The Fiery Cross

Installment 11

Chapters 19-20

Chapters:

• 19 - The Devil Ye ken
• 20 – Shooting Lessons

Summary: The activities of the Ridge create a picture of the day today. A friend visits bearing news. Brianna and Roger go hunting. The dangers of the 18th century run through Brianna’s mind. Only one has experience with a gun. A willing student Roger makes, but a great shot he is not. Memories of a dear one surface. Roger makes a confession. They play a game only travelers can play. Lactating breasts need relief. A fowl encounter happens on the way home. Brianna was purposely prepared for the 18th.

Setting: The settlement of Fraser’s Ridge, NC

Active Characters:

• Jamie
• Claire
• Herman Husband
• Roger
• Brianna
• Brianna’s lactating breasts

Events:

• Hermon Husband visits the Ridge seeking to sell a horse and carrying a letter. He’s being heavily fined and must sell whatever he can to pay or leave. The letter he brings is in service of the Regulators to meet friends versus foes. Jamie and he discuss friendship and duty. Jamie is called to bring his militia when the Regulators are set to assemble in Salisbury.
• Brianna and Roger go into the wilderness to hunt.
  • Brianna demonstrates how to handle the gun to Roger’s aw, appreciation, and astonishment.
  • Another animal is added to the farm’s menagerie, Jerusha AKA Mistress Piggy.
  • Brianna experiences mama guilt because she needed a break.
  • The hazards of the 18th century can easily lead to death.
  • The memory of Young Ian infiltrated Roger and Brianna’s outing.
  • Another round of “20th-century foods I miss” is played and arrived at “How Pizza Came to the Colonies.”
  • Roger assists Brianna in relieving her milk full breasts.
  • Insight into Brianna’s shooting skills and how odd it was that Daddy Frank was determined she has outdoor skills.

 

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