Saturday Snippet: "Surely, it cannot be me."

 

Today's snippet is taken from

A Watchman for Willow

Mail-Order Papa series

          Holding Ila Mae while the child made a second attempt to get the rest of her supper into her mouth, Willow reached her free hand for the paper. She brought it closer to her face to read the advertisement Dorothy pointed toward with a tapping fingertip. “It says here the job offer is for a city night watchman. I’ve heard of night watchmen in the cities in the East, but I thought the keepers of the law out here were usually sheriffs and marshals.” She raised her gaze to meet Dorothy’s. “Besides, what does that have to do with me?”

          “We have Sheriff McQuade, but he and his deputies serve the entire county, not local issues within Sonora. We also have a constable, who works in the daytime. That’s not the part that involves a widow with a young child. Keep reading.”

          Willow’s lips moved as she started at the top and read the advertisement. Then she reached the last sentence and sucked in her breath. “…Applicant must be a suitable candidate as a husband for a young widow with a single child and be willing to consider marriage to same.” She gasped as she turned to Dorothy. “Do you honestly think that refers to me?”

          “It could.” Dorothy shrugged. “You do fit the description. Like I said, I overheard some men who expressed resentment they would not be considered for the job because they were already married. Others complained they might be single and interested in the job, but they did not think it fair that it be tied to marrying a widow.”

          “But, surely, it cannot be me. I never agreed to anything like this.” Willow returned her gaze to the advertisement and reread it. “Maybe…maybe there is another widow with a child who did agree to marrying whomever the city hired as the night watchman, and that is who the city has in mind.”

 

 
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