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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4451989" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Six, “Arrival at Dead Mule“, Friday, November 24, 1882:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The six travelers assemble before dawn, the two buggies each with their own horse and three other horses, two being ridden and the third as an extra. They head off and quietly travel the road through the mountains, being ever watchful for either Apache or bandits. They soon approach what had been the mining town of Galeyville, seeing smoke filtering out of some of the chimneys. They slow their pace so as not to make any more noise as necessary and cautiously head along the road by the town, ready to increase their pace if spotted.</p><p></p><p>They continue on for the morning, crossing the border between the Arizona Territory and New Mexico Territory. They stop by a stream for a two-hour long siesta to rest the mounts and riders. The roadway continues on, meandering around the various mountain ranges. After a total of thirty-three miles traveled they stop for the night at an area with lush grasslands for the horses to graze. Saturday the 25th continues on, with more uneventful traveling, a total of twenty-one miles covered on this day. </p><p></p><p>Sunday the 26th consists of more of the same, covering another eighteen miles. By nightfall they see the Black Mountains to the northeast, the pass where Dead Mule is situated being the pass through that mountain range. They estimate the town to be somewhere between five and ten miles ahead. They decide to make camp and move on to the town in the morning. </p><p></p><p>At the campfire that evening Jake says, “So, do we have a good story.” “You want to tell campfire stories?” Ginnie asks. Jake says, “No, I mean tomorrow when we got into town. Do we have a good story to tell the folks there?” Emily says, “Yeah, we’re not just going to ride into town and say, ‘Where’s Dutch Jack? He has our treasure map!” </p><p></p><p>Ginnie says, “We were obviously sent by our school to see what life is like in another town. We’ve been fairly isolated and need to investigate the outside world. That’s why we brought a newspaperman along.” Jake asks “And the reason we’re going into Reb territory?” “To get a historical perspective from their individual points of view,” Ginnie exclaims. “You expect them to buy that?” Emily asks. </p><p></p><p>Jake gestures to Emily and says, “And if they don’t like half-breeds?” Ginnie replies, “We say that she’s our cook.” Emily raises some objections to that idea but relents when it is pointed out that would be the path of least resistance. Emily says, “I don’t know if they’re going to buy the whole educational experience thing.” Ginnie points out “We have our school uniforms,” referencing the well-made baseball uniforms that all five students have and have brought along.</p><p></p><p>Jake says, “The important thing is that all of you have the same story, that way it is consistent if anybody asks you individually."” Jake suggests that they NOT wear the school uniforms into town as it would draw undue attention to themselves. He says they should keep them in reserve if and only if they are pressed for their background stories and it isn’t believed. </p><p></p><p>Monday, November 27th the group gets an early start and rides on towards the mountains. Five miles later they see the town ahead in the narrow pass. At approximately 10:00 A.M. they ride in from the west, seeing the aforementioned cannon up on the hill along the higher ridge around forty feet above the ten-building town. It is noted that the cannon has been turned away from the town, now pointing further up the hill in the direction of an outhouse (which results in several jokes from the players). </p><p></p><p>The first building in town on the southern side of the road, a normal-sized building with a farmers porch that has the sign ‘Judge Race’ with ‘Harold T. Race, Justice of the Peace’ written below it. Emily exclaims, “I don’t want to get married so I have no need to go there.” Across from it on the north side of the road is the sign reading ‘Wells Fargo Stage Depot’. It has a corral attached and an attached building opposite the corral. </p><p></p><p>The next building on the south side has the sign reading ‘Los Almos’ which appears to be some sort of saloon. The north side has a boardwalk running from the Sheriff’s Office down to the High Pass Hotel. Next to the south side is the Apache Trading Post, which has a horse corral behind it. The final building on that side of the street is the Dead Mule Gazette. Behind it is a livestock pen. The final building on the north side of the street is the Black Mountain Bank, with a Laundry behind it. </p><p></p><p>They head over to the hotel, fastening the horses to the railing outside of it. The High Pass Hotel is the largest building in Dead Mule, being the only one that is two stories high. The building is also constructed of well-made finished lumber, unlike most of the other buildings in town. As they enter they see that the ground floor is primarily a saloon and restaurant, the guest rooms apparently occupying the second floor.</p><p></p><p>A heavy-set man with a mustache, gray hair and a pot belly approaches and says “Can I help Ya?” Jake answers “Good evening, we could use some rooms.” “Evening, it’s the middle of the morning?” Jake says “That too.” He looks over the six of them and says, “I only got three rooms.” Jake asks, “Is there nothing else you can make available?” He replies, “Only four rooms in the place and one of them is occupied.” Jake says, “Alright then, we’ll take the three.”</p><p></p><p>The man says, “It’s $ 1.25 per room a day and that includes meals here. Breakfast is at 6:00 AM, lunch is at 12:30 and dinner is at 6:00. If you eat anytime other than that you have to pay extra for the meal. It also doesn’t include whiskey, that goes for twenty-cents a shot.” Jake is unimpressed and lets on how he feels. </p><p></p><p>The proprietor then says, “It can get pretty exciting in here at night. We usually have some gambling if you like that sort of thing.” Jake feigns innocence and says, “Really. I might be able to find some time for a game of chance.” Ginnie supresses a grin and says, “I don’t know Jake, you’re not very good at that. You tried it before and you haven’t done very well. Ma’am Kate said for you to not gamble everything away again.” Jake says, “Alright, I promise not to gamble it all away.” </p><p></p><p>The proprietor points to a sign on the wall and says, “Other services are available here too.” The sign reads “Shave & Haircut 25-cents; Laundry 50-cents; Bath $ 1” “You got it all,” Jake exclaims. Emily comments “We all could use a bath.” </p><p></p><p>Jake asks about the horses and is told “Grafton Stables. Best stable in town.” The girls exclaim in unison “Only stable in town.” The man says, “No, two stables in town, but you want Grafton Stables. You won’t find a better stable.” “What’s the other one?” Ginnie inquires. He says, “What do you care, I told you the name of the best one.” Ginnie says, “I want to make sure that I don’t accidentally go to the other one.” </p><p></p><p>He emphasizes “You won’t find anything better than Grafton Stable, best one in town, best prices. Go over there and ask for Ramon, he’ll help you out.” Colleen says, “Maybe we should check out the one behind the Apache Trading Post.” The man loudly exclaims, “Why would you want to go and do a damned fool thing like that little girl?’ Colleen says, “But you said that there were two…” “You want to go to Grafton Stable. Twenty-cents a day, a buck-twenty a week, you’re not going to get a better deal than that.” he exclaims. “Okay” she replies, “Let’s go take care of the horses.” Jake pays for one night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4451989, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Six, “Arrival at Dead Mule“, Friday, November 24, 1882: [/B] The six travelers assemble before dawn, the two buggies each with their own horse and three other horses, two being ridden and the third as an extra. They head off and quietly travel the road through the mountains, being ever watchful for either Apache or bandits. They soon approach what had been the mining town of Galeyville, seeing smoke filtering out of some of the chimneys. They slow their pace so as not to make any more noise as necessary and cautiously head along the road by the town, ready to increase their pace if spotted. They continue on for the morning, crossing the border between the Arizona Territory and New Mexico Territory. They stop by a stream for a two-hour long siesta to rest the mounts and riders. The roadway continues on, meandering around the various mountain ranges. After a total of thirty-three miles traveled they stop for the night at an area with lush grasslands for the horses to graze. Saturday the 25th continues on, with more uneventful traveling, a total of twenty-one miles covered on this day. Sunday the 26th consists of more of the same, covering another eighteen miles. By nightfall they see the Black Mountains to the northeast, the pass where Dead Mule is situated being the pass through that mountain range. They estimate the town to be somewhere between five and ten miles ahead. They decide to make camp and move on to the town in the morning. At the campfire that evening Jake says, “So, do we have a good story.” “You want to tell campfire stories?” Ginnie asks. Jake says, “No, I mean tomorrow when we got into town. Do we have a good story to tell the folks there?” Emily says, “Yeah, we’re not just going to ride into town and say, ‘Where’s Dutch Jack? He has our treasure map!” Ginnie says, “We were obviously sent by our school to see what life is like in another town. We’ve been fairly isolated and need to investigate the outside world. That’s why we brought a newspaperman along.” Jake asks “And the reason we’re going into Reb territory?” “To get a historical perspective from their individual points of view,” Ginnie exclaims. “You expect them to buy that?” Emily asks. Jake gestures to Emily and says, “And if they don’t like half-breeds?” Ginnie replies, “We say that she’s our cook.” Emily raises some objections to that idea but relents when it is pointed out that would be the path of least resistance. Emily says, “I don’t know if they’re going to buy the whole educational experience thing.” Ginnie points out “We have our school uniforms,” referencing the well-made baseball uniforms that all five students have and have brought along. Jake says, “The important thing is that all of you have the same story, that way it is consistent if anybody asks you individually."” Jake suggests that they NOT wear the school uniforms into town as it would draw undue attention to themselves. He says they should keep them in reserve if and only if they are pressed for their background stories and it isn’t believed. Monday, November 27th the group gets an early start and rides on towards the mountains. Five miles later they see the town ahead in the narrow pass. At approximately 10:00 A.M. they ride in from the west, seeing the aforementioned cannon up on the hill along the higher ridge around forty feet above the ten-building town. It is noted that the cannon has been turned away from the town, now pointing further up the hill in the direction of an outhouse (which results in several jokes from the players). The first building in town on the southern side of the road, a normal-sized building with a farmers porch that has the sign ‘Judge Race’ with ‘Harold T. Race, Justice of the Peace’ written below it. Emily exclaims, “I don’t want to get married so I have no need to go there.” Across from it on the north side of the road is the sign reading ‘Wells Fargo Stage Depot’. It has a corral attached and an attached building opposite the corral. The next building on the south side has the sign reading ‘Los Almos’ which appears to be some sort of saloon. The north side has a boardwalk running from the Sheriff’s Office down to the High Pass Hotel. Next to the south side is the Apache Trading Post, which has a horse corral behind it. The final building on that side of the street is the Dead Mule Gazette. Behind it is a livestock pen. The final building on the north side of the street is the Black Mountain Bank, with a Laundry behind it. They head over to the hotel, fastening the horses to the railing outside of it. The High Pass Hotel is the largest building in Dead Mule, being the only one that is two stories high. The building is also constructed of well-made finished lumber, unlike most of the other buildings in town. As they enter they see that the ground floor is primarily a saloon and restaurant, the guest rooms apparently occupying the second floor. A heavy-set man with a mustache, gray hair and a pot belly approaches and says “Can I help Ya?” Jake answers “Good evening, we could use some rooms.” “Evening, it’s the middle of the morning?” Jake says “That too.” He looks over the six of them and says, “I only got three rooms.” Jake asks, “Is there nothing else you can make available?” He replies, “Only four rooms in the place and one of them is occupied.” Jake says, “Alright then, we’ll take the three.” The man says, “It’s $ 1.25 per room a day and that includes meals here. Breakfast is at 6:00 AM, lunch is at 12:30 and dinner is at 6:00. If you eat anytime other than that you have to pay extra for the meal. It also doesn’t include whiskey, that goes for twenty-cents a shot.” Jake is unimpressed and lets on how he feels. The proprietor then says, “It can get pretty exciting in here at night. We usually have some gambling if you like that sort of thing.” Jake feigns innocence and says, “Really. I might be able to find some time for a game of chance.” Ginnie supresses a grin and says, “I don’t know Jake, you’re not very good at that. You tried it before and you haven’t done very well. Ma’am Kate said for you to not gamble everything away again.” Jake says, “Alright, I promise not to gamble it all away.” The proprietor points to a sign on the wall and says, “Other services are available here too.” The sign reads “Shave & Haircut 25-cents; Laundry 50-cents; Bath $ 1” “You got it all,” Jake exclaims. Emily comments “We all could use a bath.” Jake asks about the horses and is told “Grafton Stables. Best stable in town.” The girls exclaim in unison “Only stable in town.” The man says, “No, two stables in town, but you want Grafton Stables. You won’t find a better stable.” “What’s the other one?” Ginnie inquires. He says, “What do you care, I told you the name of the best one.” Ginnie says, “I want to make sure that I don’t accidentally go to the other one.” He emphasizes “You won’t find anything better than Grafton Stable, best one in town, best prices. Go over there and ask for Ramon, he’ll help you out.” Colleen says, “Maybe we should check out the one behind the Apache Trading Post.” The man loudly exclaims, “Why would you want to go and do a damned fool thing like that little girl?’ Colleen says, “But you said that there were two…” “You want to go to Grafton Stable. Twenty-cents a day, a buck-twenty a week, you’re not going to get a better deal than that.” he exclaims. “Okay” she replies, “Let’s go take care of the horses.” Jake pays for one night. [/QUOTE]
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