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    Gold Rush Wedding
    Gold Rush Wedding
    Gold Rush Wedding
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    Gold Rush Wedding

    By Suzanne Lilly

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    Lucinda Martin York and George Arnold Jr. have been through floods, fires, and freezing cold together in their pursuit of gold in California. Lucinda dreams of becoming one of the first women doctors. George dreams of building a mining empire. They are deeply in love and their friends and family are in Sacramento ready to celebrate their marriage. Only one thing can tear them apart, and it happens in Gold Rush Wedding. Please enjoy this short story from the California Argonauts series of gold rush books.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSuzanne Lilly
    Release dateNov 29, 2015
    ISBN9781311308580
    Gold Rush Wedding
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    Suzanne Lilly

    Suzanne Lilly writes lighthearted stories with a splash of suspense, a flash of the unexplained, a dash of romance, and always a happy ending. Her short stories have appeared in numerous places online and in print, and she has placed and received honorable mentions in writing contests. She lives in Northern California where she reads, writes, cooks, swims, and teaches elementary students.

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      Gold Rush Wedding - Suzanne Lilly

      Gold Rush Wedding

      A Short Story for The California Argonauts Series

      by

      Suzanne Lilly

      http://www.suzannelilly.com

      Gold Rush Wedding

      A Short Story for The California Argonauts Series

      by

      Suzanne Lilly

      http://www.suzannelilly.com

      Copyright 2015 Suzanne Lilly

      ISBN: 978-131130858-0

      Literature / Fiction / Historical Fiction / Historical Romance / California Gold Rush /Western Fiction

      Cover Design by Melchelle Designs

      http://www.melchelledesigns.com

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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      Chapter 1

      The stone looked like any other stone. Gray with specks of black and crystals that reflected the sunlight. Ordinary granite. Ordinary stone.

      Ah. How interesting. Lucinda cast a questioning glance at George. Why had he dragged her up the hillside of their land, a handkerchief over her eyes, and then unveiled her eyes to reveal this unremarkable stone?

      You don't know what stone this is, do you? George put his right foot on the top of the granite block.

      I don't see Excalibur sticking out of it, so I know it's not the stone that held King Arthur's sword.

      Correct. That it is not. It's something far more perfect, far more important than some old legend.

      Lucinda played along. She put her finger on her chin, as if to contemplate the matter. It's not the Rock of Gibraltar.

      Correct again. What an astute and observant young woman you are, Miss York. Guess again.

      It most definitely is not Plymouth Rock.

      George stepped away from the stone and made a slight bow to Lucinda. It's more meaningful than the rock the pilgrims once stepped upon.

      Do tell, Mr. Arnold. What is the mysterious purpose of this rock you brought me to see?

      George took her hands in his. He held them as he looked into her eyes. She watched as a slight breeze ruffled the curl that always fell over his forehead, in wonderment at how such a small thing as a curly lock could stir a spark of love in her heart. She smiled.

      This rock is the foundation of our life together. It's to be the cornerstone of the new house I'm building for you. While you're away at medical college in Philadelphia, I'll be cutting more stones like this one, so that when you return ---

      Yes? When I return? Lucinda pressed into George and

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