WHEN WINIFRED had at last recognized the young woman in the buckboard as Lorelei Hansmueller, she walked, ever so slowly and non-chalantly, over to where Winston sat in his wheel-chair and whispered softly in an urgent voice, “Win-ston!!”
“I know my dear.”
“Whatever are we to do? First there was Penelope and now here comes this one, again.”
“What can we do my dear, but be gracious. She may have made friends among the young offic-ers at Fort Kearney. She was very popular, there, if I remember correctly. And we can’t afford anyone finding out about Jared.”
“Winston,” Winifred whispered again, with-out taking her eyes off Lorelei, “I’m sure she’s here to try and get Jared to marry her.”
“Would that be so bad?”
“I don’t know, Winston,” Winifred …show more content…
With both of them gone and in my pre-sent condition, she said, rubbing her hands over her belly, I have no desire to continue on to Nebraska.”
“Whatever shall you do then?” asked Win-ifred.
“Do you have family back in Ohio whom you can return to?” asked Winston.
Lorelei looked at the tea cup that was made of white porcelain strewn with petite royal blue flowers and green stems, which contained a deadly poison to her unborn child, and answered.
“My family,” she said looking around the room, “is right here.” Tears spilled from her sky blue eyes and her delicate blonde lashes fluttered and lowered.
“I do not wish to be indelicate, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, but I find myself in a terrible situation for an unmarried woman.”
“Yes, we can see that,” answered Winifred.
Lorelei cupped her hands in her lap and looked directly at the floor in front of her. “I’m afraid, I find myself in the family way and I thought that it was only right that I should inform the child’s father of my condition before I make any plans of my own.”
Chapter 10 RUBY STIRRED AWAKE when the child inside her, Jared’s child, began kicking her in-sides as if telling her it was time to get up. But the last thing she wanted to do, this morning, was get
“I know my dear.”
“Whatever are we to do? First there was Penelope and now here comes this one, again.”
“What can we do my dear, but be gracious. She may have made friends among the young offic-ers at Fort Kearney. She was very popular, there, if I remember correctly. And we can’t afford anyone finding out about Jared.”
“Winston,” Winifred whispered again, with-out taking her eyes off Lorelei, “I’m sure she’s here to try and get Jared to marry her.”
“Would that be so bad?”
“I don’t know, Winston,” Winifred …show more content…
With both of them gone and in my pre-sent condition, she said, rubbing her hands over her belly, I have no desire to continue on to Nebraska.”
“Whatever shall you do then?” asked Win-ifred.
“Do you have family back in Ohio whom you can return to?” asked Winston.
Lorelei looked at the tea cup that was made of white porcelain strewn with petite royal blue flowers and green stems, which contained a deadly poison to her unborn child, and answered.
“My family,” she said looking around the room, “is right here.” Tears spilled from her sky blue eyes and her delicate blonde lashes fluttered and lowered.
“I do not wish to be indelicate, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, but I find myself in a terrible situation for an unmarried woman.”
“Yes, we can see that,” answered Winifred.
Lorelei cupped her hands in her lap and looked directly at the floor in front of her. “I’m afraid, I find myself in the family way and I thought that it was only right that I should inform the child’s father of my condition before I make any plans of my own.”
Chapter 10 RUBY STIRRED AWAKE when the child inside her, Jared’s child, began kicking her in-sides as if telling her it was time to get up. But the last thing she wanted to do, this morning, was get