Chapter 2: Getting Settled) It looks just the way I left it,Virginian. You and the boys have taken good care of it. I'm glad you think so,Judge. So how do you like it,Josie? It's beautiful, Judge. It's a lot bigger than home,though. Does the house look the same? It's changed a little. We had a fire last year and we had to rebuild. This is the biggest house I've ever seen. Which room is mine? The one on the right upstairs,Josie. Thank-you,I'll go get unpacked and freshen up. So how did you come to be Josie's guardian,Judge? Well,as I said she is Frank Dawson's niece and her father was killed by someone trying to rob him. At first she stayed with his friend Sheriff Colton Myers until he could decide what to do. They found my name in some of her father's papers and he contacted me asking if I would take her. And of course I couldn't refuse. She is Betsy's cousin and Frank's niece. And I've been lonely since Jennifer got married. As long as I'm alive she'll have a home with me. So how many of the boys are still here? Well, there's Trampas,Dick,Cece, and Harper. The rest are all new. And Randy's living on a little spread of his own close to us. That's good to hear. Has he been by? Yes, he has. Him and Ellie. Ellie's a little girl that he's guardian to. She's the daughter of an old friend that died. We'll do all we can to make Josie welcome,Judge. I know you will. And thanks.
