He kicked in the back door, carrying a gun. Beth went to see what was happening, but Tina had been in the kitchen, and by the time Beth got there, he ...ad Tina by the arm and was pulling her towards the door. Beth shot him in the chest. The police have taken her in for questioning.”“But everyone’s ok?”“Tina’s a little scared, she got a bunch of blood on her, but she’s calming down. Jonathan’s our next call so he can have someone come to be with a Beth. She doesn’t think she needs it of. ’ ‘It’s fine!’ He laughed. ‘I’m sorry for ditching you.’ ‘You didn’t ditch me. I fell asleep and stood you up.’ ‘You’re right. You did stand me up. I’m a mess over here and it’s allyour fault that Carter is now looking at me like I’m a lunatic.’ Mina stifled a giggle with one hand. ‘I’m sorry you’re a lunatic.’ ‘That’s what you got out of all that?’ He sounded outraged and Mina laughed harder. ‘Well, I am sorry about that.’ He grumbled something unintelligible. Mina stifled the rest of her. With all this as background, Morgan invited me to a holiday reception at the Governor's House.I was not sure what to expect, but I would at least be able to meet Governor Russam and her husband. I had hopes for getting her support, because she was reputed to be an avid theater buff. She was also a Weld from Boston. Elspeth knew several of her cousins, a generation removed. I was not prepared for the possibility she knew of me, but when I was introduced her eyes lit up. She stepped forward to. We roasted big chunks of it, and ate them as though we were starved.When we had eaten our fill, I hobbled the horses and gave Sin and the one Tess had ridden a good rubdown. When I got back to the fire, Tess had laid our blankets out and was already lying down. I snuggled up behind her, and put my arm over her.I figured we'd made over thirty miles for the day.June 14, 1848When we had fixed and eaten some breakfast, we tied the two hindquarters of the deer together. We draped them over the back.