Melinda and the Wild West by Linda Weaver Clarke

Author:Linda Weaver Clarke [Clarke, Linda Weaver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romance historical, bear lake valley, idaho, sweet romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

THE BLIZZARD

A couple of weeks passed and Melinda had not had a chance to talk to Gilbert since he had kissed her at the train station. She had seen him a few times in town and he would nod and smile cordially at her, but he didn’t go out of his way to make conversation with her.

Melinda thought about him often and tried to figure out her own feelings. The memory of his kiss and his embrace seemed to linger in her memory. At long last, she came to the conclusion that she must be in love with him. Why else would she have thought of him so often during her vacation? Why else would she have compared everything he did to James while she was back East? Why did a warm glow fill her heart whenever she thought about him? She had never felt this way when she was with James. Her thoughts seemed to stray toward Gilbert every waking moment. This had to be love. What else could it be?

Melinda awoke to howling winds. She stretched and then hopped out of bed. As she opened the curtains to her bedroom window, she was absolutely surprised at what she saw. Snowdrifts were up to the tops of the windows at the main level of the house. The wind was howling like a mad demon. She had never heard wind like this before and snow was pelting down toward her window so thick and large that she could not even see more than eight feet in front of her.

When she heard a yell of agony downstairs. Melinda grabbed a robe and ran downstairs to find Aunt Martha stepping into the house, holding Uncle William’s arm around her shoulders.

“He’s been hurt,” Martha said. “He just fed the horse and was coming in when he slipped on the icy steps. I think he’s broken his ankle because he can’t put any weight on it at all.”

“Shall I get the doctor, Aunt Martha?”

“Yes, dear. Quickly.”

“What about school and the children? They won’t know what to do since I will be late.”

Aunt Martha gently helped William down on the sofa and then looked at Melinda. “Oh, dear sweet Melinda. This is a blizzard. The children won’t be going to school today. In fact, most people will be staying home if they have any sense at all. But there will be those merchants who feel the need to open their stores, which surprises me because who would want to go out in this weather to buy something?”

“Aunt Martha, I will hurry as quickly as I can. Don’t worry. The doctor will be here soon.”

“You’ll have to walk, dear. If you take the carriage, this wind might tip you over and you’ll get hurt. The wind is too powerful for that carriage. It’s too lightweight and in no time the wind will have it toppled on its side.”

“All right, Aunt Martha. I’ll hurry.”

Melinda remembered when she was seventeen years of age and the “Great White Hurricane” had paralyzed the East Coast.

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