Saturday Snippet- This Ain't No Trip For a Lady

Today's Saturday Snippet is taken from

Sue

Prairie Roses Collection, Book 55

by Zina Abbott 

 

          Susan breathed a sigh of relief as Robbie pushed his way to the front of the group waiting to board the stagecoach. She felt like, after fighting a long, hard campaign for over two months, she had finally won the war. She was headed to Omaha, Nebraska, with Robbie, Michael Stanwyck, and Arnold Traylor.

          “You lads need to give way. We have a lady traveling with us. I intend for her to sit in the middle with me on one side and another man in our party on the other.” As she watched him swell his chest and stretch to his full height, Susan was once more impressed with how imposing the big man of Scots-Irish descent could be.

           “This ain’t no trip for a lady. If she ain’t up to finding her own spot wherever one is open, maybe she should stay home and stick to her knitting,” A fellow traveler groused. “Small thing like her would fit just right on that middle bench, I say.”

          Upon hearing the undertone of grumbling, Susan dropped her chin and studied the ground. She suddenly wished she had worn the fabric sunbonnet she brought. They were used by women who traveled in wagon trains. The wide brims were designed to protect their faces from the sun. For this trip, Lucy had given her a narrow-brimmed straw hat with a ribbon band decorated with a small cluster of flowers on the side. Instead of fastening the wide ribbon ties to frame her face, as was the style, Lucy—who decided that much fabric on Susan’s face would be too warm and sticky much of the trip—fashioned the side ribbons into a bow at the back so the tails draped over the back of the brim and down Susan’s back. A pair of long pins held the hat in place.

          “Not how it’s going to work, lads. We’ll take the rear-facing seats with the lady and leave the rest of you to fight over the forward-facing bench or the one in the middle. The lass is my niece, and I won’t tolerate anyone—and I mean anyone—insulting her, using foul language, being disrespectful, or touching her. Mind your manners, or you’ll deal with me.” Using his fist, Robbie thumped his chest.

          Robbie’s niece. As Robbie introduced himself as her uncle, Susan could not help but smile as she mused about the transition in their relationship. It had been established during one of the earlier planning meetings for this trip…

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