Jack asked me about my work. We talked about that for a bit, then he asked about this car of mine that Lindsey keeps talking about. I gave him the run...down on the Chevelle, and he talked about how he always wanted a first generation Camaro. So I told him about the one I just started on. Jack wanted to swing by after dinner to take a look.The rest of the dinner went well, that was till Lindsey opened my gift. All it was was a violin key chain. I thought it was something that was totally innocent. His job was to start the fire and ambulances to the scene at exactly the right time by cell call to the 911 center drill and training dispatcher. By the right time we meant the instant the fire started.The dispatcher was to call the one engine, tanker and ambulance from the two participating companies on a closed radio frequency. All this equipment was parked 1 — miles away from the site on a side road. The State Police and Sherriff department was to close the road at 10 minutes to one and keep. She treated me as the daughter she'd never had, while for me she tookthe place of the mother now seventy years dead I barely remembered. Itwasn't planned, but we fell into those roles easily. When Steven askedHannah for my hand in marriage I thought it was adorable.And now here I am, a bride on her wedding day."Hold still, while I fix your veil in place," said Hannah.I did so, picking up my bridal bouquet and fiddling with it nervously."Looks like I'm just in time," said a new voice.It was the. .. FIRE! READY... AIM... FIRE! READY... AIM... FIRE! CEASE FIRE! RELOAD!" John's three people were using their repeating rifles, but everybody else was using pistols. This meant that most of the shooting was not all that accurate, but enough lead was thrown at the Indians that a significant number of men and horses were killed or wounded.Nearly 40 men or horses were put out of the battle in that one little shooting spree. The people of the wagon train were much heartened by this and were ready.