One thing's for certain, it got one hell of a workout. In the end, it was: Wives 0 – Waite 8.The new women where bedded down in the far wagon with K...nny at the other end. He wasn't asleep and he could hear the women talking."What are we going to do, mama?" the first voice asked."I don't know. Parley was a son of a bitch, womanizing bastard, but he was our way out," said Jennifer, making the first speaker, Joyce."I know. I told you not to marry him and I said he was no good. You wouldn't listen. The great ruler probably never contemplated the complexities of clogged drains. Yes, there was more to the poem—Nothing beside remains.Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.'I suspected that that fool Shelley also never knew the joys of plumbing.That's when the trouble had started.Now, with Linda and Jay clambering over the rails, I was relieved. Sex is a wonderful thing, but this is Jay's wife. Not just any wife in the world; she's. I figured that it was gonna take us about two weeks ta make the trip unless Annie knew more than I expected 'bout drivin' a four-mule team. Them mules was well trained an' well behaved, so the problem wasn't with them, but the driver had ta know what he was doin' ta keep from confusin' the animals.The first half-day worked out pretty good, so we were both pretty happy 'bout the way thin's were goin'. We found a good place ta camp an' pulled in. There was a fairly large stream, the first one we. When Jeremy said he was, Steve asked why he felt he needed tobelong. Jeremy had been terrified."I'm on your side," Steve had said at last. "You have to believe that." So, I told him," Jeremy said now. "I told him I wanted to be a girl,Gerrilynn, and that I liked getting dressed as a girl. Tina, it felt sogood to say it!" What'd he do?"Steve had sat on the edge of his bed and stared at the floor for a longtime. Then he had said, "Okay. I guess you always have been kinda like akid sister to me..