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Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 13Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 1310 months ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Chapter 13
I had been napping below decks when a runner found me and shook me awake. "Sir, the Ships Doctor sent me to get you. He says you are to report to the Captain's cabin at once." I questioned him as to what I was wanted for, but he only knew that he had been ordered to find me and give me the message.
After shaking the sleep from my brain, I headed at a fast pace to Captain Gage's cabin. When I knocked on the door, I heard Doctor Chambers yell out, "Come in!" Stepping inside, I saw Captain Gage in his bed, obviously in some sort of distress.
Turning to the doctor, I said. "What is the problem?"
"The problem," answered the do
Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 12Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 1210 months ago in Short Stories More Like This
Chapter 12
Senta was getting the boys dressed, and Mariska was just starting to cook breakfast when they heard a knock at the door, and the sound of Dover's voice.
"Senta," Mariska said. "Would you let Dover in? I meant to unlatch the door when I first got up, but then I forgot."
When Senta unlatched and opened the door, Dover said. "Thank you Ma'am, and a good morning to you."
"Good morning to you, to,o Dover."
"Good morning Dover," called out Mariska as he stepped inside the cabin. "It's going to be a few minutes before the coffee will be ready. I'm just now starting breakfast."
"That's just fine Ma'am. While you are doing that,
Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 8Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 810 months ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Chapter 8
The next afternoon after having left St. Louis, I was riding through a part of Illinois that was a nice mixture of good farmland, and rolling hills covered with fairly heavy timber. Henri, the bartender back in St. Louis had told me that I would have a few creeks and streams to cross in the next few days, but he didn't have any current word on what condition they were in.
Not long before evening fell, I spotted the smoke from a campfire not more than a quarter mile off the trail. Working my way through the timber, I found their camp, and caught a whiff of their coffee brewing. Stopping just far away from the camp to fade into t
A Knight of Murder - Chapter 5A Knight of Murder - Chapter 51 year ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Chapter 5
In an effort to make the lunar pioneers feel more comfortable, a "sky" had been superimposed on the roof of the protective dome over each of the stations. It changed regularly, sometimes several times a day to replicate the weather conditions they had grown accustomed to on earth This day, the "sky" was a deep blue, with a smattering of scattered fluffy white clouds overhead.
Taking advantage of the feeling of the sunny sky, Chet walked down to the river, and found an unoccupied bench only a few feet from the water. There he sat down and using his communicator, he browsed thru the news covering both the moon colony, as well as
A Knight of Murder - Chapter 4A Knight of Murder - Chapter 41 year ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
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When the alarm went off, Chet groaned. It didn't seem possible that it was already time to get up. After he got his eyes focused, he leaned over and kissed Eva's lips, then playfully slapped her bare bottom. "Come on, it's time to get up." When she tried to resist his efforts to wake her, he picked her up, carried her to the shower, set her down, and turned the cold water on full blast. Eva's screams pierced the air as she called Chet everything in the book, and a few things that he wasn't sure he had heard before.
An hour later, they went in search of a place to eat breakfast. Two blocks down, they found a likely place and
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A Knight of Murder - Chapter 3A Knight of Murder - Chapter 31 year ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Chapter 3
After Brenda Sims returned to her duties in Pete Robbins office, Chet Garner set about closely examining the evidence on the three killings.
The first had taken place nearly two months ago on Station One. A twenty six year old woman had been the first victim. Her name was Jasmine Dirkson. When Jasmine failed to return from dumping her office trash can, one of her co-workers went looking, and much to her dismay, found her dead in the trash disposal room. Her clothes had been torn away, and she had been strangled to death.
A second murder had followed on Station Three almost three weeks later. This victim had been a forty year
Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 15Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 1510 months ago in Short Stories More Like This
Chapter 15
When the town of Ballyickeen came within a five minute walk, I inspected myself to be sure that I had not overlooked something that might identify me as an outsider. Before leaving Boston, Mr. Cohen had arranged for me to get clothing from some recent immigrants from Ireland. It was my hope that the change in clothing, along with my beard, added to the number of years it had been since I had left Ireland, should help eliminate any recognition problems. I doubted anyone would recognize me out of hand, but more importantly, I didn't want my appearance to draw undue attention and speculation as to who I might be.
Half a block fr
Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 14Return to Ballyickeen - Chapter 1410 months ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Chapter 14
Following supper, Chance and Patrick had been bathed, warmed by the fire, and put to bed for the night. Mariska, Senta, and Dover sat around the table, drinking coffee from a pot that had just come off the fire. The conversation was sparse as they listened to the crackling of the fire inside the cabin, and the howling winds outside the cabin walls. For three days and nights, they had been held prisoner inside the cabin as they listened to the unrelenting blizzard winds roaring down through the mountain passes. Fortunately, they had not been caught unaware. The hard work they had all put in as they prepared for the arrival of
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