To Want the School Teacher

By Lisa Day

His name with four others went into the hat. Thomas's knew the winner was actually the loser. For life as he knew it would be over. Finding a school teacher would be the easy part. Fulfilling the town's charter the hard part, but for the good of the town he'd do his civil duty and marry the woman. He unfolded the slip of paper...

His search was fruitless, and he returned empty handed. Time was running out the town needed a school teacher. He couldn't believe his eyes. There an candidate sat just few feet from him. Now all he had to do was convince her to stay to become the teacher and according to the town's charter his wife.
Thomas told himself a hundred times is was for the good of the town he couldn't let her get back on that stagecoach. He looked at the woman he just abducted wondering if he had any brains left.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Day
• Release date: Sep 11, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310411670

Lisa Day

Lisa Day grow up in the New Jersey suburbs across from New York City. This made her believe she was sophisticated. Wrong. She was just a girl from Jersey. In junior high right before the English teacher destroyed her love of reading completely she discovered novels for teenage girls. Saved by a love story. As an adult she became a ferocious reader and easily read two, sometimes three books a day. And yes her housework suffered.Many years later now retired and living with her husband. She renewed her love of novels and this time started to write a few of her own.

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To Want the School Teacher

by

Lisa Day

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Copyright 2014 Lisa Day

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Acknowledgments:

This acknowledgment is for The Manning Family who gracious allowed me to name their business and add their product to my story. This of course make the creative juices flow.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Notes from the author

An Invitation

More tid-bits

Chapter One

Town of Edenville Charter

Education:.page five paragraph seven

Provision four : Education of the young shall be provided by a woman.

Line two: She shall be married to a long time resident of good standing impeccable reputation from the town of Edenville.

Line three: If the need arises for unforeseen or an immediate filling of the position arises the unattached males of the community will step up and perform their civic duty for the good of the town.

One by one the men trudged into the room as if they marched to their own execution or hanging. Four of them would see a reprieve before this meeting of the minds ended. From the chosen group one man's life as he knew it would be over.

It was one of the first buildings constructed when the town of Edenville began to take shape. Outside fair weather with gentle breezes and sunshine created smiles on everyone not in the room.

Inside, however, five men squirmed. They each had their own reasons, some good, some not so good.

A semi-circle of chairs occupied by seven men. The councilmen of Edenville had business to see to. They faced the uncomfortable five men sitting in front of them. The desks of varying sizes had been pushed together into the rear of the room allowing the space needed for the meeting. Frederick Calhoun chairman began to speak.

Thomas cleared his throat and glanced at his brother Keith Kincaid. Sam Weston watched the dust dance in the sunlight as it filtered through the first of four window frames on the south side of the room. Justice Foster sat tracing the threads in his jeans. Calvin Horton picked at his fingernails. Confirmed bachelors all.

All to soon it was time. Each man picked a folded paper from the hat. No one could say the whole affair wasn't above board.

Three of the five men sighed aloud with relief. Sam and Thomas still hadn't found the courage to open their slips of paper. One of them would soon be married and that for most of the five men was worse than death.

Thomas mumbled, For the good of the town.

He began to unfold the small paper.

He didn't need to finish Sam jumped from his seat yelling. Thank goodness, thank goodness it's not me.

A school marm? He'd knew someday he'd find the right person and put his single days behind him. Maybe when he was forty or even fifty, but never ever did he think he'd be pressed into marrying a school teacher.

He repeated it was for the betterment of the town.

You all right brother.

Yea, Keith, I'm just jolly. Thomas watched his brother struggle to comfort him as the room emptied. The relief on his brother's face that it wasn't him who had to comply to the committee reminded Thomas of the situation he was in, and his stomach knotted.

***

It wasn't until the next day Thomas came to appreciate he at least had the opportunity to find his own match. The only requirement was the future bride had to be qualified for the position. The children of Edenville were considered valuable assets as they were the town's future.

So, that's your plan? Keith asked.

Yes, for the moment. I'm off tomorrow to St. Louis and will place an advertisement in two of that city's finest newspapers.

Keith's smirk required a comment as well as his question.

Yes, I plan to visit Miss Sally's place while there. You'd expect me not to. I'm searching for... He groaned, a bride. I ain't married and certainly not dead. Yet.

The first day in St. Louis he placed the ads, checked into a hotel, ate dinner, and headed for Sue Ellen's brothel a home away from home for men. No matter which girl entertained him, he usually had a good time and stayed well into the early hours before leaving.

Tonight didn't follow the usual routine. Thomas Kincaid did something he never did before. as soon He finished with Sue Ellen he dressed and left without