wideeyedone
Baby did a bad, bad thing
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No one was surprise when Jared McClendon brought home a beautiful bride from back east. He always wanted to have the biggest, newest and shiniest things. He went back east to sell off some cattle, and returned home with a little stunner. Laura was a little thing. She barely reached Jared’s shoulder. Some of the women in town had taken to calling her Snow White behind her back with her shiny dark hair and porcelain skin. Laura seemed especially innocent and wide eyed with her big brown eyes.
Jared was proud of his wife and loved to show her off. He brought her to town every Sunday to make sure that they were seen walking arm in arm. But that was all done now. It had all been shattered. Jared McClendon had been shot dead out in his own pasture land. Seventy five head of his cattle was missing as well. He died owing a small fortune to the bank, so his land was going up for auction. The sheriff had been fetched when Laura had come to her neighbor's house, her pretty dress covered with blood. She was sobbing and wild eyed.
Every one knew that outlaws had gotten him. The sheriff only had one more thing to settle. What to do with Laura? As the men gathered for the auction, Laura was sitting in the sheriff’s office. The parson’s family was willing to take her in, but the parson’s wife wasn’t thrilled with the prospect of having a pretty widow under her roof. Her parents were gone, but there was an uncle in Boston. Sheriff Pete Tanner just wanted the whole thing settled and done. Pete hoped one of the single fellows in town would speak up and offere to marry her.
Laura smoothed the skirt of blue cotton dress. It had been Jared’s favorite. Her hair was tied back off her face with a blue satin ribbon. As the auction opened, she stepped out from the sheriff’s office to see who was going to end up with the land Jared had been so proud and the little house she had tried to make into a lovely home. She had sewn curtains and white washed the fence around the house.
She looked at the men gathered around the sheriff wondering what was going to become of the ranch and her. Laura tucked her hair behind her ear nervously. She smoothed the dust around her feet with the toe of her boot as the men talked about the cattle, acreage, and the crops.
Jared was proud of his wife and loved to show her off. He brought her to town every Sunday to make sure that they were seen walking arm in arm. But that was all done now. It had all been shattered. Jared McClendon had been shot dead out in his own pasture land. Seventy five head of his cattle was missing as well. He died owing a small fortune to the bank, so his land was going up for auction. The sheriff had been fetched when Laura had come to her neighbor's house, her pretty dress covered with blood. She was sobbing and wild eyed.
Every one knew that outlaws had gotten him. The sheriff only had one more thing to settle. What to do with Laura? As the men gathered for the auction, Laura was sitting in the sheriff’s office. The parson’s family was willing to take her in, but the parson’s wife wasn’t thrilled with the prospect of having a pretty widow under her roof. Her parents were gone, but there was an uncle in Boston. Sheriff Pete Tanner just wanted the whole thing settled and done. Pete hoped one of the single fellows in town would speak up and offere to marry her.
Laura smoothed the skirt of blue cotton dress. It had been Jared’s favorite. Her hair was tied back off her face with a blue satin ribbon. As the auction opened, she stepped out from the sheriff’s office to see who was going to end up with the land Jared had been so proud and the little house she had tried to make into a lovely home. She had sewn curtains and white washed the fence around the house.
She looked at the men gathered around the sheriff wondering what was going to become of the ranch and her. Laura tucked her hair behind her ear nervously. She smoothed the dust around her feet with the toe of her boot as the men talked about the cattle, acreage, and the crops.
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