Sins of Motherlode by Gillian F Taylor

Author:Gillian F Taylor [Taylor, Gillian F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

The group returned to Miss Jenny’s house, where a meal was quickly prepared for Sandy and Robinson, who had both missed lunch. Coffee and cake was served for everyone as they talked over recent events.

‘Well, that was a profitable little diversion,’ Jonah said, leaning back in his chair. ‘But it gets us no closer to finding the bandits. I feel like I’ve been to every saloon, pool hall, gambling den, whorehouse and dance hall in Motherlode, Silverton and Animas Forks, but I’ve heard nothing so far.’

‘Now a few days have passed, maybe you should start again at the beginning?’ Sandy suggested, and laughed at Jonah’s sour expression.

‘Maybe they’ll go to the dance on Friday night,’ Erica suggested light-heartedly.

‘A dance?’ Jonah cheered up. ‘Where?’

Erica shrugged. ‘It’s in that empty building between the two cafés. It’s a respectable do, in order to raise money to start a school.’

‘Isn’t Mrs. Millard something important in the school committee?’ asked Sandy.

Jenny nodded. ‘We’re good enough to service her husband and take his money, but not good enough to be seen in public at the same events as him, even if we give some of that money back for a good cause.’

‘She’s a wizened, old hypocrite who wouldn’t know how to have a good time if she tripped over it,’ Sandy snorted.

‘It doesn’t sound like the kind of shindig a bunch of owlhoots would go to,’ Jonah said. ‘Not unless they fix themselves up with some fancy clothes. Most thieves get money and just spend it, but this lot seem to be keeping it close.’

‘Maybe they put their money in the bank too?’ Sandy suggested drily.

‘What about the other things they took?’ Erica asked. ‘There was a watch, wasn’t there, and Louise’s brooch?’

‘I forgot about that!’ Jonah exclaimed. ‘She said it was a gift.’

Robinson drew out his notebook and flipped it to the right page. ‘I forgot to write a note about it.’ He sounded surprised at his omission. ‘I guess I was more concerned with the attack on her, so the brooch escaped my attention, yeah?’ He looked at the others as though asking forgiveness for his incomplete notes.

‘We’ll get a description of it from her,’ Jonah said. ‘So we can look out for it and try to track the outlaws through it. I’ll go back to Silverton tomorrow.’

‘I need to go back to the bank again,’ Sandy said cheerfully. ‘I have a hundred dollars to deposit in my account. Or maybe I’ll save ninety and spend ten. Didn’t you say there were some charming new hats in the drapers?’ she asked Erica.

‘Oh yes,’ Erica replied, smiling. She drained the last of her coffee. ‘The bank, the drapers, and the hardware store; I need some more shells for my shotgun.’

Jonah laughed. ‘And that sentence is why I love being around you ladies. You make life so interesting!’

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