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Independence, Missouri<\/span><\/p>\n

April, 1841<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBreak camp!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

That was not Josiah Blake’s voice. Emma Allen turned in the direction of the barked order, stiffened at sight of an imposing figure atop a roan with distinctive spots on its hindquarters. So the autocratic Mr. Thatcher had returned to take command. She had hoped his absence since their arrival at Independence had meant he would not be leading the wagon train after all. <\/span><\/p>\n

Brass buttons on the front of the once dark blue tunic that stretched across the ex-soldier\u2019s shoulders gleamed dully in the early morning light. Pants of lighter blue fabric skimmed over his long legs and disappeared into the knee-high, black boots jammed into his stirrups. He rode forward, began to wend his way through the wagons scattered over the field.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma frowned and stepped out of sight at the back of the wagon. Mr. Thatcher did not need to wear the faded blue cavalry uniform to remind people he had been a military officer. It was in his bearing. And in the penetrating gaze of the bright blue eyes that peered out from beneath his broad-brimmed hat. Eyes that looked straight at a person, noticed everything about her\u2014including a lace-trimmed silk gown that was inappropriate garb for an emigrant. Eyes that had unfairly impaled her on their spike of disapproval at that first meeting in St. Louis when he had simply assumed<\/i> she was William\u2019s wife and would be accompanying him on the journey to Oregon country\u2014and judged her accordingly. Had the man bothered to ask, she would have informed him William was her brother<\/i> and that she was not traveling with the train.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not then. <\/span><\/p>\n

But that was before everything in their lives had turned upside down.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Links:
dorothyjclark@hotmail.com<\/a>
www.dorothyjclark.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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