Chapter 14
Everyone seemed to get along well, the weather was decent for the most part, and the miles rolled by.
And then they camped a few miles outside the town of Willow Crick, which they’d been assured was a town of good, god-fearing people. Bart and Georgie decided to ride into town.
“You go on,” Steve said. “I’ll stay with the wagons.”
“I’ll stay with Captain Steve, too,” Thomas announced as he grinned up at Steve, and Steve ruffled the boy’s blond hair.
Accompanying them were Georgie’s “brothers” Chris and Charlie. Also riding along was Frank Thompson, a friend of Bart’s and Georgie’s, who Steve had met at Tom Pettigrew’s funeral and who was traveling with them. At the last minute, Fox decided to go along.
“My wife will benefit from some chamomile tea,” he said with a frown an
