Weddings at Promise Lodge by Charlotte Hubbard

Author:Charlotte Hubbard [Hubbard, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

March came in like a lion, with heavy, wet snow and wind—but that didn’t stop the Helmuth twins and Allen Troyer from arriving on the afternoon of the eighth. Christine was taking a pan of chocolate beet bread from the oven when she saw a large moving van and a stock truck trundling into Promise Lodge from the county highway.

“We’ve got company!” she said, motioning Rosetta and the Kuhns to the window. “With two big vehicles like those, it surely must be Amos’s kids.”

“Jah, they’d be moving two households of furnishings plus their horses and buggies,” Rosetta said eagerly, “not to mention Allen’s stuff.”

“You girls go on out to meet them, and I’ll put on some coffee,” Beulah suggested.

“Gut thing we baked some bars and coffee cake this morning,” Ruby put in as she went toward the containers on the counter. “Those Helmuth fellows and Allen can really pack away the sweets—and they’ll have drivers who’re hungry, too.”

“This calls for a big supper tonight, with everybody here at the lodge,” Christine suggested as she put on her heavy coat and boots. “We’ll all want to catch up with Barbara and Bernice and then get the five of them settled into cabins before tonight.”

“Ruby and I can handle the meal while you folks tend to your company,” Beulah offered. “We already have a couple of chickens in the fridge, so we’ll take some pork chops out of the deep freeze and go from there.”

“You ladies are a marvel,” Rosetta said as she, too, put on her wraps. “Soon as Christine and I welcome our new residents, we’ll let Amos know they’re here—and we’ll get the word out about tonight’s supper. It’s a big day for Promise Lodge!”

Christine slung her arm around Rosetta’s shoulders as the two of them stepped out through the mudroom door. She’d sensed her younger sister had been stewing about something she didn’t care to share for the past several days, so it was good to hear the excitement in Rosetta’s voice. “We’ll have to fetch the space heaters from the back storage room,” she said, “but otherwise, we’ve freshened the sheets, and the three largest cabins are ready. Have we forgotten anything?”

“We’ll figure it out after the Helmuths and Allen come in.” Rosetta waved her arm high in the air as they approached the big trucks that were stopping in the road. “We’ll need to make a grocery run soon, because Allen, the girls, and their husbands will be joining us for meals until they can move into their new home.”

“Hullo, you Bender sisters!” one of Amos’s twin daughters cried out as she climbed down from the extended cab of the moving van. “Trouble has arrived at Promise Lodge! And we brought a couple of cousins with us, too!”

“Jah, you won’t believe how much stuff we had to haul out here,” her sister added with a laugh. “We’re packed so full, we nearly had to tie Allen to the top of the stock truck!”

Christine and Rosetta laughed and broke into a jog.

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