{"id":12638,"date":"2016-03-03T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12638"},"modified":"2025-02-18T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:10:21","slug":"cowboy-boots-and-dancing-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12638","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes (by AC1830)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>It is 1875. \u00a0After recovering from some family tragedies, Adam and Joe still don&#8217;t have their spark back. \u00a0Their wives come up with a plan to light their fires again.<\/p>\n<p>This story was inspired by the video of Luke Bryan&#8217;s song &#8220;Strip It Down&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating:\u00a0<\/strong>K \u00a0(2354 words)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes Series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12638\">Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes &#8211; Part 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12957\">Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes &#8211; Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autumn 1875<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sun slowly peaked its head over the hills and park behind Adam Cartwright\u2019s home in San Francisco. \u00a0The gentle light began to stream into the morning room where Adam sat, absentmindedly sipping his coffee. \u00a0Scowling, he looked at the cup and realized the dark liquid had gone cold. \u00a0Setting the cup down he leaned back in the chair to stretch his long legs out in front of him. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seems everything in my life has gone cold lately,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he scoffed. \u00a0The last few years had been very hard but Adam felt things were looking up again, or at least they should be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam took stock of his situation in hopes of trying to figure out why his mood was so dark. He had a wonderful family. \u00a0Elise had settled in well with the move two years prior from Boston to San Francisco via Nevada, having left her family and friends behind. \u00a0Young Abel and Eliza were the lights of his life at five and three years old. \u00a0His partnership \u00a0with an architecture and engineering firm brought great challenges for his time as well as his mind. \u00a0He was working hard on a difficult waterfront project and should have been thrilled with the opportunities it offered but he just couldn\u2019t get interested in it. \u00a0Adam sighed. \u00a0He placed his hand behind his neck and scratched a constant itch, then ran his hand over his face and through his beard. \u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is missing? \u00a0Why am I so sullen? \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elise wandered down the hall with a fresh pot of coffee. \u00a0She\u2019d felt Adam leave their bed an hour before and knew he needed time to think about things. \u00a0Watching him for a few moments from the doorway she wondered what was bothering her husband so deeply. \u00a0Their lives had been turned upside down about two years ago. First with the sudden death of his middle brother, Hoss, then with the loss of Joe\u2019s wife, Alice, and their unborn child. \u00a0When the telegrams and letters arrived informing them of the tragedies, Adam was devastated. He immediately packed up his family and headed west. \u00a0Elise had never been outside of Boston and the children were very young but she understood about her husband\u2019s connection to his family and his roots in Nevada so she followed him without complaint. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They had settled at his family\u2019s ranch and although dealing with the great sadness was difficult, they had had warm times with Ben and Joe, especially with the joys of having little ones in the house. \u00a0Unfortunately, the grief was still too much for Ben Cartwright. \u00a0Elise recalled that he had finished his days only six months after they had arrived. \u00a0Adam had remained for another six months to help Joe settle all the accounts and set up the two remaining brothers as co-owners of the Ponderosa and all its subsidiaries. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once everything was in place at the ranch, Adam accepted a partnership in San Francisco. \u00a0Everyone seemed to be doing well but now a pall had come over the house. \u00a0Adam was moody, irritable, and even their romantic life was waning. \u00a0She had to do something to bring the sparkle back to her husband&#8217;s golden hazel eyes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quietly entering the room, Elise set the tray on the table and poured \u00a0two cups of coffee. \u00a0Adam thanked her with a smile and turned to study the birds flitting around the garden. \u00a0An idea suddenly dawned on Elise. \u00a0Recently, Adam seemed happiest when talking about Nevada, telling her stories and describing the ranch. \u00a0She needed to find a way to get him back to Nevada. \u00a0Perhaps some time away, without the children, would be just what they both needed. \u00a0Elise recalled that Joe and Sara were coming in a few days to visit and finalize some contracts. \u00a0She smiled to herself as she made a mental note speak to Sara about their going to Nevada for a visit and to speak to their good friend about watching the children for about a week. \u00a0She and Adam sat in companionable silence until it was time for him to go to work. He gave her a kiss and headed up to get dressed. Elise decided she would put the plan into action that morning with a telegram to Sara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autumn 1875 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ponderosa Ranch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Cartwright had everything ready for Joe\u2019s dinner. \u00a0All she needed was her husband. \u00a0Joe had been in Carson City for the last three days negotiating new contracts with the Army and Railroad. \u00a0She had heard him ride in so was now waiting to hear his booted steps on the front porch. \u00a0After the expected number of minutes, she heard them. \u00a0He opened the door with an explosive sigh, dropped his hat and gun belt on the credenza, and shuffled to the table. \u00a0Sara set the pot of beef stew on the table with some fresh bread she had baked that morning. \u00a0She filled two bowls then sat down across from her husband. \u00a0She looked at Joe and saw great fatigue on his face. \u00a0Concern over the contracts filled her thoughts but she didn\u2019t want to bring them up \u00a0until Joe had had time to relax. \u00a0Therefore the mealtime conversation was filled with quiet talk about her activities for the last three days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they sat by the fire, drinking coffee, Sara decided to take the plunge and asked Joe how the negotiations went. \u00a0The ranch needed to get good prices for the beef for the Army and the timber \u00a0supplies for the Railroad for next spring. \u00a0Joe admitted it was close but he had gotten his top dollar for the beef and the contract would last a year and a half. \u00a0That would get them through two winters and allow them to buy the new seed bull he had been eyeing for a few months. \u00a0The railroad contract was more difficult with the deadlines they set but Joe was able to offer to meet those if they agreed to a slightly higher price so he could hire more men to complete the work. \u00a0He smiled at Sara knowingly. He had the offers and knew she was looking forward to traveling to San Francisco with him to sign the final papers. \u00a0With a hint of a smile, he confided to Sara that he never wanted to have to negotiate with both groups again at the same time. \u00a0They laughed about that and Sara was pleased to see Joe smile. \u00a0They settled down for some quiet reading over the next hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to concentrate on her reading Sara studied Joe\u2019s face from behind the pages of her novel. \u00a0Sara reflected on the last few weeks. \u00a0Joe looked older, less lively. \u00a0At first she thought it was because of all the work to get ready for the negotiations but now she wasn\u2019t so sure. \u00a0For a much longer period of time he had grown more and more reserved and even less responsive to her romantically. \u00a0Sara knew Joe still loved her deeply so something else had to be troubling him. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They had been married for just over a year. \u00a0Sara had attended Ben Cartwright\u2019s funeral because he and her father had been long time friends. \u00a0She had \u00a0been in St. Louis working as a teacher and had only been back in Virginia City herself for a few weeks when Ben died. \u00a0After the funeral, she\u2019d had a chance to reconnect with Adam and Joe, having known both of them since childhood. \u00a0Over the following months, a special connection began to form between her and Joe which eventually led to marriage. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suddenly, Joe\u2019s movement pulled Sara back to the present. \u00a0He leaned over her and kissed her lightly, straightened up and said he was going to bed. \u00a0He confirmed that they would leave in two days for San Francisco. \u00a0San Francisco! \u00a0That was it. \u00a0She had to convince Joe to stay a week and they could just spend some time away from the ranch and \u2018reconnect\u2019 with each other. \u00a0Before heading upstairs to bed, she went to the desk and quickly wrote out a telegram to send to Elise. \u00a0She would need some help finding a special place for them to stay. \u00a0She also had to alert Candy that they would be gone longer than Joe had told him. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe and Sara arrived at the San Francisco train station late in the afternoon. \u00a0Adam and his family met them and took them out for dinner then back to their house to get settled in. \u00a0That evening, Joe and Adam worked in Adam\u2019s study to go over the offers for the Army and Railroad. \u00a0They were meeting the gentlemen the next day to sign the papers and finalize the contracts. \u00a0This gave the ladies a chance to discuss their plans for their husbands after the children were in bed. \u00a0Elise loaned Sara two emerald hair combs and Sara let Elise borrow a pale pink blouse to go with her dark blue traveling skirt. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late the next afternoon after the contracts were signed, Joe and Adam returned to the house ready for some rest and relaxation before dinner. They found the house empty. \u00a0Heading to their rooms to freshen up, each man found a note and a set of clothes waiting for him. \u00a0The notes simply said it was time for a change and the ladies would meet them in a couple of hours at specified locations. They also indicated that there would be transportation out front waiting for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking at the clothes laid out before him, Joe found his formal black suit, white silk shirt, string tie and black dress hat. \u00a0Adam discovered his black ranch clothes, blue jacket, gun belt, and black hat and boots waiting for him. Each man was puzzled, yet curiosity got the better of them. \u00a0They dressed and headed downstairs to the main hall. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eyeing each other the brothers smiled and chuckled at the changes in wardrobe. \u00a0Adam opened the door and let Joe out, then locked up the house. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parked along the sidewalk were two carriages. \u00a0A black open carriage drawn by two black Friesians had gold lettering on the side that read \u201cPalace Hotel\u201d. \u00a0Adam recognized the hotel name and smiled. \u00a0It had opened earlier that year, and he and Elise had stayed there for their anniversary. \u00a0The brothers walked over and Adam addressed the footman, who indicated that the carriage was for a Mister Joseph Cartwright. \u00a0Joe eyebrows shot up. \u00a0He entered the carriage and bid Adam farewell. \u00a0Adam turned and walked toward a hansom cab waiting on the other side of his front steps. \u00a0The driver acknowledged that the cab was for him and he would be taking Adam to the train station. \u00a0Adam\u2019s frown turned into a soft smile as they drove through the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon his arrival at the Palace Hotel, Joe stepped out of the carriage and studied the hotel facade. \u00a0It was \u00a0the most ornate building Joe had ever seen. The front was a combination of marble and granite with heavy mahogany doors. \u00a0Joe tipped his hat to the doorman who requested his name. Joe gave it and was directed to go to the parlor to the right of the door. \u00a0The hotel lobby was decorated in rich reds and golds, and more marble. \u00a0It was full of guests checking in and meeting other guests. \u00a0As soon as he entered the parlor he was aware of an immediate drop in sound. The small sitting room was warm and inviting, with soft furniture, low lighting, and a gentle glow emanating from the fireplace. \u00a0Joe froze as he noticed someone else in the room. \u00a0\u00a0A myriad of expressions crossed his face and ended in a warm smile that lit up his hazel green eyes. \u00a0Sara stood near the fireplace in a dark green, off-shoulder dress. \u00a0Her sable colored hair was held in place with two jeweled combs Joe didn\u2019t recognize. \u00a0Joe slowly walked over to his wife and gently caressed her cheek, then fingered the combs. Sara was thrilled to see Joe\u2019s green eyes dance as they roamed over her face. They spoke quietly and Sara told him they had reservations for dinner and dancing at the hotel restaurant, and a suite reserved on the top floor. \u00a0Joe was beside himself with excitement to learn they \u00a0would then spend a week in San Francisco. \u00a0They had the option to remain at the hotel or stay at Adam\u2019s home. \u00a0Joe slyly glanced around the parlor to make sure they were alone then swept Sara into his arms and kissed her passionately. \u00a0Taken over by shy giggles, he held out his arm which she took, and together they strolled to the restaurant and toward a week of rejuvenation and passion. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Adam arrived at the train station he noticed a large black engine waiting on the tracks, producing occasional puffs of steam from underneath. He attempted to pay the driver but was informed the payment had already been made. Adam nodded and sauntered toward the platform. \u00a0Making his way through the throng of passengers he spied a familiar and beautiful woman sitting on a lone bench. \u00a0Adam studied his wife as he approached her. She was in a dark blue travelling suit with a semi-sheer, pale pink blouse. \u00a0Adam helped her to stand and looked into her eyes. \u00a0He lightly fingered the soft fabric of her blouse and smiled his approval. \u00a0With an impish grin, Elise handed Adam the tickets. \u00a0When he saw the destination, he lifted Elise into his arms and swung her around, then gave her a brief but passionate kiss not caring about the stern stares they were receiving from passersby. . \u00a0Elise smiled warmly, inside and out, upon seeing the golden flecks shining brightly in her husband\u2019s eyes. \u00a0Adam put his arm around Elise and escorted her to their train car. \u00a0He was excited about the week ahead, a chance to reconnect with his roots and show just how much he was devoted to his wife. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The End<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tags:\u00a0 Adam Cartwright,\u00a0Joe \/ Little 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