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βYour political career started out following their traditions, but your boundless energy will eventually set you on your path, and I have a feeling if you do that, youβll take the country with you. Not that Iβm a visionary or anything.β
Careful, Ensley.
She continued to ignore the warnings because JC said it was okay to lay the groundwork. Didnβt he?
That was about Shakespeare! No, it wasnβt, she argued with herself. It was about conservation. Oh, whatever. Just slow down.
She couldnβt do that, either. Being with TR was too exciting, too intellectually stimulating, too thought-provoking for her to remain silent. βBut I donβt think youβll ever be satisfied unless youβre making a differenceβsomehow, somewhere.β
βI believe, Mrs. Fraser, that you will make a difference wherever you go.β
She cocked her head. βMaybe, but not like you. I canβt keep up. You run circles around me.β
He gazed at her in a contemplative way, then he rocked back in his chair, and their conversation drifted off. Ensley returned to her writing, making notes of their conversation, and TR opened a book and was quickly absorbed in the story.
She was sitting here with Teddy Roosevelt on the veranda at Elkhorn Ranch. Unbelievable.
Even as a Junior Ranger, sheβd walk around the cabinβs foundation beneath rustling cottonwood leaves, and she sensed the peace and solace TR found here. Sheβd imagined having conversations with him, and here she was, and here he was. Even though she had a hard time when she arrived, and herding cattle was no picnic, sheβd do it all over again in a heartbeat.
It wasnβt an hour later that he put his book aside and said, βYouβre the best-read woman I know.β
βAre you still thinking about Annie Oakley?β
βIβm just surprised. Your knowledge seems boundless.β
βWeβre close in age, Teddy. You read one to two books every day. Thatβs every day. I doubt thereβs anyone in history whoβs read as much as you have. And Iβm not anywhere close. Iβm more comfortable in a barn than a library.β
βI doubt that,β he said. βBut if you want a book to read while weβre on the roundup, take whatever looks interesting from my small library.β
βOf the books in your bookcase, what do you recommend?β
He glanced over his shoulder as if he could see the books. βJohn Burroughsβs book titled Wake-Robin.β
βIβm familiar with Burroughs, but not that book.β She had to think back to what she remembered from a high school 4-H project on naturalists. βHe once said, βLeap, and the net will appear.β I love that.β
βThatβs faith.β
βI guess it is,β she said. βYouβre the complete opposite of Burroughs.β
βHow so?β
βYouβre mercurial, animated, and action-driven. Burroughs is introspective and a poetic observer of nature. But I can imagine you developing a deep admiration for each other.β
TR raised an eyebrow. βMercurial?β
βI think so. When people go through trauma or tragedy, their moods can be unpredictable at times. Grief is like a giant wave you fight against to keep from drowning. It beats you up and exhausts you. But if you stop fighting against it and just float for a while and let the wave wash over you, youβll gain the strength you need to fight again.β
TR adjusted his spectacles. βI disagree. You can choose not to talk about it and continue to fight it.β
βYouβve said that before. I have a girlfriend who can always tell when Iβm grieving over the loss of my parents. She buys me ice cream in the summer and hot chocolate in the winter. Those are my comfort foods, and it makes me feel better.β
βIce cream?β
Ensley nodded. βTry it.β Ensley would give a gold nugget for some homemade fudge or chocolate mint ice cream from Medora Fudge and Ice Cream Depot.
βI have an impressive appetite and a weakness for sweets, especially sand tarts,β he said.
Ensley laughed. βSand tarts? How funny. Mineβs fudge.β
They both licked their lips and laughed, and she thought how wonderful it would be if she had a car and could drive to Medora, buy ice cream and fudge, and come right back to his time. He would love it.
She went back to writing, smiling to herself, and TR returned to his book.
He was smiling, too.
38
MacKlenna Farm, KY (1885)βPaul
After tumbling for what seemed an eternity through a black hole and being nearly blinded by intermittent flashing strobe lights, Paul finally emerged from the fog.
He had no idea where he was, other than somewhere in the middle of nowhere with a brilliant blue sky, freshly mowed grass that made him sneeze, and horse manure that saturated the air and made this city boy hold his nose.
Before he met JC, the only horses heβd ever been around were the ones cops rode in Central Park.
Out of habit, he checked his satellite phone. βDamn.β No bars. No service. No maps. No GPS. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Zilch. But satellite phones were supposed to work everywhere, even in the most remote areas of the world.
What the hell did it mean that his didnβt work here?
After the past three years of working with JC, Paul could count his experiences with international crises like hash marks on the side of a fighter jet, but this one was too damn weird. Did JC emerge from the fog here or somewhere else after his ride through the black hole?
Paul scanned the landscape. To one side was a white plank-fenced pasture and a dirt road to somewhere beyond that. And on the other side was a tree line of mostly elms, maples, and oaks.
He walked between the fence and tree line over rolling hills until he reached the corner of the paddock. Then he headed in what he believedβbased on the sunβs positionβto be a northerly direction.
While he walked, he did a pistol press check and put a round in the chamber. He considered carrying the gun openly, but he wasnβt looking for trouble. While the setting was too idyllic to be dangerous, heβd
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