Butchery of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-09-22T16:00:00+00:00

Smoke, Preacher, and Nicole built a cabin and shortly after the cabin was built, Preacher rode on, leaving Smoke and Nicole alone. Preacher didn’t return that winter of 1870–71, then one day Nicole came to Smoke.

“We have to get married, Smoke,” she said.

“We’re going to get married. But didn’t we say we wanted to wait until Preacher got back?”

“Have you considered the idea that he might not come back?”

“I don’t like to think about it.”

“How old is he?”

“In his seventies, I think. He’s never really told me. I know he’s too old to be spendin’ another winter alone.”

“Smoke, Preacher has spent a long, exciting, and very fruitful life. He wouldn’t want to die in bed, would he? He would want to leave this life the way he has lived it, in the wilderness. And do you think he would really want you to be worrying about him?”

Smoke smiled. “You’re right, Nicole, as usual.”

“So, you don’t think we have to wait for Preacher for us to get married? The reason I ask is, I’m pretty sure we’re going to have a baby.”

“What? No, Nicole, we can’t! We’re more than a hundred miles from the nearest doctor.”

“There is nothing to having a baby, Smoke. That is a natural process that’s been going on since the beginning of time. Besides, I went to nursing school. It’s just that I want the baby to have a legal name. I want to be married. So, where can we go?”

“We’re too far from Big Rock, wouldn’t want you traveling that far. But Preacher told me there was a little settlement of Mormons just west of here, over in Utah Territory. We could go there.”

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