Wanted: Miller (Silverpines Series Book 10) by George H McVey

Author:George H McVey [McVey, George H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-17T22:00:00+00:00

Tonya was hot and tired. Everywhere she’d gone she’d been told Braylon had already been and left. He’d talked to every shopkeeper and several of the widows and women in town. Yet no one seemed to know where he was. She knew he hadn’t left town because once she calmed down she realized there wasn’t another train till Friday. At the hotel, she’d been told he’d asked about a pub and so she’d bit the bullet and gone to the saloon where they’d not seen him. Alexzander said he’d seen him earlier and left him wandering downtown. Yet now at almost suppertime, she was hot and tired and still hadn’t found him. She didn’t know what else to do so she had headed home. At least she could have supper with the brothers and figure out what to do tomorrow.

As she drew near, she saw Paul and James out with a wagon, loading up more logs. She wondered about that because they’d already brought all the logs that Peter would have been able to cut that day. Yet as she drew close, she could tell that the saw was running and it sounded like it was running faster than normal. What in the world? How was the saw moving faster? The wheel turned at one speed making the blade work at one speed. She turned into the mill; sure enough the blade was moving up and down faster and the log on the feeder was moving through the teeth quicker. “Peter, how did you get the blade and feeder to move faster?”

The young lumberjack looked up at the second floor. “I didn’t, Miss Tonya.”

“What do you mean, you didn’t? It’s obviously moving faster.”

“Yes miss, it is.”

“But how?”

He cleared his throat. “You’d have to ask Mister Watts, miss. He had me cut a couple boards and then he went upstairs and about half an hour later they just was moving quicker.”

“He’s here?”

“Um…no, miss. He was earlier; asked a bunch of questions, cut some lumber, then went out and talked with Paul and James for a while. Then went in the back and started writing on some papers. He left about half an hour ago. Said he needed to go see the blacksmith again.”

“But he did something that made the saw faster?”

“Yes, miss. Like I said, he took some boards and a hammer upstairs. I heard him cutting and hammering and then about ten minutes later the whole thing got faster.”

“Well, finish up that cut and then shut it down for the night. I’m sure cook has supper ready to go on the table. If you see Mr. Watt’s tell him come to supper, too.”

“Yes, Miss Tonya. Um…miss?”

“What is it, Peter?”

“I don’t think he is planning on closing us down anymore. I mean, why make us faster if he’s going to shut us down?”

She thought about that. “I don’t want you to worry about that right now. We’ve got work and that’s the main thing. Mister Watts and I will figure the rest out.

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