She went to the kitchen, got my food and brought it to me. I ate, gave her a generous tip and went to work. I kept my routine up every day. While at t...e diner, Jen and I would talk and over the next couple months, we got pretty comfortable around each other and would make flirtatious comments. On my part, everything was innocent. Although I thought Jen was a beautiful young lady, I kept my comments PG rated and never got out of line. I seen her as a young and innocent young lady and would do. "Girls!" Ellie admonished them. "You're embarrassing Pansy. Why don'tthe pair of you get back to work. You've been curious about him. Nowyou've met him, so say 'bye."Both girls smiled and pretended to grumble, but went back down to theother end of the store. Ellie said, "Your dress is all ready. Want totry it on?"He gulped. Oh please lord, no! He thought, but he managed to hide hisfear. "Don't think there's a need, is there? It's the same size as therest, isn't it?" Oh yes!" she said. . Just as Robbie had said, every few nights she would bring home somebody and they would hear those noises for a while before the man left. Robbie had also told them it was very often a different man although he’d recognized some repeat visitors when he’d peeked out to see who it was.One Friday night after work she stayed home instead of heading for the bar. She had a bottle of whiskey that a previous man visitor had left and she got into it after dinner. After an evening of watching TV, the kids. O'Riley from Julesburg had agreed to officiate at THE WEDDING. Wedding invitations had been sent out and almost everyone had said to expect them for the wedding and the reception bar-b-que and dance to follow. We were going to be pressed for space, but we could accommodate everybody with only a little crowding.Of course, all of the ranch employees and their families would be there. Unfortunately, all eighteen of the dragoons would have to be assigned to guard duty—we did not want any untoward.