Bride For Marshall by Cassie Hayes

Author:Cassie Hayes [Hayes, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical romance, Women's Fiction, victorian, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Hearts Desire, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, second chances, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Canadian Mounties, Law Enforcement, Action & Adventure, Security & Safety, romantic suspense, Lawman, Mail Order Mounties Series, Mail-Order Brides, Mountie Matchmaker, Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Animals & Horses, 20th century, western romance, Novella Length Story, short story, Multi-Author
Publisher: Cassie Hayes
Published: 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

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Spring rains and melting snowpack had the potential to cause major flooding in the prairies of Manitoba, which could jeopardize entire farms and families. Helping with such natural disasters was one of a Mountie’s many obligations, and when the call for help came in, all four men were often needed. As was the case when Harold Benning’s creek overflowed its banks.

Normally, Peter would have left at least one man behind for any emergencies that might come up while the rest were out doing their duty, but some situations called for ‘all hands on deck’. Besides, the train carrying a large silver shipment from the mines had just left the White Fox stop and was probably already making its long, slow turn before taking on the hill outside town.

So when Peter stopped the troop and sent Marshall and Andrew back to check on the train based on a hunch, Marshall sighed with annoyance. They were already halfway to Harold’s place, and there’d been absolutely no sign the robbers were anywhere near White Fox. At first, it seemed like a waste of resources.

But as the pair galloped through town, he realized it was the right call. There would be no better time to hit the train than when the entire station had been called out on an emergency. Peter had been promoted to Commander for a reason and had never made a bad call since they’d arrived in White Fox. Marshall wasn’t about to start second-guessing him now.

“The bend just before the hill?” Marshall called to Andrew as they pounded down the road to town.

Andrew didn’t say a word, merely nodded, and in unison they turned their horses off the road and across a field. Even though the train had left some time earlier, it would move slow until it made that long, laborious turn. That’s when the tracks straightened out, giving the locomotive enough time to gather up speed to make it over the hill. If the robbers were going to try anything, it would be at that bend in the line, when the train would be easy to board.

Up ahead, a plume of white smoke rose above the tree line. Relief washed over Marshall. Maybe their fears had been exaggerated. Maybe the outlaws had no intention of—

Even at a distance, the violent shriek of a train braking in a hurry nearly pierced their eardrums. One surprised glance between them and they pushed their mounts harder than they ever had. A single badly placed gopher hole would spell the end — both for the horse and for the mission — but they were moving too fast to see much of anything clearly.

As luck would have it, they reached the tree line without a single mishap. They dismounted as quietly as they could, just in case the bad guys were nearby, and hid themselves behind some trees and shrubbery. They watched and waited as the train belched to a full stop, hoping for a clear view of what was happening.

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