The Beginning (Gold Rush Brides Book 1) by Cassie Hayes

Author:Cassie Hayes [Hayes, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Western, historical romance, mail order bride romance, western romance, Gold Rush
Goodreads: 21798169
Publisher: Cassie Hayes
Published: 2014-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Over the next several days, Jack, Dell and Aidan worked from sun-up to sun-down getting the print shop up to snuff. That blasted Browne had painted his name on the window and that was about it. It made a certain amount of sense to Jack, since the man was just waiting find some sucker to buy it, but Dell was completely mystified.

Jack tried to explain it but she was just too naive to understand why someone would own a business and not try to make something of it. He finally gave up trying to explain the way of the world to her because, to her, the world didn’t work that way. She could be almost endearing, if she wasn’t so annoying.

Not knowing the first thing about printing, and not interested in helping sort out the ads of the poor saps who were trying to tie themselves down, his first order of business was to scrape away the old name and get a new one painted on. The artist he’d hired for what seemed like an unreasonable sum of money — until he thought about how much he spent at The Eagle in a week — was poised with his brush in a pot of gold paint, waiting for a final decision on exactly what he’d be painting.

“The only logical answer is ‘The Nuptial News’, Jack. That’s the name of the publication and that’s what should go on the window.” Dell was being as stubborn as ever, not looking at the thing from all angles. She was standing right next to him, but she just couldn’t see.

“But, Dell, what if the paper, y’know, doesn’t take off like you think it will? Then I’ll have to run this as a regular ol’ print shop, doing flyers ’n such. Doesn’t a name like ‘J. Dalton Printers & Stationers’ sound more highfalutin’? Personally, I like the ring of it.”

She rolled her eyes at his suggestion. Didn’t she know if she kept doing that her eyes would stick that way?

“It won’t fail, Jack.”

“Aidan, what do you think? And don’t let the fact I pay your salary color your opinion.” He winked at Dell and turned his attention to Aidan, who was busy pretending to be busy. Her heavy sigh of exasperation only widened his grin.

Aidan popped his head up and looked between them. “Hmm? What? Din’t hear ya.” Then he ducked his head back into a press.

“Now, c’mon, man. I swear no ill will come to ya.”

“Better t’be a coward for a minute than dead for da rest of yer life, Jack,” was the muffled response from the machine.

“No, really. I swear it. Right, Dell, you don’t think I’m a liar, do ya?” Jack nudged her with his elbow and dazzled her with one of his most charming smiles. It never failed to work on a woman.

Except this time.

Rolling her eyes yet again, she turned away and busied herself with setting up more type.

“You both know I’m right,” he muttered.

“Jack,” said Aidan, looking out from the printer.

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