Demon Hunters - The Truck the Witch and the Blacksmith

Chapter Eleven - To Save a Boy

Chapter Eleven – To Save a Boy

About four in the morning Suzy was hearing some noises and went to investigate. She slipped her peace maker from its holster on the chair, and cracked open the door. Peking down the hall she saw a light in the darkness coming from the kitchen. She slipped along the wall until she could see Victoria. With a sigh of relief she went back to her room. Putting her peace maker back she slipped into bed. Jim questioned, "Is everything all right?"

Suze whispered, "It's just Victoria in the kitchen. She's starting the fire in the wood stove."

Jim Mumbled, "Oh."

After a few minutes Suzy thought, Oh crap I can't get back to sleep.

She got up and got dressed, and went out to the outhouse. Then to the kitchen where Victoria apologized, "I'm sorry sweetie did I wake you? I know your room is next to the kitchen, and you hear everything."

Suzy replied, "Its fine I had to get up and go anyway."

Victoria offered, "If you want you can go out to the barrel and fill that coffee pot with water. Just dip it down there and fill it up. I'll dump the extra in the water pitcher. If Mr. Zimmerman doesn't get his coffee you can't stand to be in the same house with him."

Suzy took the pot and headed out the door. She returned with the pot, and handed it to Victoria. She took the pot and pored some out into the pitcher. Then she put the basket in and put on the lid. She placed it on the stove as she pointed to a shelf and asked, "Suzan would you get me the bread pan's from up there."

Suzy got the pans as Victoria went on. "I have to make bread every morning before Miss. Watson gets up. She loves her tea and toast. Most mornings I make pancakes, but now that we have some bacon I'll make biscuits and gravy. I'll cook some of the bacon and use the grease to make gravy. Then chop the cooked bacon into small pieces and add it to the gravy."

Suzy hung out in the kitchen with Victoria as she made two loafs of bread, two dozen biscuits, the gravy, and started a pot of potato soup. Then when Miss Watson came to the table Suzy went and sat across from her, and asked, "Think you could make me a summer dress. The only one I have is too heavy for summer."

Mable replied, "I just thought you dressed like that all the time."

Suzy replied, "I do, but not on Sunday. I can't go to church waring this."

Mable agreed, "Sure I can do it. Just come down to the dress shop and we'll see what we can do."

Victoria announced, "I'm putting your toast in the pan now Mable."

Soon Albert came to the table announcing, "Morning ladies."

Victoria set the toast and biscuits on the table. Then she informed, "I'll get the Jam and gravy."

Suzy slipped from the table and went to her room. Opening the door Suzy announced, "Tine to get up sleepy head."

Rubbing his eyes Jim disclosed, "I slept good last night. It must be because it gets so quiet in here after dark."

Suzy replied, "The food is on the table, and People are showing up.

Suzy informed, "I'll take our guns and hang them on the peg."

Jim blurted, "Don't use Albert's peg this time."

Going out the door Suzy replied, "Got it."

At breakfast that morning Victoria asked, "Benjamin would you try to hunt some meat for the house."

Benjamin replied, "Sure if I can get James to take me in his wagon."

From across the table Suzy replied, "I'll go to the stables and get the horses."