February 23, 1880
5:00 PM PST
After school, the Martins have decided to head out to the swimming hole with Jennifer and Juniper. Marty found himself nervously counting down the hours until midnight. After all, this was the day that Martin was to be stabbed with a bowie knife. If Martin was nervous too, he certainly didn't show it. Martin, in fact, seemed to be cheerful all day.
'So is this your last night here, Michael and Jennifer?' asked Martin.
'That is correct,' replied Marty. 'We have about seven hours left, until midnight.'
'Oh, fret not, Michael,' said Martin. 'I don't plan to even go into the saloon tonight. Being here in the swimming hole is more fun, anyway.'
'Are you sure you don't even want to go out for raspberry cordial?' asked Juniper.
'Yeah, I love raspberry cordial,' Jennifer chimed in. 'Since this is our last night here, I thought Mar-Michael and I should go out for raspberry cordial tonight.'
'I am certainly tempted,' admitted Marty, 'but I'm not sure if this is such a good idea. I'm just really concerned about Martin. I don't want anything to happen to him.'
Jennifer then glanced at Marty, and said to Martin and Juniper, 'Excuse me, you two - Michael and I need to have a little talk. We'll be back in a few minutes.'
Then, as Jennifer and Marty swam about 50 feet away, Marty whispered, 'What did you need to tell me, Jennifer?'
'When I was in the station wagon, sleeping,' explained Jennifer, 'I had another dream that I was Juniper. It was on the day that Martin had died - which I guess would be today - and I found out that the name of the person who stabbed Martin was Webster Jennings. Well, this morning, I was reading the newspaper of the gang who were arrested last Friday - and Webster Jennings name was on there. I think we'll be safe going to the saloon tonight.'
Marty breathed a sigh of relief, and said, 'Thanks for telling me about it, Jennifer. I guess we could go to the saloon tonight, then.'
Jennifer just smiled, as she and Marty swam back to join their 'twins'.
'Everything will be fine, Martin,' Jennifer told Martin. 'The person who was supposed to kill you today was arrested last Friday.'
'I am so relieved to hear that,' breathed Marty. 'I figured it might be that group of thugs, but I was somewhat uncertain.'
'So feel like some raspberry cordial tonight?' purred Juniper.
'Aye,' replied Martin, smiling. 'I would love to drink raspberry cordial with a beautiful little princess like you.'
Martin then leaned over Juniper to hug her - then they hugged. Marty and Jennifer themselves decided to follow in their 'twins' lead. Then the Martins relaxed on their backs, while Juniper and Jennifer began to tickle the Martins. With a mischievious smile, Juniper grabbed Martin's foot - and she gave it a little tickle.
'Hey, hey, stop it,' Martin protested, laughing, as he jerked his foot away.
'Whatever is the matter, Martin?' smirked Juniper, gazing into Martin's blue eyes.
'You naughty little girl,' Martin scolded, teasingly. 'You know I don't like having me feet tickled.'
'Why not?' smirked Juniper. 'You have a great laugh. Your laughter is like music to my ears.'
'Then let's see if you're ticklish there,' Martin smirk, as he tried to tickle Juniper's foot. Unfortunately, though, she wasn't ticklish there.
'Ha ha,' taunted Juniper, 'I'm not ticklish there.'
'Awww, that isn't fair,' protested Martin, shaking his head.
Juniper embraced Martin, and kissed him on the lips. Marty and Jennifer looked on, smirking.
'Hey, what are you two smirking at?' demanded Martin, smiling.
'You two crack me up,' teased Jennifer.
'We what?' asked Martin, confused. 'What does 'crack me up' mean?'
'It means you two makes us laugh,' explained Jennifer. 'You remind us of, well, of us.'
'I think you two make a lovely couple,' added Marty.
'Thank you,' replied Martin. 'You two make a lovely couple, as well.'
Jennifer and Juniper looked at each other and smiled mischieviously, and they each grabbed one of Marty's feet, and started to tickle the soles. Marty kept laughing hysterically, as he tried with all his might to jerk his feet away.
'Look at him laugh! Look at him laugh!' smirked Juniper.
'Hey, you two cut that out,' protested Martin. 'I am certain he doesn't like it anymore than I do.'
'Oh, I think he loves it,' said Jennifer, laughing.
Then Martin had jerked Marty away from Jennifer and Juniper.
'Whew, thank you, Martin,' breathed Marty, gratefully. 'I really couldn't take it.'
'You are certainly welcome,' replied Martin, smiling. 'I feel the same way about it as you do.'
'Why did you have to spoil our fun?' Jennifer asked, pouting.
'Because I don't reckon it was fun for Michael,' replied Martin, smiling. Then, turning to Juniper, he asked, 'Shall we head over to the saloon now?'
'Oh, most certainly,' Juniper replied, smiling.
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A few hours later, the Martins, Juniper, and Jennifer had returned from the saloon. Seamus had immediately embraced Martin, weeping with joy. Marty glanced at the clock on the wall, and saw that it was 10:00 PM.
After about five minutes, Seamus released Martin, wiped his eyes, and asked, 'Shall we go hit the sack, everyone?'
'Aye,' replied Martin. 'I dare say I am mighty exhausted.'
'We had so much fun this evening,' added Marty.
Seamus then hugged Marty, and whispered, 'Thank you very much for everything, Michael. It is nice to know that my dear brother is still alive.'
'You're very welcome, Seamus,' whispered Marty. 'Tomorrow, after breakfast, we should probably return home.'
'Return to heaven, you mean?' asked Seamus, smiling.
'Right, to heaven,' replied Marty. 'We accomplished our mission. We saved your brother's life.'
'Michael, would you like a lemon drop?' asked Martin.
'Yes, please,' replied Marty, smiling, as he popped a lemon drop into his mouth - and slowly let the sweet lemony taste fill his mouth.
'I have a huge bag of lemon drops for you to bring back home,' whispered Martin.
'Oh, thank you so much, Martin,' replied Marty, smiling.
After Marty hopped into bed, he smiled contentedly, as he feel asleep. Doc would be returning the next day to pick him and Jennifer up.