Thursday, October 4, 2012

Hello Everybody!!!!!

Did you miss me?  I am not exactly overburdened with extra time, so I am glad that I can finally put another snippet from IB up.  Please feel free to comment!


Mr. Daniels calmly reigned in the horses.  “What are ye doin’, scarin’ my horses?” he growled.
            The man looked at the horses, who were placidly waiting for Mr. Daniels’ signal to move on.  “I’m sorry; I didn’t see them,” he said.  When he looked up at Cordelia he started a little.  “Of course, you must continue,” he said.  “I shan’t be the one to stop a lady’s business.”  He bowed deeply.
            “Thank you,” said Cordelia cheerily.  “If you were going our way, I would ask if you wanted a ride, but seeing as you are not, I suppose that we had better say our goodbyes now.”
            “Now, now, who says I’m not going your way?” said the man.  He lifted a sailor’s cap from his thick shock of greyish-white hair.  “The name is Ira Bournton,” he said grandly.
            “I am Miss Cordelia Gaskey,” said she.  “Mr. Daniels, you wouldn’t mind, would you?” she asked, turning on him with a dazzling smile to which he was oblivious.
            “I don’t care,” replied Mr. Daniels.  “Like I says, ten dollars is good for a lot of things.”
            Ira Bournton tossed a sack he was carrying into the back of the buckboard and climbed up beside it.  “A lady as fine as you must be going to Boston,” he said to Cordelia.
            “Yes, that is very observant of you,” she replied, rather amused by his gallantry.  “I am coming from Nanrantsouak Harbor, and if you can say that without stumbling over it the first few times, you must be very clever indeed.  You should have heard my little brothers and sisters trying to say it!”
            Ira Bournton smiled to himself.  “Nanrantsouak Harbor, Miss Gaskey?  I haven’t heard of the place in years.”
            “Oh, you know it?” she asked.
            “Yes, I grew up there before I went away to sea, and I…”  He trailed off uncertainly.
            “Mr. Bournton, what a strange happenstance!” Cordelia exclaimed.  “I feel as if I know you already!”
            Ira Bournton in that moment had turned from the gallant old gentleman to a silent, brooding creature.  Nanrantsouak Harbor!  The name awakened many memories, and not all of them were pleasant.  

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