Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas by Janice Hanna

Author:Janice Hanna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Finds You in Poetry Texas
ISBN: 9781935416166
Publisher: Guideposts
Published: 2011-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Early Monday morning, the train brought yet another bride—the lovely Rebecca Morgan from Virginia. Doc Klein, less stoic than usual, sat tall and straight in the wagon beside Belinda, the sunlight reflecting off the bald spot on the top of his head. The tips of his ears were red in anticipation. Looked like the forty-something bachelor was nervous. Not that Belinda blamed him. This had to be nerve-wracking. It turned out, Rebecca—who looked to be in her late thirties—was tall and slender with a comely physique. Her style of dress was plain but practical. Her shoes, sensible. She greeted them with a warm smile, but Belinda could sense her nervous anticipation, as well.

Doc Klein scrambled into action, fetching her bags and loading them into the wagon. As he did so, he managed to keep a lively conversation going.

From the moment Rebecca met Doc face-to-face, Belinda sensed at once that these two were a bona fide match. They talked about medicine and medical procedures all the way back to Poetry, continuing as Belinda dropped them off at the restaurant. In fact, Belinda couldn’t remember ever hearing so much chatter about surgical instruments, boil lancing, and the like. Not exactly the stuff romantic unions were known for, but the two clearly had a lot in common. More than any couple she’d ever met, in fact.

She barely had time to contemplate this fact, however, because John Ogilvie’s bride was set to arrive at the station at one o’clock on the dot. Adeline would arrive less than an hour later on a train from Boston.

Belinda headed back to Terrell with the wagon, this time taking Greta along for the ride. They were thrilled to find Cassie Bly an intelligent young woman with great zeal for life. Surely she would find John Ogilvie her perfect complement. Belinda hoped so, anyway. The two would meet in a few hours. Right now, they had to stay at the depot to wait for Adeline’s train.

As they waited, the three women gabbed about all sorts of things, primarily Cassie’s plans for the future. It turned out she had a lot of them.

“I’ve been sewing since I was a little girl,” Cassie said. “Folks have always brought their mending to me, and every woman in our town who ever wanted a wedding dress came to me, as well. I’ve been gifted with a needle and thread for as long as I can remember, and I love coming up with patterns. Folks say I’m quite creative, though I consider myself calculated, not free-spirited.”

“Well, sewing is a fine occupation,” Greta said. “You will surely have your hands full with making wedding dresses in Poetry.”

“Oh, I hope so! I’m planning to open my own dress shop someday,” Cassie announced. “What do you think of that idea?”

“Dress shop?” Belinda paused, offering up a smile. “Sounds lovely.” Corabelle would find it a wonderful idea, no doubt. In fact, she would probably insist that the shop go into the empty lot next to Sonnets and Bonnets.

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