Go West by DiVoran Lites Chapter Thirty-Seven Family Comes to Visit Ellie It was almost the end of summer -- round-up time when Ellie drove to the station to meet her mother and grandparents off the Chicago train. The mountains, as yet, had no snow on them, but she knew from the talk around the table that Aldon was planning to bring the cattle down this … [Read more...]
Go West~Chapter 36
Go West by DiVoran Lites Chapter Thirty-Six More Nancy and Ellie Nancy’s voice had become full of controlled groans and sighs. She sounded so burdened with the memory of her husband’s death that Ellie didn’t know what to say. “Aldon was still gone, Bill had left for California, so I woke Molly who was living with us and she saddled Ribbons and rode for help. While she was … [Read more...]
Go West~Chapter 35
Go West by DiVoran Lites Chapter Thirty-five Ellie “Where were you born? “ Ellie sat with her back against the head of the bed while Nancy lay flat. “My people came from Germany in 1876 and built this ranch,” said Nancy, so I was born on a neighboring ranch. “My mother and her sister were born here in Colorado, but the stork dropped me in Chicago.” Ellie settled in for a … [Read more...]
Go West~Chapter 34
Go West by DiVoran Lites Chapter thirty-four Ellie In her room at the ranch, Ellie picked up the hog’s-hair brush from her dressing table, yanked it through her hair one hundred times, and threw it back on the table. Maybe I should go out to the barn and try to make Aldon understand how I feel, she thought. She dug her fingers into a jar of cold … [Read more...]
