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shouted into the wind. “Doug, Rod; get that equipment into the shed as quick as ya can. I’ll take ya horses”
    The men dismounted and handed Ben their reins; he led the unsettled horses away to the barn where he tied the reins over the rail and began removing their saddles. Just as he removed the last saddle Joseph rode in.
    “Pa, I think we’re in for a big one. I got the men securin’ the horses and gettin’ the equipment into the shed”
    “Well done son. George is on his way home so Jenny and the girls don’t get scared on their own”
    George is the eldest of the Glenmore brothers at age 29. His wife, Jenny, had been found badly beaten and left to die on the track leading to the Glenmore ranch. The Glenmore’s had nursed her back to health and during this time George had fallen deeply in love with her. As soon as she was well enough they had married and they now had twin girls who were adored by everyone. Linda and Lucy are now 3 months old and thriving. The Glenmore boys and their father along with help from their ranch hands had built George and Jenny a cottage in the northern part of the ranch so George could be close to help work the ranch and Virginia could help Jenny out with the girls.
    “Don’t think we’re gonna get anythin’ done this afternoon pa. That fence off the east pasture is gonna have to wait until the weather improves”
    “With winter well and truly here now we can expect some more of these bad storms. Seems to me they’re gettin’ worse every year”
    “Certainly seems that way pa”
    The two men got the horses brushed down, fed, watered and settled into their stalls. By the time they headed for the house; the wind was so strong they could barely stand. They fought their way to the house and found Virginia in the kitchen with Nellie.
    “Tom came and picked up Alice Joe when he saw we were in for a bad storm” Virginia explained to her husband as he kissed her cheek.
    “That’s good darlin’, the sky’s real black out there and the wind is real fierce”
    Ben helped himself to a coffee and headed off to the parlour. He removed his boots, picked up his book and sat down in the arm chair nearest the fire which was blazing in the hearth. Within minutes he was lost in his thoughts. He couldn’t get Justine out of his mind and had to admit to himself that he’d enjoyed having her backside pressing against him when he’d pulled her onto his horse. She was not at all the type of girl he usually showed interest in but she made shivers run down his spine and explode out of his toes.
    Ben shook his head and drank his coffee before opening his book; try as he might though, he couldn’t stop picturing Justine long enough to be able to read the words.
    “Ben, where are ya?” his father called out which snapped him away from his thoughts.
    “In the parlour pa” Ben answered and Joseph appeared at the door.
    “Fancy a game of checkers?” he asked his son.
    “That’d be good pa, I’ll get ‘em out” Ben stood and went to the cabinet to get out the checkers box while Joseph pulled a table between their two chairs.
    Virginia came into the parlour with her sewing kit in her hands and Nellie followed with hers. As the men set up the checkers; the women took a seat on the sofa and began to embroider. They were sewing matching dresses for Linda and Lucy for Christmas which was less than two weeks away.
    “Did ya get Fergus in Ben ?” Virginia asked.
    “Yeah; I’ve moved him into the north paddock pa” Ben told his father.
    “Where was he?” Joseph asked with a puzzled look on his face.
    “He’d knocked down the fence again and was in with the Prentiss cows. Mason’s granddaughter came over this mornin’ with Josh to let me know so I took Doug and we went down to get him. He was bein’ real ornery and darn near knocked Justine down, just managed to drag her onto my horse in time. She never even thanked me, just told me to put her down. Women! I’ll never figure