Velvet Sky, Arizona - The Traveler #2
By J.C. Hulsey
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After two days of traveling, I pulled up on Sugar's reins, stared at the trail ahead, turned in the saddle and looked at the dusty trail behind. It looked like silver water running off a duck's back, and the land in front of us seemed to sizzle, like a burning flame. Some of the terrain looked vaguely familiar, but then looking a second time, it didn't look like anything I had seen before. As I took another look, the subtle rise and fall of the land all looked the same.
J.C. Hulsey
I really can't explain how or why I write. It's like an explosion in my brain and the words come flowing out like a raging river and then other times like a frozen glazier. I wrote a twenty-eight page booklet of poetry over the course of two days and nights. I mention nights because as soon as my head hits the pillow, it's like a switch goes off in my brain and I have to write. J.C. Hulsey J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas for thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 56 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He has always wanted to be an author. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? He now has 44 books on Amazon.com
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Velvet Sky, Arizona - The Traveler #2 - J.C. Hulsey
CHAPTER ONE
Orville, Half Loaf, and myself, were on our way to Velvet Sky, Arizona Territories. We decided to go there when I remembered Pa telling me that he had a younger brother living there. He said there were four brothers that came by wagon train from Chicago, ranging from seventeen to twenty in age.
They were of Irish descent. Their Pa and Ma had passed on, and there was nothing to keep them in Chicago. My pa, being the oldest, was supposed to make the decisions for them. James Seamus was the second born, then Francis Leroy, and Justin Lucas was the youngest.
When they passed through the Texas Panhandle, they decided to part ways because of the tension that was building between them. They weren’t happy with the decisions Pa was making, so Pa decided to head to South Texas, where he heard there was a need for a good Blacksmith. They said their goodbyes and pa headed south, then the three remaining brothers headed west to California.
Pa found out later that James had stopped in a little settlement called Velvet Sky, in the Arizona Territories. According to the correspondence he had received, Uncle James had a big cattle spread situated in a valley below the Mountain Range, just east of Velvet Sky.
Orville said, I think we should stop in the next town to get this buckboard checked over and have it repaired, as it’s needed for a trip like this. And, maybe, we should consider getting another horse to help Whitey (the Palomino that he bought from Senor Murrieta at his Rancho in South Texas) pull the wagon. Maybe I'll trade that no-good saddle that I thought I was going to use.
(He had traded for a saddle when we were at Trader Tom's Trading Post.)
That all sounds good to me. How about us finding a spot to camp for the night?
Orville said, I've always wanted to see how them cowpokes rope those cows and brand 'em.
Half Loaf said, I am ready to travel, just to see this beautiful and wonderful country of yours.
As I looked at the countryside, I couldn’t understand Half Loaf’s description. There were sporadic tufts of trees, on-again, off-again grasses, and shrubs as far as the eye could see. It was a surface that looked as hard as stone, and even less inviting.
I reckon we need to check our supplies and head that direction,
I exclaimed.
CHAPTER TWO
Suddenly, a windstorm blew up and dust was everywhere—on leaves, branches, even on my teeth and lips. Then, just as suddenly, it stopped, and in the distance, I saw what looked like an oasis, a green strip of thick grass that carpeted the narrow strip along its length. Cottonwood trees had sprung up; young trees, little more than twice a man’s height.
What a welcome sight, after just experiencing a dust storm. I waved to my comrades and pointed to the green strip ahead. We all headed toward it, and the air turned cooler as we got closer.
Almost feels like winter, don’t it?
Orville exclaimed. We all jumped down and ran to the banks of the little spring, falling down and placing our faces into the water to drink our fill. What a glorious, cool, sweet-tasting refreshment it was. When my thirst was slightly quenched, I rose and told the guys we needed to water the animals.
Orville unhitched Whitey. Half Loaf and me led our horses, along with Orville, to the little stream and let them drink their fill. As they were drinking, I stood in awe at the miracle that God had created. Such a wonderful paradise in the middle of this vast dry land. It looked as if the stream just bubbled out of the ground, rushed along for about fifty yards, and then disappeared back into the ground.
Half Loaf suggested that we set up camp and enjoy this wonderful wet place, take baths, and wash our clothes . . . especially Orville. Orville said he couldn't help it if he sweated more than most folks; it was something he inherited from his daddy's side of the family.
We enjoyed the rest of the day swimming and splashing in the cool water, and then we washed our dirty clothes. When we had hung all the wet clothes on the low branches of the trees, we started a fire and cooked something to eat.
Orville boiled some rice and fried up some Prairie Hens that he shot this morning, then mixed them together for a superb meal, with rice pudding for dessert, and a fresh pot of hot coffee. It was a delicious meal; one fit for a King.
Half Loaf cleaned the dishes and put them away. We all helped set up the