Chapter 18By the time Gideon returned to the fort, he’d developed what seemed to be a genuine interest in Rachel Ann and asked Pa if he could call on her. Despite Ma’s stern look, Pa said yes. My sister went off into the ether. I couldn’t see how it would work. What would his Brahmin relatives say if he brought a dusky girl home from the territories? Rachel came down to earth when she realized he’d be fifty miles away three and seven-eighths quarts out of a gallon…if time were liquid.
With Gideon’s visit a week behind us, Matthew and I decided to rebuild the burnt-out cabin on Turtle Crick Farm. The fact it was only seven miles from Fort Yanube didn’t sit well, but it would give us some privacy we didn’t have here. He’d moved his things into my little cabin, but nobody thought anything of
