Go West by DiVoran Lites Chapter Thirty-Nine Ellie and Vera Vera kept talking long after Ellie’s heart had slid into her stomach. Now she wanted the tale to go back to being a secret, but it was too late. Elegant Mr. Louis Norton had used her mother and discarded her. The result was that Ellie was illegitimate. She knew bad names existed for children whose parents … [Read more...]
Go West~Chapter 38
Go West by DiVoran Lites Chapter Thirty-Eight Ellie and Vera “I don’t think you will understand about your father, but you’re right, it’s time you knew. I’ll start with my family. Dad was a miner from Wales, and mother was a farm girl he met and married on his way to Colorado. He heard they needed miners in Rockridge, which is high up in the mountains. I was born there in … [Read more...]
Go West~Chapter 37
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...]
