Dakota Trail by David R Lewis

Author:David R Lewis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, old west, lawmen, us marshals, western series, western 1880s
Publisher: David R Lewis

I’ll tell you what. Them eggs had tiny pieces a fried potaters mixed up in ‘em along with a little bit a dried an’ chopped dill. Them thin slices a pork loin had been fried in lard ‘til they was some crisp around the edges, an’ them pancakes had cinnamon in the batter an’ was terrible good with that maple syrup. Not only that, but the coffee was of the same batch that I had in the notions shop. It was as good a breakfast as I had ever run across. The three of us kindly tore into it with some enthusiasm. Miz Marie smiled quite a bit over her eggs an’ pancakes. Eventually, we was near cast in our stalls from it, an’ eatin’ slowed down to just drinkin’ some more a that wonderful coffee.

“M’am,” Marion said, “that was as fine a meal as I have ever et.”

Me an’ Homer jumped in an’ agreed with him just as Carlton come in an’ took our plates an’ what little food what was left away.

“There are four of us living in this house,” Miz Marie said. “Carlton is my Majordomo, his wife, Sally, is the cook, and Carlton’s younger sister, Cindy, is my housekeeper. They are wonderful people and have been with me for about ten years.”

“This is a purty impressive place you got here, M’am,” Marion tolt her.

Miz Marie smiled.

“This place is a monstrosity,” she said. “It has two living rooms, a library, this sun room, a kitchen and a dining room on this level, and a total of nine bedrooms on the second floor, each quite spacious and six of which are not in use, plus four finished and unused rooms in the attic. My husband, Wilson Carl Jervis, built it shortly after we came here. He passed over ten years ago and left me with this castle. It is much more than any reasonable person would ever need, but I hesitate to leave it.”

“If ya don’t mind me askin’, M’am,” Homer said, “what brung ya to Sioux Falls?”

“Wilson was a businessman; a construction contractor to be more precise, and a genius when it came to creating new concepts. We met in Chicago back when the city first started putting in streetlights. Wilson had the contract for about forty percent of that work. He also was vital when the first telephone system was installed there. He made a large sum of money during those years. But Chicago got too big for both of us, so Wilson brought us out here for work on the gaslight installation and the telephone system, and then even the electrical project out by the falls. He was amazing in finding new ways to build and outstanding at creating simple solutions for complicated problems. He was a brilliant man with incredible energy.”

“I’m sorry for yer loss, M’am,” I tolt her.

She smiled at me.

“Thank you, Marshal Beeler, but it was not an unexpected event. Wilson was twenty-two years older than I. To tell you men the truth, I have been feeling a little useless for the past few years.

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