Chapter 11
Tom and George were up early the next morning. They went to the stable where they boarded Sunrise, Nightfall, and Sancho Panza, saddled the horses, and harnessed the mule.
Hudson, Tom’s employer, had given Tom the day off. “It’s not every day a man gets married,” he’d said. “And you’ll want to spend some time with your new missus.”
He probably thought they’d spend the day in bed making sweet love, but that would have to wait until Olivia was more comfortable being married to him.
Hudson also let Tom borrow a dogcart. Tom and George had managed to find an armful of colorful ribbons, and they set to work decorating it.
“You sure you don’t want to sell those horses to me?” Hudson asked as he watched Tom thread some of the ribbons in the mule’s stubby mane. “I’ll give you a goo
