Rebellious Bride by Donna Fletcher EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Donna Fletcher
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“He’s here! He’s here! The lord’s here!” screamed Billy Johnson, his
hands waving in the air as he ran with all the speed his eight-year-old body
could muster down the main street—and the only street—that ran through the
town of Little in the Dakota Territory. “The lord’s here!” Billy repeated in an
even louder wail as he flew past Ferguson’s dry goods store.
Billy yelled the news to Henry Smith, the president of Smith and White
Bank. Mr. Smith, looking distinguished in his dark suit, disappeared with a
flourish inside to collect his staff and usher them outside.
Billy continued on, although his screams were now unnecessary. The
whole street was well aware of the lord’s approach and almost, if not more,
excited than Billy. This was the major event the whole town had anticipated
for the last six months. It had kept the gossiping tongues of Little busy day
and night. Everyone looked forward to the lord’s arrival. Well, almost
everyone.
Billy came up on the jailhouse at full speed, darting around old lady
Hanson with a wide smile at his sly maneuver and a quick glance back to
admire his skillful step. The next thing he knew, he was on the ground on top
of Lillian Prescott, the sheriff’s daughter, a lady who clearly spoke her mind.
“Damn it, Billy, why don’t you watch where you’re going?” Lil snapped
before the boy could even scramble off her.
Billy stood, offering his hand and an apology. “Gosh, Lil, I sure am
sorry.”
Lil ignored his helping hand and stood on her own, but accepted the
apology with her usual good-natured smile. “I’ve had my share of dust on me
but you’d best be careful. It could have been my father you collided with.”
Billy’s eyes widened considerably. He didn’t want to get on Sam
Prescott’s bad side; he was the sheriff and a good one at that. It was because
of him that Little remained the quiet, peaceful town it was.
“I’ll be more careful, Lil, I promise. It’s just that I was so excited. I can’t
wait to tell my ma and pa and sister Jenny about this. And will I have stories
to tell when school starts!” Billy beamed with a smile that ran from ear to ear.
“The lord’s finally come to Little.”
Lil shook her head and watched Billy run off to keep delivering the news.
And from the looks of the street, it appeared nearly the whole town was out
for the lord’s arrival, though the lord wasn’t actually a lord. If Lil
remembered correctly, her father had explained that the lord was really a
baron or an earl. But that information was lost among the gossips. The
townsfolk had it set in their minds that he was a lord, and whatever degree of
nobleman he was, they intended to have in Little.
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