Facing the Storm Along the Oregon Trail by Vanessa Carvo

Author:Vanessa Carvo
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Western & Frontier, Amish, Christianity, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Christian Fiction, Inspirational, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2013-06-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Their Names upon the Rock

HALF WAY TO Independence Rock Benjamin’s eyes opened, but he was in so much pain that he couldn’t even speak. As Emily sat over him, she remembered the man and what he said about the whiskey and she reached over and took the bottle into her hands.

Lifting her brother’s head enough to take a drink, she told him that he would be drinking whiskey only for this occasion and she tenderly raised the bottle to his lips. Cal sat up front listening to Emily talking tenderly to Benjamin and he began thinking about his own brother who had been in a fire and lived for a few days, then eventually died from his injuries.

Before this happened to his brother, he had nearly walked away from God, but had held on. Before his brother’s accident, Cal’s parents were attacked by Indians as they were making a trip to see friends in need, and they were killed.

It seemed that after losing his little brother as well, that it was the last straw for him and he walked away from God and never looked back. Here he was, once again wondering why God would let such things happen to good people like this Emily and her brother. It made him stiffen up even more as his thoughts ran wild inside his head.

Benjamin spent much of his time sleeping and when he would awake, he would be suffering so much pain and would be given whiskey and then fall back into a sleep. Emily stayed close by his side and watched over his wound for any signs of infection.

They had days ahead of them to travel before they would be coming to Independence Rock and for the most part they had entered rocky ground which was very rugged and the wagon would jiggle around so much that it would wake Benjamin to more pain.

The Captain would make his rounds, passing by to check in on Benjamin to be sure there was no emergency. As they drew closer to Independence Rock, Emily could see a change coming over her brother and she grew very concerned for him.

It seemed that when he would awake, he would still be very unstable and was no longer signaling for the whiskey or for a drink. He became quieter with each mile that went by and she began checking his wounds even more.

One morning as she raised the linens that covered him, she noticed some dark spots appearing on his calves that were not there before. Not knowing what this was, she became alarmed and hollered to Cal up front. “Cal, I think you had better call for Captain Shallows.”

“What is it Miss Emily?”

“Benjamin is not looking well and his leg is turning dark.” Cal knew that this was serious and he whistled and hollered at the wagon ahead of them and told them to get the Captain quickly.

Within a few minutes the Captain was by Emily’s side and as soon as she pulled the blanket back, the Captain gasped.

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