Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-06-14T04:00:00+00:00

Five

Folks from the valley to the east of the settlement began coming over to trade at Abe’s store—warily at first, for they had all heard the many tales about Jamie Ian MacCallister, adventurer, pathfinder, hero of the Alamo, and so much more. The men walked light around him, the kids were big-eyed staring at the huge man, and a few of the women batted their eyes and openly flirted with him . . . until Kate stepped in and with one glance put an end to all that.

Jamie stayed back and surveyed the new settlers. He felt that most of them would do and had the wherewithal to make it out here in the wilderness. A couple of the men would not last; Jamie was certain of that. They were trashy and shifty-eyed and their women were loose. They would cause some trouble before it was all over, Jamie would bet on it.

“That Hankins woman is rather pretty, don’t you think?” Kate asked Jamie one evening. Supper was over and the younger kids in bed.

Jamie knew a loaded question when he heard one and wasn’t about to pull the trigger. Julie Hankins was one of the new women who had openly flirted with him. “I suppose so,” he replied carefully. “If you like that type, which I don’t.” He hid a grimace—wrong choice of words.

Kate perked right up. “So you did notice her?”

“Be kind of hard not to, Kate. Way she was swishin’ her butt around and battin’ her eyes like a lost calf. A couple of those women and their daughters are going to cause trouble around here. And their husbands are trash, pure and simple. I wish they’d leave.”

Kate relaxed and sat back in the rocker Jamie had made for her. She adjusted the shawl over her lap, for the nights were getting cold. “Matt and Morgan are nearabout thirteen years old, Jamie. A couple of those trashy girls—es—pecially the Hankins girls—were making goo-goo eyes at the boys. Those girls are older and they’ve been to the hay loft a time or two. I want you to talk to them.”

“The girls?” Jamie asked with a smile.

Kate didn’t reply, just looked at him with those arctic blue eyes; they got colder by the second.

“Right,” Jamie said. “I’ll speak to the boys.” But he didn’t have the foggiest idea what he was going to say. The boys had matured fast for their age and were feeling their oats . . . among other things.

“You just be sure you do. They’re far too young to be thinking about things like that.”

Jamie looked at her to see if she was serious. “Are you forgetting when we were thirteen and fourteen years old, Kate?”

“That was different.”

“The hell it was! I had to go jump in the crick ever’ time I got around you. Kate, you could raise the temperature in a room ten degrees just by walking in!”

She suddenly had to put a hand to her mouth to stifle a giggle. “I wasn’t that bad, Jamie.

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