EpilogueThe Gulch Gang, apparently feeling a proprietary interest in the event, went all out for Melissa and Lawton’s wedding. The ladies decorated the main room of the clubhouse, practically hiding the adobe walls with streamers and garlands of scarlet and green, bows of red velvet and lacy rosettes. Wreaths of evergreen boughs, decorated with red and white poinsettias and carnations, hung at close intervals along the walls. Bells and cherubs added a festive touch.
Every available chair had been commandeered, arranged in slanting rows facing the end of the long room, leaving an aisle down the middle. A carpet runner of deep green marked the aisle. At the room’s end, the platform, which served as a stage, had also been carpeted. Huge baskets of red and white poinsettias sat on each front
