Chapter Four The Night Of The Swirling Mist
Dr. Loveless having seen the vortex closed up. Having made a deal with the devil of his own choosing. All for the sake of greed.
But for Preacher Avery, he had started out in town talking with the folks.
"Such a lovely afternoon for a ride, don't you agree, Wimona?"
Artemus aka Preacher Avery glanced over at the woman after coming back giving a sermon to one of the ladies town folks. He says to her. "For a moment, I had thought she would talk with me about the swirling mist, when her husband walked up pulling her away from me. But she did say pointing to those clouds in the west, I should check. It's where it had all started with the reports of gold being in the hills, and it did looked promising years ago."
"Oh pooh! Wimona cried, tightening her grip on his right arm. "Maybe James would be able to go out there and to see for himself, even take Sheriff McCann with him and a posse."
Artemus, along with a chuckle to keep up with the charade. "We' d best keep an eye on the location for now, never the less we need to check it out further."
"Well, we had better hurry then. We need to catch up with James before he moves off again, and I just don't like those clouds toward the horizon. Wimona replied to Artie.
When preacher Avery saw James West walking slowly towards the saloon. He was in need of a drink with the dryness of his mouth and of the trail. He had come from earlier.
Artie in his preacher mode came up to him and said sitting in his carriage up front seeing the Wimona sitting next to him.
While Artemus pulling the reigns to stop the two horses to slow down entirely. Bemused, not knowing what was going to ahead of him. Not that James West, he had any problems being in the company of a pretty woman, and a pregnant one at that. Wimona certainly was that. Her dark curly hair and hazel eyes would certainly attract any man. But she did with him.
When preacher Avery had given his usual sermon to West. For which he listened for the sake of the mission. Shook his head and them clapped his hands for thanking him with the sermon.
He had asked the preacher on whether he can invite Wimona inside the saloon for a bite to eat. He agreed to the idea, as with Susan as part of a deal between them.
While Artie dropping then down from the carriage. He went to investigate the stories further with who ever will speak with him.
Pulling out new sermons from his bible he had made up before coming to Deadwood, South Dakota.
He had wished he could get rid of the nagging feeling that Dr. Loveless is around and some where in town. Artie stopped himself from physically shaking his head. The sensation of uneasiness had washed over him almost the moment he rode into the town of Deadwood.