A Man For Temperance (Wagon Wheel) - Plot & Excerpts
She hated the hard seat and tried padding it with various things, but the jolting seemed to shake her all the way down to her bones. She had tried making a level area of the tools and supplies in the back, but somehow there was always a sharp corner punching at her from beneath the blankets she used for padding.“What’s the matter, Rena?”Looking up, Rena saw Rose holding Timmy in her arms. The young girl seemed friendly enough, but Rena had become so suspicious of strangers that she had not made a friend of her. “I’m sick and tired of this wagon. It’s shaking my brain loose.”“Well, aren’t you excited about going to your new home?”“No,” Rena said sharply. “It won’t be any better than what I had.”At that moment Bess began to cry. She had cried most of the night, keeping Rena awake, and now impatiently she shook her head. “I don’t know what’s the matter with this youngun. She’s so fussy.”“Let me hold her. Here, I’ll lay Timmy down. He sleeps like a rock.”
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