Until Tomorrow by Rosanne Bittner

Author:Rosanne Bittner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/Romance/Western
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Addy looked out across both Central and Blackhawk, able to see everything from the high, hairpin road over which Grant Breckenridge had brought her to show her one of his mines. It both thrilled and frightened her to be so high. The road was rocky and treacherous, with no barriers to stop them from tumbling to their deaths hundreds of feet below should the carriage go off the edge; yet this same road was traveled by much larger freight wagons carrying supplies up and gold down.

In spite of her loneliness and the ache still in her heart over seeing Cole the night before, she was certain of one thing. She was beginning to love this area. The surrounding mountains were beautiful, and a person was so high she felt closer to God. This was an exciting place to be, meeting new people, living in a town that was growing every day, where the surrounding hills were full of gold, an enticement that brought men and women from thousands of miles away with dreams of getting rich. In spite of some resentment toward those who felt they could run her life, at least here she did not have to put up with the hurt of being scorned by those she once called friend.

“That mine opening you see just ahead is the Chicago lode. I call the mine the Chicago because that’s where I’m from and where my employer is based,” Grant told her. “Chadwick Mining Company. I’m out here managing their mines and working with crews developing new mines. I judge the value of the ore discovered and the company allows me to name the mines myself. I’m also a troubleshooter … deal with the miners over wages and so forth, kind of an overall manager. I caught another Chadwick employee, a metallurgist like myself, trying to stake a claim for himself once rather than for the company, and I corrected the situation. The man was fired and has had a hateful grudge against me ever since, but I was only doing my job.”

Addy thought the words were spoken rather piously. “Is he still in Central?”

“Oh, yes. Works in one of the other mines now, not a Chadwick mine, of course.” He pulled up to the mine entrance, and Addy listened to him carry on about mining. It was obvious he was trying to impress her, but she had decided she had better learn all she could about the industry that supported this town, so she listened well. She did not consider this venture with Grant as a prelude toward being interested in the man romantically, as Hester hoped. She had only agreed to this because she wanted to learn about mining gold, who owned which mines and so forth, since that was practically all anyone in this town talked about; and she wanted and needed to make more friends. If nothing more, she supposed Grant could become that much, and he seemed quite the gentleman, although there was an air of arrogance and even a little hint of ruthlessness about him that still bothered her.

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