Florence by Patricia PacJac Carroll

Author:Patricia PacJac Carroll [Carroll, Patricia PacJac]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PacJac Publishing
Published: 2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Jay awoke to a scream. He threw off the covers and opened the door to find Florence slapping a broom at a full-grown moose and having little luck moving the beast.

He yelled and waved his arms. Then he grabbed the rifle.

Florence put a hand on his arm. “Not in the house. Besides, she’s a lovely looking animal and hasn’t tried to hurt me. She just startled me is all. A woman isn’t used to finding a moose in the kitchen.” She laughed. “A mouse maybe, but never a moose.”

The animal gave them a look and then trotted out of the house.

“That does it, we need a dog to keep the animals away. I hadn’t thought about that.” He’d not paid much mind in the few days he’d spent here, but now, with Florence, he didn’t want her endangered by the wildlife.

As he helped her clean up the mess the moose had made, a squirrel chattered at them from the rafters. “After breakfast, we’ll go to the Howards and see if they have any dogs for sale.”

“I think we should get two. I know in Minnesota bears attack the dogs, and you need more than one to fight them off. I’m sure there are bears in the woods.”

He nodded. “The worst of bears. The giant grizzlies. They’re not only big but mean. We’ll get two dogs.”

“Jay, let me buy them with my money. In fact, it really is your money because it is my dowry. My brothers got together and pitched in to give me one.”

He shook his head. “No, we’re going to do this on our own.”

“But it is my money. Don’t you understand?”

He pulled her to him and smoothed back her hair. “I want to take care of you.”

She shook her head. “I see that I have married a very stubborn man. Let’s go get our dogs.”

“I still have the buggy. I’ll harness the horse, you get ready.”

Florence stopped him. “But breakfast?”

“We’ll eat berries on the way. I know a patch that we can stand and eat our fill.”

Looking excited, she ran into the house and came back with a shawl and her reticule. “I’m ready.” She handed him his hat.

Jay drove them to the Howards Sheep Ranch. He stopped the buggy and saw William and Darcy Dowd moving a few cows out of the pen.

Waving to the couple, Jay stepped down and helped Florence. “William, I’m Jay Selmer. I think we met once before.”

“Yes, I remember, and this must be your wife that I’ve heard so much about.”

Jay nodded. “My wife, Florence. We were just married the other day.”

“Congratulations.” Darcy shook her hand.

Jay looked around. “I was hoping you’d have a dog or two for sale.”

William snorted. “We are dog rich right now. Sheila had pups a couple months ago. I was wondering how we were going to get rid of them. They’re mutts. She got out with a scoundrel, and now we’ve got five mongrel pups.”

“We can take two. Do you have any older dogs? We woke up to a moose in our kitchen.

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