CHAPTER 29 GRANNY MINNIE

COLONEL ROBERSON AFTER ASKING SOME MEN WHERE MINNIE FRANKS LIVE AT; PULL UP OUT SIDE A OLD FARM HOUSE. PLACE LOOK LIKE IT NEEDED A MAN HAND THERE. RAIL TO FENCE DOWN ,FEW CHICKENS RUNNING AROUND, LOOSE BOARDS ON PORCH WALK.

COLONEL ROBERSON "WOOO THERE GIRLS"" AS HE PULL UP HIS TEAM .SET THE FOOT BREAK ON WAGON.

A WOMAN CLOSE TO HIS AGE COMES OUT WIPING HER HAND ON A APRON. FOLLOW BY A BOY CLOSE TO 8 YEARS OLD.

COLONEL ROBERSON MRS. MINNIE FRANKS?

MINNIE FRANKS YES I AM MINNIE FRANKS!

COLONEL ROBERSON I AM COLONEL ROBERSON ONLY RETIRED NOW. I CAME TO PICK UP THE BOY. HERE A LETTER TO YOU AND ME EXPLAINING THINGS.

MINNIE FRANKS COLONEL I CAN NOT READ WITH OUT MY GLASSES ,THEY BROKE

COLONEL ROBERSON LET ME MAM,IT SAY MOTHER I HAVE MEET A WONDER FULL MAN.I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM AND WE BE MARRIED AS SOON FINE A PREACHER. WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO OREGON ,AND HIS UNCLE IS GOING TO JOIN US THERE .I WANT HIM PICK UP JIMMIE AND BRING HIM WITH HIM, I WANT YOU COME TO ,BUT YOU SAID YOU DIE THERE WHERE FATHER IS. HIS NAME IS COLONEL ROBERSON,

MINNIE FRANKS HAS TEARS IN HER EYES, JIMMIE TUG ON HER APRON

JIMMIE GRANNY MINNIE I DO NOT WANT TO LEVE YOU, "PLEASE COME".

GRANNY MINNIE LOOKS LIKE ALL I LOVE IS GOING TO OREGON. LEVE ME HERE.

JIMMIE "PLEASE"

GRANNY MINNIE COLONEL ROBERSON ,CAN YOU WEIGHT A COUPLE DAYS, SO I CAN SELL THIS PLACE, AND GOT ROOM IN WAGON FOR FEW MY THINGS.

COLONEL ROBERSON GOT LOTS ROOM MRS. MINNIE, NEED HELP WITH THE BOY ANY WAY. I GOT LITTLE, ONLY THING WE GOT IN HERE IS SUPPLY

GRANNY MINNIE YOU CAN PUT THEM MORGAN'S IN THE COREL, GOT WATER THERE ,AND SOME HAY,

COLONEL ROBERSON THINK YOU MRS. MINNIE .THEY MIGHT NEED A REST BEEN ON TRAIL A WEEK NOW. MY BACK SIDE DOES.

COLONEL ROBERSON GETS DOWN AND START TO UNHOOK HIS TEAM, AND TAKE THE HORNETS OFF THEM AND PUT IN COREL,

GRANNY MINNIE """I GOT SOME EGGS FRYING AND PUT SOME HAM ON, I FIX SOME BISCUITS. YOU HUNGRY MR. ROBERSON?

COLONEL ROBERSON SNICKERING "" BEEN A LONG TIME ANY BODY CALL ME MR.""" KIND OF NICE ."MRS. MINNIE MY NAME IS JOHN ROBERSON."

GRANNY MINNIE COME ON IN MY HUMBLE HOME, IT IS A MEST,I AM SORRY "JOHN"

JOHN ROBERSON MRS. MINNIE AFTER 20 YEAR IN CALVERY,A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD IS HIGH COTTON. WITH A SNICKER,

JOHN AND JIMMIE AND MRS. MINNIE SET DOWN AT TABLE

GRANNY MINNIE JIMMIE SAY THE GRACE "PLEASE"

JIMMIE GOD THINK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL NEWS ,MOTHER IS FINE , GRANNY MINNIE IS GOING TO JOIN US ON OUR TRIP TO OREGON. A MEN

RED BEAR AND CRAZY HORSE GOT BACK TO THE INDIAN CAMP ALL MOST DARK .THEY DRY OFF THERE HORSES AND TURN THEM OUT WITH REST THE HEARD. GOT SOME JERKY AND WENT TO BED, AFTER THE LONG RIDE THEY WAS TIRED TO SAY THE LEASE, SUN ROSE THE NEXT DAY AND RED BEAR WAS DOING HIS CHIEF DUTIES, HAD TWO DISPUTES TO SETTLE AND MAKE JUDGMENT ON ,WHEN THERE WAS A LOT COMMOTION IN CAMP.

RED BEAR COMES OUT TEE PEE.LOOKS THERE WAS A RIDER CROSSING THE RED RIVER TO THE CAMP.

BLUE BUTTERFLY WHO IS IT HUN??

RED BEAR I THINK IT IS CHEROKEE BILL. THAT LOOKS LIKE JACK HORSE ,HE GOT SUPPLIES ON.

RED BEAR SHOUTS JAKIA {MEANING HE A FRIEND] THE BRAVES RELAX THERE GUARD.

RED BEAR in sign GOOD TO SEE YOU CHEROKEE BILL.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign GOOD TO BE HERE, HOW IS JACK? HE COME BACK TO THIS WORLD.

RED BEAR in sign JACK NOT HERE ,HE UP RIVER A DAY RIDE. WITH A BROKE LEG.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign HOW THAT HAPPEN?

RED BEAR in sign HE WAS CATCHING WILD MUSTANGS WHEN HIS HORSE WENT DOWN. MY MEDICINE MAN WITH HIM NOW.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign THAT'S BAD, IS LIZZIE OK?

RED BEAR in sign LIZZIE OK AND SUSIE WITH HIM TO. I ALSO GOT TWO BRAVES TO HELP THEM.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign WHO IS SUSIE?

RED BEAR in sign SHE A CAPTURE WHITE WOMAN I THROW IN A HORSE TRADE. GOOD WOMAN.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign I BET LIZZIE HAD A FIT, YOU LUCK BE ALIVE AND JACK.

RED BEAR ROLL HIS EYES AND LOOK UP AND in sign YOU NEVER KNOWHOW MAD SHE WAS.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign HOW THINGS NOW?

RED BEAR in sign SUSIE AND LIZZIE LIKE SISTERS, "WATCH OUT FOR SUSIE" SHE HIT JACK WITH GUN. HE PINCH HER BUT.

CHEROKEE BILL roll on grown in laughter,

CHEROKEE BILL in sign JACK SHOULD NOT DO THAT. WHITE WOMEN STRANGE ABOUT THAT STUFF.

RED BEAR in sign SUSIE WAS ON HIS SHOULDERS HOLD HIM DOWN, HE IN LOT PAIN, SPOTTED DEER SET HIS LEG, HE GRAB WHAT HE COULD GRAB, SHE FIX HIS PAIN ALL RIGHT.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign HOW BAD IS IT?

RED BEAR in sign HE MAY NOT MAKE IT, TO NEXT WEEK, I ANT SEEN ANY INDIAN MAKE IT WITH LEG BROKE LIKE THAT.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign I BETTER GET UP THERE THEN. SAY DAY RIDE TO CAMP,

RED BEAR in sign GO TO THAT RIDGE YOU SEE OUR TRACKS TO JACK CAMP.

CHEROKEE BILL in sign I BETTER GO AND SEE IF I CAN HELP, SO LONG MY FRIEND

CHEROKEE BILL TURN HIS HORSE AND SAM AND HEAD TO THE RIDGE RED BEAR POINTED OUT.