgotten all about it. Just go come to work and do your best, it'll be fine, you'll see."
She didn't believe a word but had nothing to lose. As it turned out, she didn't even see Charlie again for two weeks. Seemed he like to spend most of his time at the factory or in his private shop, designing furniture.
After the divorce, he got away from traditional furniture and specialized in kitchens and children's rooms.
He was propelled into the mainstream when he did some furniture for a lawyer friend of his, who shared the pictures with his brother, also a lawyer on the West coast. He was an entertainment lawyer, and one of his clients was a popular singer. The singer was also a friend, and he showed the pictures to him.
One thing led to another, and Charley ended up doing the furniture for his new getaway cabin, if you can call a four thousand foot, multilevel house a cabin.
Architectural Digest did a story, and the photos and personal endorsements of his work propelled him into the mainstream. They did a back story with photos of Charley, Sherrie, and David, in the factory and her design studio.
The local TV station did a segment on them, and one of the cable networks did a half hour show on their home and garden channel.
Already busy, suddenly they were swamped. They added workers and expanded the production floor, and still turned away work. Charley refused to substitute quantity for quality.
A developer in Raleigh, N.C. was an old friend, and when he decided to do an upscale condo project, he called Charley. After meeting with Sherrie and David to get their input, they committed to the plan. Twenty seven luxury condos, all designed and furnished by Charley and company, to the specifications of the owners.
They had had contracts approved for half the units before ground was broken. Sherrie and Norma were in for long hours and a grueling schedule.
Out of the blue, Charley called and asked her to lunch the next day. Her behavior came rushing back to her, but you don't say no to your boss, and agreed to be picked up at noon.
He picked her up in his four door, four wheel drive truck, apologizing, he had been out in the field and hadn't had time to change clothes or vehicles. She had never ridden in something so large or sat so high off the ground.
He had on a faded denim shirt over a black t shirt and worn jeans. He took her to a small diner she had never noticed before, even though she went right by it everyday to and from work.
"I'll take you somewhere more upscale next time, I promise. The food here is quite good though. Shall we?"
He opened the door and helped her out, reminding her to watch her step down.
The place was homey, everybody was friendly, and they all seemed to know Charley. They gave her a menu and brought water and a sweetened tea for him.
"Ya'll know what you want yet?" said the middle aged waitress, holding her pad.
Charley started to order but she interrupted him.
"Hush, Charley, I know what you want. Fried chicken thigh, okra, and mashed potatoes. I was talking to your friend. The meatloaf is really good today, sugar, just saying."
She could smell it and her stomach rumbled. Making a promise to spend extra time on the Stair master, she took the meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and creamed corn.
She brought out the order and a platter of homemade biscuits.
They ate in silence, enjoying the meal.
The waitress bustled back out.
"Chocolate pie, carrot cake, or banana pudding?"
She groaned. He laughed.
"Go on, if you don't, I'm going to eat mine in front of you, smack my lips and talk about how good it is. You'll hate me before I'm done."
Two chocolate pies and coffee, and they weren't small pieces.
Saturday, May 3, 1884 Cherokee Lands Indian Territory Iron Hammer’s Lodge “Eli Crow, I see you have returned and now you bring all the marshals and little Crows to see me. I see my own brothers, the Barkleys, with you. How am I so honored this day?” “Iron Hammer, I came with my friends and young’uns to tell you of a cattle deal we made in Kansas City this week. My little Crows have gifts for your little Hammers and me and my friends are always happy to sit with Iron Hammer and his brothers...
The next morning early, the three had ridden no more than half a mile from camp, when Eli pulled his horse back. “We got riders coming in, hold up and get your guns ready,” he told them. They were suddenly surrounded by sixteen members of a cavalry patrol, handguns drawn and hammers backed. “Stand your position men, United States Cavalry here. You’re trespassing on government property,” a big sergeant in front of the troop yelled. “Mister, you best put them pistols away before we shoot...
“ ... And furthermore, if any one of you four so much as step out of line down there at Marshal Crow’s place in Indian Territory, all four of you will find yourselves serving a term of three to seven years in prison. You’re being released into Marshal Crow’s custody at the request of several townspeople, and Town Marshal Dal Hopkins. Each of you will be on probation for five years. This means you are forbidden to have in your possession, firearms and/or alcohol, or be in the company of those...
Sissy and Joe came home while they were still sitting around the table. Joe was wearing a Deputy United States Marshal’s badge, grinning that crooked grin, and Sissy was hanging on him like she was shackled to him as she came in grinning. “We’re married, Daddy. I’m a wife now and I love my husband. Judge Parker married us and he cried, he was so happy that we let him. He told us not to worry about that trouble over in unassigned lands, he would take care of it.” “Momma, I’m taking my man...
After their meal, they rounded the young’uns up and headed them back upstairs. The elevator had to make two trips to get them all to the top floor. By the time they had the younger ones settled and into bed, it was after ten o’clock and they had a busy day planned for tomorrow. The baseball game started at one o’clock and they were scheduled to play two games before dark. The grownups talked for another hour before heading off to their separate rooms and to bed. They still wanted to spend...
The trek up the Arkansas was only the first of many over the next four years, as the men took the boys out to spend a week at a time, teaching them things all men who live in Indian Territory needed to know if they are to survive. They made two more treks the next month, practicing gun skills, learning how to use a knife and especially how to use their fists. They learned how to fight when the odds were against them. Moses taught them that there no such thing as a fair fight. Gang up, whip...
Series: Ian Somerhalder Slash SeriesRating: NC17Summary: Something incredible happens to me when feeding crows. Disclaimer: I don't own the other character, that's right, now you can imagine yourself in the story!Feedback: Would be lovely.Title: The CrowHow I loved feeding the crows while on my way to work. I always had some spare bread to give out. Never did I break the bread in pieces, no, I just threw them on the pavement for the crows to eat. Sometimes they fought for the sandwiches, but I...
Crow Ridge Indian Territory June 21, 1885 While Eli was on his trip back east and the other men were busy with Jon David and the drilling crews ... the Young Bucks took it upon themselves to keep a lookout along the river and all around the rail loading facilities. They rode from daylight to dusk, taking plenty of time to practice with their pistols and rifles daily. They were out early again this morning, patrolling the river in front of the houses. When they stopped to water their horses,...
Over the next three years, things seemed to settle down some on Crow Ridge as work went on as usual. There were no more confrontations with the Young Bucks or Marshal Crow from outsiders who wanted to make a name for themselves. They were drilling oil wells at an ever increasing rate, with crews quickly moving from one site to the next. They had enough hired hands to start a separate construction crew which would dismantle and move a derrick from a producing well as soon as it was in...
“Trapper, there are at least two dozen turkey-buzzards circling overhead back west of here,” Micah told him as they rode north. Trapper and the others turned their horses to look back to where Micah was pointing. “Looks like we could have a fresh one for you men to check out. Let’s get on over there,” Trapper said and spanked his horse with his reins. They topped a small rise to see at least two dozen more buzzards on the ground tearing into a dead calf. When they rode up, the buzzards...
Crow Ridge Cattle Company Tulsa, Indian Territory Thanksgiving Day November 27,1884: “Here come the Buffalo Soldiers, they’re crossing the river now!” Isaac yelled as he jumped off the back porch, headed toward the barn where the men, the girls, and the rest of the Bucks were gathered. The women had run the men and younger ones from the house so they could finish cooking and get the dinner ready. This was to be the biggest feast and biggest celebration they’d had to date. The men, the...
“Son, that was some race. We heard what Parkman’s jockey said. You did the right thing holding Cheyenne back, then letting him run away with the race after they’d tried to run him down like that. You’d think Sam Parkman would know better by now,” Eli said as he and Joe stood beside Little Eli when their picture was made. “Did you win big again, Dad?” Little Eli asked, knowing by his smile that he did. “We all won big on that race. I already have another big bet placed on the last race...
Eli had planned their trip himself and since he wanted them to stay a few days in Boones Crossing without being in a rush, he decided to take his dad’s advice and travel to Kansas City first then come back to Boones Crossing. Though he and Isaac didn’t wear their guns, they did have their knives on their hips, with their guns packed in their traveling bags. Both were dressed in buckskins and their girls dressed in finery like the other women traveling on the train. They ate one meal in the...
October 1, 1881 While Eli was getting his latest prisoners turned over to the jailers, Jefferson left the courthouse through the back door and ran out to saddle his horse. He rode hard up the back way, cutting across an open lot and through someones yard as he raced home. He didn’t take time to put his horse in the barn, he knew Eli would see it anyway. He jerked the saddle off and turned his horse in the cow pen. When Eli rode into the yard later, it was almost sundown and there was no one...
True to their word to each other, and to Sissy’s momma, they didn’t touch. Except when Joe washed her naked back and she washed his. She explained to him how to braid her hair and he did a good job, when she told him it was just like plaiting a rope. They slept upstairs in the same bedroll, with the front door locked and both of their guns next to them. She held Joe’s hand as he held her and they slept until just before dawn when Joe jumped awake, thinking they’d overslept. Kneeling in the...
December 27, 1884 Tulsa Depot Tulsa, Indian Territory Jon David and Joe were at the train depot when the train pulled in from Kansas City. Jon David had gotten a telegraph message that there would be twenty-one, young Negro women aboard the train arriving on the twenty-seventh. There were only two Pullman cars and a caboose connected to that train. The preacher from the Negro church in Kansas City had made the trip down to Tulsa, escorting the young women personally, since the young women...
Once upon a time, there was a crow on a tree, it saw a grandma was baking a pancake under the tree. It decided to steal a pan-cake from grandma. It flew fast towards the ground and quickly picked the pancake and came to the tree and got ready to eat. A fox saw the crow having a pancake in its beak. It decided to cheat the crow and get the pancake from it. It came under the tree and looked at the crow and called it. Crow turned to the fox and gestured by turning its head Fox said to the crow,...
Eli arrived in Kansas City late on the second day out of Washington, D.C., after leaving the Langham Hotel and boarding his train late on the twentieth. He slept well through the first night, as the train rocked and ambled across the hundreds of miles west toward Kansas City. He was a day early, but he felt better about this special marshal commendation now, than he had when he and Jon David first started talking about it last year. He’d had a good meeting with the Attorney General, after...
Crow Ridge Tulsa, Indian Territory When Miranda first started teaching at the new school building in the fall of 1884, she started a tradition that she kept up as long as she taught school there. Each Friday after school classes ended, she and Grandmother would move the desks and tables back to the sides of the one room school building and teach dance steps to the students. They had an arrangement with Bill and Jack Robertson to come to the schoolhouse and play music while they taught the...
Crow Ridge September 1, 1896 “Come on in, Ezra. Your dad and I wanted to talk to you before you head back to Crow Valley,” Rose told her son. Jefferson was sitting up in bed with the covers pulled to his waist. “Dad, are you feeling any better?” Ezra asked as he walked over to sit at his bedside and lay his hand on top Jefferson’s right hand. “I feel better today, Son. This has actually been one of my better days in the past few months. “Dad, I suppose I’ve always taken for granted that...
Doctor Harrod came out just a few minutes after Eli and Jefferson walked into the lobby and sat down. They both jumped up as soon as he came through the door, hurrying to meet him. “Doc?” Eli said as he looked at the young doctor. “Duncan is fine. He’s sleeping now and you’ll both be able to see him in a few hours. I drained the wound where the injury had become infected. There was a bone fragment just as I thought. It was wedged in a clump of hair that had pushed into the tiny skull...
A week after the marshals returned from their last trip, Eli rode across the river to Tulsa with Little Eli and the other boys and girls. The young’uns thought they were almost grown now, getting to ride the big high stepping horses all the way across the river with him and going to the post office at Perryman’s. He gave them enough money to buy some candy and even some gum, for the first time in their lives. The boys saw some baseball bats, gloves, and balls and each of them wanted baseball...
Tulsa, Indian Territory Crow Ridge Cattle Company June 2, 1884 The big house on the hill was full of happy talk as they gathered in the kitchen to talk and catch up on the latest trip into the Territory. Clarissa was typing on her typewriter as fast as she could to keep up with all that was said. She was getting faster at typing and this was the first time she didn’t make notes to type from later. They let the ten youngest travelers talk first, each of them telling their version of the...
“Willis, you and your men get things wrapped up here and go back that way now. All of you go down to Perryman’s, I’ll go on ahead and have us a separate account set up for all our supplies. We’ll get you outfitted with boiler overalls, gloves, and slickers, then make sure he orders more. We can’t be talking about drilling for oil though, or we’ll have people all over the place out here,” Jon David told them. “Willis, when you and all the men get your rain suits, slickers, rain hats, and...
Saturday morning early Little Eli had Cheyenne out on the track letting him run and kick up his heels. The Barkley brothers were there early and the other men joined them, leaning against the rail to watch him run. Little Eli held him back, not wanting to show his speed, but he still let him run to loosen up and settle his jitters down. He knew Cheyenne was ready. He could feel his young horse’s energy when he moved. There was a race scheduled for ten o’clock in the morning and another one...
“Dad, these four girls all have the same last name. These two are sisters and these two here are sisters and the two sets of sisters are cousins,” Little Eli said as he then called them by name and introduced the girls to each of their dads, Joe, Jefferson, and Howard. When they had all spoken, Micah got his dad’s attention. “Dad, their uncle is Don Cowden. He was married to their daddies’ sister, before she passed. He even bought some cattle from their dads a few years ago. We’re having...
Lee Yu and Lilly Beth were the first to reach the visitors. They slid their horses to a stop and hit the ground running. As both girls hugged their mommas, they were so happy they were laughing and crying too. Lee Yu looked up to see her dad standing behind Tin Yu and she screamed again as she turned her momma loose to run to him. “Dad, we’re so glad to see all of you. We didn’t expect this when we started this way. “Dad, did you really buy your own train?” “Jon David, Amanda, Sissy and...
The next morning, when Rose and Mary came down to the kitchen to start breakfast, Jefferson already had a warm fire built in the cookstove. As they filled the big coffee pot with coffee and water, they heard a noise on the back porch. Jefferson stepped to the back door to see the two nannies and the two kids on the porch, with the billy standing in the yard, looking up at them. Corinne and Lorene were next down the stairs, carrying the two babies, since they had taken it upon themselves to...
Miranda turned and sat sideways on the top rail as she watched Little Eli run over to get on his horse. Lee Yu, Lilly Beth, Kia, and Michi were all waiting for him. They all waved to her when they saw her looking. She felt like getting off the fence right then and grabbing Eli Crow. She was so in love with him and his family. No matter if it was right in the middle of the cattle pens, and right in front of all the men, she could have thrown him to the ground and loved him right here. They...
Oklahoma Territory Crow Ridge Cattle Company August 4, 1889 Jon David, Amanda, Sissy, and Analisa told Eli yesterday that they needed to be at the office early this morning. They let Chane and Jon Jr. spend the night with Shawn, Karly Jo, Clara, and Maryanne. Eli stepped out on the front porch earlier than usual that morning since he had all his Little Bucks here for the day. He drank the last of the coffee from his mug and stood looking down at the river before turning to look over toward...
After an early start in the cold hours of morning, they rode hard and steady all day, stopping to relieve themselves twice and eat from the grub sack. They made Kansas City, Missouri late in the day as the sun was sinking behind the cold flat horizon, across the river in Kansas. They stopped at a big fancy hotel and registered as Eli and Rose Crow. The desk man was hesitant at first to let the two Half-Breeds stay in his hotel, but saw the Deputy U.S. Marshal badge and the Indian Police...
The door that led to the cabins swung part way open, and I raised my knife with a curse. Dera was behind me, kneeling, and I had intended to tie her up and leave her there while I went looking for more assassins. But to my knowledge, the assassins were all behind the door that had just opened. I heard Dera scramble behind me, and couldn’t decide where to point my attention. I was focused on the door, and there were almost certainly Crows down the hallway in front of me – but was I leaving my...
Crow Ridge Tulsa, Indian Territory February 14, 1885 Shawn Michael Crow, Eli’s sixth son, was born kicking and screaming on St. Valentine’s Day as Eli held Miranda’s hand while Rose stood beside her holding her other hand, wiping her forehead with a cloth. Doc and Lettie were there to deliver the baby boy as all the girls looked on. This was their little brother and was he ever loud and rowdy, kicking his blankets off as fast as they covered him. “He’s going to be a tall handsome Buck, just...
Crow Ridge Tulsa, Indian Territory July 5, 1885 “Eli, I’m going to miss you. I know you need to go see your grandparents and I wish I could go too, but Grandmother said we’re not old enough to travel alone together. Please be careful.” Kit and Eli were sitting in the barn, taking a few minutes alone to say their goodbyes before he left. “Kit, you know what it’s like when you’re with your grandpa. You and Ruby see him every day and make sure he has everything he needs... “Not counting...
“So, how’s everything been while we were gone?” Eli asked as they stood by the trail near the long line cattle passing by. “Been good, Eli,” Joe said, finally looking at Eli. “Where’s all my Little Bucks and Little Crow Girls?” Eli asked. “Jon David took them riding about an hour ago, Eli. No telling where they got him off to by now. They’d live on a horse if we’d let’em,” Duncan told him. “Eli, how many head did you bring back? This sure looks like a bunch of ‘em,” Joe said as the cattle...
When they finished unloading the flatcar, they headed back to the house. Smitty, Leon, James, and Albert were on the wagon and Eli drove. “Smitty, I need to have a talk with you. Want to walk down to the river with me?” Eli asked. “Sure Eli, let me get a drink from the pump and I’ll be ready.” “I’ll meet you out front.” Eli went through the house and into the kitchen where the women were fixing supper. “Corinne, come go with me,” Eli said. “Eli, I’m not sure about this now. Can we wait...
They left the courthouse and headed straight home to see the family. Duncan, Moses, and Eli could hardly wait to see their kids. Moses was extremely proud of his and Suh’s boy. They’d named him Pike Longfeather Kidd in honor of Moses’ father. Duncan and Eli’s young’uns were seven, and the two marshals could hardly wait to get home from a trip. Pike was about six months younger than the other boys, but he felt he could do anything the others could – the other boys expected as much of...
Union Station Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 19, 1885 Eli had been on the train for four days when he arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They had an hour layover there, one of many layovers they’d had on his long train ride from Indian Territory. After he’d found the toilets to relieve himself, he sat inside the huge train station and watched the hundreds of people coming and going. He’d never seen this many people in one place ever before, not even in Kansas City at the ballpark. He kept...
The Waco Kid never raised his head as he reached out to pick up a stick and thrash it across the bedroll nearest him. “Get your asses up, we got a score to settle this morning and I’m ready to get started!” he said loudly. The other men began to stir in their bedrolls and The Waco Kid rolled over to sit up. He had yet to look up as he pulled his boots on, then picked up his two pistols and shoved them down in his holsters. He stretched his arms over his head, wincing at the pain in his ribs,...
Indian Territory April 10, 1889 Before leaving Crow Ridge and Tulsa, Eli had shut the entire oil drilling and loading operations down. He wanted all his hired hands and partners to have a stake in these new lands. This is what he’d promised them and he was determined to make it happen for them. He made arrangements with Iron Hammer and his brothers to keep a close watch over all their properties, especially their homes, their cattle herds, their oil fields and their loading facilities. It...
Eli watched as Kit and his son, Eli walked back over to sit with the others. He had a knot in his throat as he watched them. He was so proud of those two. Kia looked over her shoulder at Kit and Little Eli as they sat down near her, then she looked back toward her dad standing by the corral. Kia waved her hand at him and smiled as he motioned for her to come over to where he was. When she stood, Jonny Bill looked up at her and started to stand. She leaned down, put her hand on his shoulder...
“This is absolutely beautiful. I just love the way the houses and barns look with all the pecan trees around,” Miranda said. “It does look good and shady back in them trees. We need to plant some pecan trees over at the other place to shade it a little, I reckon,” Eli agreed. “You boys get you some clean buckskins and go back behind the barn and get a bath,” Eli told the six boys. “Miranda, would you help Sissy get the girls back there and get them bathed?” “I will, but first we’re going...
Eli waved for Willis to join them again, after he saw his men line the young cavalrymen up and sit them down by the wagons. Willis walked over just in time to hear Jon David talking... “Don has told me all about that land deal, Jon David. Eli spoke of it the first time we met when he told me and my men to meet him here this fall. My men would turn around and fight off the whole United States Cavalry for a chance to own some of this land and have a family out here one day. I feel like I’m...
Crow Ridge March 20, 1889 “Lilly Beth, you and Lee Yu come in here when you get out of the tub, we have something we want you to try on to see how they fit,” Clarissa said and the two thirteen year old sisters walked into her room naked. She and Tin Yu had been cutting the arms and legs off some of the girls’ winter union suits they’d worn under their buckskins when it was cold. All the girls had complained about the union suits being so hot now that spring was here, but each of them wanted...
When they arrived in Durant, the sun had been up a few hours and Eli herded them to the hotel. The fireman and engineer went with them as the local railroad workers filled the reservoirs with water and oiled the locomotive for them. This was the first chance Eli had for more than a few words with his Bucks since they’d boarded the caboose in Abilene. Eli and Moses sat across the table from them in the dining room and looked at each of them as they talked to their brothers and their...
The terrain was becoming rougher than they’d experienced so far. The fifty miles took them almost two days, as the trail twisted and turned, and back tracked through the jagged rocks of the first foot hills as they came closer to the Southern Rockies. By the mid-afternoon of the second day, they had ridden down into a big grassland that covered most of the valley. The horses were hungry for fresh grass and they stopped to let them graze near a cool, clear river. Juni and Tin Yu were naked...
Jud and Martha were lying in bed early the next morning when Jud pulled her close, “When you were having that discussion with Eli’s daughters about men and women mating, did you think to tell them that my brothers had already come here early for the Land Run? Eli and I both wanted them to meet beforehand if possible.” “No. Goodness, we were so involved in talking about what men and women do together and how much fun you and I have, I forgot to tell them.” “If my brothers had been here, they...
It was a good thing for Roderick to smell again the smell of battle. The sweat of men tinged by the touch of steel armour, the strong smell of horse and of leather. Sounds of men cussing and praying, swords being sharpened one last time, all under a dawn which to a warrior is, possibly, his last. And that would make it beautiful. Upon a large wooden field-table was a map, more worthy to be called a sketch, of the surroundings. “Walter and Frederick will hold the middle with Infantry. I...
The travelers broke camp at daybreak after an early breakfast. They were still most of a day’s travel from Pecan Ridge and the MacEagle brothers wanted their new friends to visit the Cheyenne Village and meet their grandfather on the way. The Young Bucks and the Crow girls knew White Elk and they were excited about going to the Cheyenne village to meet with him again. They were even more excited to be there when he welcomed his grandsons home after they’d graduated from the private boarding...
Saturday October 3, 1896 Crow Valley, Oklahoma Territory “Let me see that map again, Deuce,” Ezra said. He stood next to Eli and Isaac as they looked at the map. They had just gotten their first orders as Deputy United States Marshals two days ago, and the six of them were excited as they saddled up. They’d packed the night before and already had their two packsaddles loaded with tents, food and supplies for at least a two-week stay once they reached their destination. They were being sent...
Fort Smith, Arkansas October 12, 1883 When Eli, Duncan and Moses rode into Fort Smith, they went straight to the courthouse to tell Judge Parker about the flash flood, and finding no rustlers. Before they even got upstairs to his chambers, they were met by Jefferson, and told of a jailbreak. “Eli, it was that Larry Parkins kid, the one who hit Duncan. He was in the cell with L.W. Ward and Clyde Pickens, the ones you brought in from down toward Fort Towson when we got Kia, Michi, Lorene...
“Kit, would you and Ruby want to wear buckskins like we do?” Caleb asked as they all talked, ate, and became friends. “We sure do. Marshal Eli told us we could, and said he’d even give us our own horse,” Kit answered. “We’ll have to round up our horses in the morning and see how many we have now. Daddy may have to get more horses from our friend, Iron Hammer. He’s the main man in the Cherokee Tribe that owns all the lands around us,” Little Eli said. “Momma told me we could all go down to...
Crow Ridge Oil Storage Facility December 21, 1884 The first twenty-five days the Mary Connor Crow was in operation, they didn’t even have a steam pump connected. The oil pressure was so strong that the oil was pushed into storage tanks nearby without the aid of a pump. The Petersen brothers had a man walk the entire pipeline twice each day, making sure all the valves were open on the empty storage tanks, closed on the full ones, and checking to be sure there were no leaks. Smitty and James...
Crow Ridge Indian Territory August 28, 1888 “Eli, we’ll be alright. There’s no need in sending a bunch of men up there with us. Mr. Dirksen has already told us they’d have plenty of men up there wanting to ship their cattle who would be willing to help. William, George, and Ben can help me get the average weights and a solid count on each contract. The Kansas ranchers can load them. We’ll be back in ten days or so,” Howard Claymore told Eli as they prepared to travel by train to Dodge City,...
Crow Ridge March 29, 1889 The family was up before dawn to see the Crow girls and the Young Bucks off. Even their younger brothers and sisters were up. Eli cornered Little Eli and Ezra as soon as they came downstairs and pulled them aside. “I need to give you men something. I’ve been wanting to tell you about this, but never felt like it was the right time until now. “Eli, back when you told me that you Bucks wanted to have a place of your own and still wanted it to be near each other, I...
Eli was standing just inside the main barn when he saw Caleb and Abigail walking toward him. They were holding hands and smiling as they approached him. He remembered the trip to Fort Worth and seeing Caleb with Abigail. Eli smiled as he thought of his son and the day they met those Texas girls. That was only the beginning and now those wild Texas girls are here to stake a permanent claim on his Young Bucks. “Dad, Pike said you wanted to see Abigail and me. We were hoping we could talk to...
Las Cruces, New Mexico Territory May 4, 1889 “Yes Sir, what can I do for you?” The man behind the hotel desk asked as Eli walked up to the front counter. “I’m Eli Crow and I’m here to settle up on a due bill from yesterday.” “Yes Sir, Marshal Crow. I’m glad you came in this morning while I was here. I want to apologize for my dining hall manager’s rude behavior toward you and your friends yesterday. I’ve already taken care of your bill personally, compliments of the hotel.” “There’s no...
Eli knew he had to get over to the women as soon as he could. He saw them laughing and talking with Analisa, pointing now and then toward where he stood. Even Sissy, Miranda, and Grandmother were huddled with the young Mexican woman, whispering and laughing. When Catt and Eva pulled her aside, they were laughing aloud and Eli knew it was time to go. “I see all of you have met Analisa. I hope you’ll make her welcome. I’ve asked her to work for us when we get back to Tulsa,” Eli told them when...