Eden Creek by Lisa Bingham

Author:Lisa Bingham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/Romance/Historical
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2013-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

Imogene and Eunice spent the rest of the day tormenting Ginny. First they took a field mouse from the grain bin and let it into the house.

The next few minutes were filled with an entertaining variety of screams and squeals punctuated by the slap of a broom hitting the floor.

Allowing the woman only a few minutes respite, they saw to it that the goat’s tether mysteriously came loose. In no time at all Lila Sue was happily chomping on a meal of freshly laundered diapers.

Ginny came out of the house and, stricken, watched as the goat ate the last few delectable bites of flannel. It took her a good half hour to chase the animal into a nearby pasture.

Later they saw Ginny on her way to the privy. Quieting Eunice, Imogene hurried to step in the middle of her path.

“Where ya goin’?”

The woman straightened to full height until Imogene had to crane her neck back to watch her.

“I am going to the necessary.”

Imogene pulled a face at the woman’s highfalutin talk, but she allowed Ginny to pass. “Just watch out for snipes.”

“Snipes?”

Imogene fought back a grin at the woman’s hoity-toity tone.

“Yes, ma’am. Way up here we get quite a few of them.”

Imogene turned and took a step or two away, moving slowly enough to hear the woman when she asked, “Just what exactly is a snipe?”

Flashing her younger sister a warning glance, Imogene turned. “You mean you don’t got snipes where you come from?”

The woman shook her head.

Imogene’s regarded her pitifully. “Well, they’re small and mean—kind of like a cross between a badger and a rat.”

Imogene was sure she saw the woman pale.

“ ’Course, they won’t hurt you as long as you warn ’em away.”

“And just how does one do that?”

Once again Imogene stifled a grin. “Just make a sound kinda like this—whoop, whoop, whoop. Then flap your arms like a chicken so they can see you comin’.”

Ginny stared at her intently, and Imogene thought she would call her bluff. Instead she backed away toward the house.

“I think I’d best go check on Baby Grace.”

Imogene offered her a sweet smile. It wasn’t until the woman was halfway back to the house that she and Eunice saw the way Ginny glanced over her shoulder. Then in a soft, whispery voice, she called, “Whoop, whoop, whoop,” while her hands flapped at her sides.

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