Journey Of The Mountain Man

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“I didn’t think you had any living relatives, except for your sister?”

“I didn’t either. But then I forgot about Pa’s brother. He was supposed to have gotten killed at Chancellorsville, back in ‘63. I guess this letter came from his kids. It would have to be; it’s signed Fae Jensen.”

“I wonder how they knew where to write?” Sally asked. “Big Rock is not exactly the hub of commerce, culture, and industry.”

The man laughed at that. The schoolteacher in his wife kept coming out in the way she could put words together.

It was 1882, in the high-up country of Colorado. The cabin had recently been remodeled: two new rooms added for Louis Arthur and Denise Nicole Jensen. The twins were approaching their first birthday.

And the man called Smoke was torn between going to the aid of a family member he had never seen and staying at home for the birthday party.

“You have to go, Smoke,” Sally spoke the words softly.

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