Make You Feel My Love by Robin Lee Hatcher

Author:Robin Lee Hatcher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2021-07-13T00:00:00+00:00

Cora

May 1896

Spring came late that year to the mountains of Idaho—or so everyone told Cora. It was nearly the end of May before the last traces of snow disappeared in Chickadee Creek.

The afternoon air was crisp but not cold on that Monday afternoon as Cora followed the rushing creek higher into the mountains, away from the town. She was accompanied by Rambler, the stray dog that had adopted her soon after the start of the new year. The dog had entered the school with some of the children one morning and had somehow become her constant companion. He was a rather ugly canine with wiry hair that hid his eyes. A piece of one ear had been torn away at some point, presumably in a fight with another dog or a large forest animal. Despite his appearance, though, Rambler wormed his way into Cora’s heart. Sarah’s, too, although the older woman grumbled about “the beast” on a regular basis.

The chatter of a chipmunk caused Rambler to dash into the forest underbrush. Cora stopped walking so she could watch his antics. It took him a while to locate the critter, sitting on a low branch of a tree. It scolded the dog, who continued to leap and bark and make a general ruckus, as Sarah would call it.

After a while, Cora called to him. “Let’s go, Rambler. Come on.”

She began walking again. In her right hand, she clutched the handle of her violin case. In the year since her flight from New York, she hadn’t once played her beloved instrument. She’d scarcely even looked at the violin for fear doing so might cause her resolve to waver. By now the instrument must be out of tune. Perhaps it would need repair. She couldn’t be sure. But today she meant to find out.

At first her decision not to play had to do with her father. He must know she’d taken her violin with her. Even he knew how much she loved to play. Whoever he’d hired to search for her—and she was certain, even now, there must be someone seeking her location—would be on the lookout for a woman who played the violin and played it well.

But a year had passed, and her father was unlikely to look for her in a place like Chickadee Creek. He wouldn’t be able to imagine her washing and ironing her own clothes or standing in a one-room schoolhouse, teaching twenty students ranging in ages from six to fourteen. It would never occur to him that she would walk through a forest accompanied by a scraggly-looking dog. Anyone searching for her would be sent to larger cities. Places where there were balls and theaters and operas. Cities where modern conveniences abounded. Surely it was safe for her to go off by herself and play her violin, to let the music embrace her heart and allow her spirit to soar.

Smiling, she drew in a deep breath through her nose. As she exhaled, she spread her arms wide

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