{"id":7748,"date":"2014-05-09T15:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T19:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:59:05","slug":"looking-for-little-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=7748","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Little Joe (by DJK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary: <\/span>Two short stories that begin with Adam and Hoss looking for their missing brother.<\/p>\n

Rated: K+\u00a0 Word count: 2916<\/p>\n

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Looking for Little Joe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Story One: My Responsibility<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhere have you looked?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe barn, the root cellar, and the bunkhouse. You?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery blame corner in the house, even the attic.\u201d Hoss wiped the sweat from his forehead.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Joe hates the attic.\u201d Adam observed with a trace of worry underlying the irritation in his voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe plum hates a whuppin\u2019 worse!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t find him before Pa comes home, that\u2019s exactly what will be facing him!\u201d Adam eyes continued to scan the area around the ranch house. And more than likely the two of us! <\/i> Adam did not voice his final thought, but Hoss read it in his brother\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMa may get home before Pa.\u201d Hoss could only bring himself to whisper the notion, and a chill shuddered down his spine despite the sweat that had reappeared on his brow.<\/p>\n

The thought of telling his stepmother that he had no idea of his baby brother\u2019s whereabouts paled Adam\u2019s tanned cheeks. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to let that happen, brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what if it does?” Hoss\u2019s ten-year-old mind demanded reassurance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lie, well, not lie exactly, but we avoid the truth.\u201d Adam\u2019s right hand tugged nervously at his left ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cPa says that\u2019s the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly if the other person finds out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoss\u2019s stomach plummeted to his knees; if Adam was ready to lie, they were already swimming in trouble.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, if he\u2019s not in the house, yard, or barn, we\u2019re going to have to broaden our search. You go around the edge of the yard that way, and I\u2019ll go in the other direction. Look for any sign that he went off into the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ain\u2019t allowed to leave the yard, Adam.\u201d Hoss made the statement mainly to push way the thought of the four-year-old wandering alone in the woods.<\/p>\n

Adam was trying to keep the same image at bay. He or even Hoss may have been fine in the woods at that age, but Little Joe had always lived in a house with multiple older eyes upon him. Dangblast it all! Why didn\u2019t I keep my eyes on him today! <\/i><\/p>\n

His father\u2019s voice filled Adam\u2019s head, \u201cMarie has gone to see what she can do for Mrs. Foster, and I\u2019m needed at the lumber camp, so you will just have to put your book aside and keep an eye on your little brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam sighed as his eyes searched the ground for signs of a little boy\u2019s passing. Please God make him just be hiding some place safe because he\u2019s mad that Pa wouldn\u2019t take him with. <\/i><\/p>\n

Adam stopped and watched Hoss stoop for a closer look at the ground. \u201cDo you see something?\u201d Hope rose in his heart until Hoss stood and shook his head.<\/p>\n

Hoss completed the last few yards and then faced his brother tears forming in his eyes. \u201cNo sign, Adam, no sign at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, then he must still be hiding in some corner around here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s time to fire shots and bring the men, so they can start helping us look.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam chewed his lower lip. If they fired signal shots, it was admitting that Little Joe was lost; it also made their own comeuppance a surety. Are you<\/em>\u00a0so afraid of a whipping that you\u2019d leave your baby brother in danger just to avoid one!\u201d <\/i> The voice in his head was razor sharp and sounded a little like his father and stepmother both, as impossible as that would be for any human. Adam sighed. \u201cYou looked everywhere in the house? Even the little spaces?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoss nodded unable to push a word past the lump in his throat.<\/p>\n

Adam had not needed to ask; even though he was not grown Hoss was always thorough with any task. Little Joe would have come out for Hoss, maybe not for me, but he would have for Hoss. <\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll try one more thing, and then, well, then I\u2019ll get a rifle.\u201d Adam put his arm around Hoss\u2019s shoulders and said quietly, \u201cI\u2019ll go into the trees a little and look some more. You go in the yard and the house and call for Joe. Tell him I\u2019m not around, so it\u2019s safe to come out. That you\u2019ll talk me into not telling Pa about his going off and hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoss understood his brother\u2019s reasoning and nodded solemnly. He tried to talk Little Joe out of hiding from various spots in the yard and house for the next ten minutes, but no little brother appeared.<\/p>\n

Adam walked up, shook his head, and went to the gun cabinet. He carried his rifle outside, pointed it toward the sky, and then heard a wagon approaching. He lowered the rifle and pointed it toward the ground as he saw his father pull into the yard. He stared at the ground as Hoss walked up to stand behind him. It did not occur to either boy that their father had not had time to complete a round trip to the lumber camp and back.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, Pa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben set the brake and jumped to the ground. He walked over to his sons. \u201cWhy do you have the rifle, Adam? Has something happened?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell.\u201d The single syllable was all he could manage.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam!\u201d<\/p>\n

It came out in one rush of jumbled words from both boys\u2019 mouths.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Little Joe, Pa\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019s got to find him!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe went off after you left, and we\u2019ve been looking\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s lost, he\u2019s lost, Pa. He\u2019s lost, and it\u2019s my fault.\u201d Hoss\u2019s exclamations dissolved into sobs. Adam dropped the rifle and wrapped his arms about his younger brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, it\u2019s not. It\u2019s my fault.\u201d Adam looked over his brother\u2019s shoulder and addressed his father in a steadier voice. \u201cWe\u2019ve looked everywhere, sir. I was going to fire shots to bring the men. We need to organize a search party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben held his son\u2019s eyes with his and then spoke in a measured tone, \u201cYou need to look in the back of the wagon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam drew in a sharp breath and then moved toward the wagon with his arm still around Hoss\u2019s shoulders. The two brothers peered over the wagon\u2019s side. Lying on his stomach asleep with his thumb in his mouth was their baby brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was almost halfway there before I discovered my stowaway. He cried himself to sleep on the way back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam did not turn toward his father\u2019s voice but continued to stare down at Little Joe. Thank you, Lord, oh, thank you! <\/i> Neither Adam nor Hoss asked why Little Joe had been crying; both boys knew their father too well to wonder.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow long was it before you started looking for him?\u201d Their father\u2019s voice had taken on the cold fire of true anger.<\/p>\n

Adam answered, \u201cAbout a half hour,\u201d before he looked over Hoss\u2019s shoulder into his father\u2019s face. Then he stiffened, \u201cIt was my responsibility, Pa.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHoss, can you carry your brother up to his room?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sir, Pa.\u201d Though only ten, Hoss had the size and strength of an older boy, and Little Joe was a diminutive child.<\/p>\n

Adam reached out and lifted Little Joe over the side of the wagon and into Hoss\u2019s arms. The little boy stirred and instinctively wrapped his arms and legs about the familiar body of his brother. Hoss then carried him into the house.<\/p>\n

Adam turned and placed himself in front of his father.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour explanation, Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI only had a page more in the chapter when you called that you were leaving. I was just going to finish that when I told Hoss to go keep an eye on Little Joe. Hoss was in the kitchen and said he was busy, but I told him again to go. I thought he had. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cHow long did that page take to read?\u201d The tone of Ben\u2019s voice had darkened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI read the next two chapters, and then Hoss walked in and said he\u2019d take Little Joe out to play. He thought Joe was with me, Pa. We started fi.., well, after we figured out Joe wasn\u2019t with either of us, we started looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben refrained from bellowing as it occurred to him that Adam looked as if he could be knocked down with a single gust of air. \u201cYou know what could have resulted from your irresponsibility?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sir.\u201d Adam dropped his gaze to the dirt beneath his feet. And I know what is going to result from it, but it\u2019s only what I deserve. <\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAdam Stoddard Cartwright, I am very disappointed in you and Eric.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s head jerked up. \u201cNot Hoss, Pa. It was my responsibility. Hoss isn\u2019t at fault.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHoss shares\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Pa, please! I deserve for you to skin the hide right off my backside, but please don\u2019t tan Hoss. He\u2019s been searching and worrying, and I shouldn\u2019t have tried to shove my responsibility off on him. Please, don\u2019t punish him, Pa, please.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben looked at his eldest son. Adam very seldom cried, but tears were rolling down his cheeks as he choked out the words.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo up to your room and tell Hoss to go to his. I\u2019ll be up after I see to the horses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam opened his mouth to volunteer to take care of the team, but his father\u2019s face was carved in granite, so he did not speak but only trudged past his father into the house.<\/p>\n

Adam sat on the window ledge staring down at the yard. It seemed like an eon before his father walked out of the barn and toward the house. It seemed like only moments had passed when he heard his door open.<\/p>\n

He turned to face his judgment, but the first thought that entered Adam\u2019s head was He looks so weary. <\/i><\/p>\n

Ben motioned for Adam to sit on the bed and brought the straight-back chair from the desk over to the bedside. \u201cThe last time I punished you for failing in your responsibility to watch your younger brother you were the ten-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam startled at Ben\u2019s words as the memory came rushing back. He had been watching Hoss and reading when Hoss had wandered through the kitchen and out of the house. Once outside he had followed a butterfly, then a frog, and then a squirrel. Their pa had discovered Hoss playing at the edge of the woods and then found Adam still reading when he had brought the little boy back to the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t allowed to read anything but the Bible for a month.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that caused you more suffering than the tanning I gave you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know about more, Pa. It was a pretty powerful tanning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvidently. The effects lasted for six years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really sorry, Pa. Little Joe could have really been hurt and \u2026well, I made Hoss feel guilty too. It was terrible looking and looking and \u2026 It won\u2019t ever happen again, Pa, never.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it won\u2019t, son.\u201d Ben reached out and delivered his forgiveness with a touch to his son\u2019s cheek.<\/p>\n

Relaxing at that touch, Adam ventured, \u201cPa, please, you\u2019re not going to punish Hoss, are you? He really didn\u2019t do anything wrong. I just expected him to obey me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll talk with your brother, but, no, I don\u2019t intend to punish him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, Pa.\u201d Adam stood. \u201cCan we go down to the barn, so Hoss and Joe won\u2019t have to hear?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s eyes widened, and his teeth sunk into his lower lip, but he had already received one favor, so he made no protest.<\/p>\n

Ben stood up, and Adam went to the foot of the bed and leaned over grabbing the top of the footboard. Ben did not move.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam jerked straight, and his eyes flew to his father\u2019s face. \u00a0\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the next two months the only book you are allowed to read is the Bible. No newspapers either. If I find that you disobey me in this, then you will receive the tanning you were expecting today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPa?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben\u2019s smile was warm but held sadness rather than humor. \u201cThis time I think I can afford not to be as strict as I\u2019ve needed to be in the past.\u201d He walked over and placed his hands on his son\u2019s shoulders. \u201cYou are not an irresponsible person, son; you never have been; I don\u2019t think you could be. Your brother is fine except for a sore bottom which he deserves, so forgive yourself this lapse.\u201d Ben drew his son into a hug. When he released his hold, he brought his hand up to cup Adam\u2019s chin. Giving the boy a half\u2013smile, he said softly, \u201cWe will not be mentioning this to Marie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s lips curled into a half-smirk of his own. \u201cDon\u2019t you always say that keeping back the truth is the same as lying?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd aren\u2019t you the one that keeps trying to convince me that a careful omission isn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess you were listening all those times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSon, if you really feel that we should inform your mother\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, Pa! I don\u2019t feel that way at all!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Story 2: Whose Fault?<\/div>\n
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\u201cDadburnit!\u201d Hoss Cartwright eased his body down onto a large barrel and wiped the sweat from his brow. \u201cThat young\u2019n would pick the hottest day of the year to take off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam walked up and leaned against the barn wall. \u201cI take it you haven\u2019t found him?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoss shook his head. \u201cI haven\u2019t found a trace of the little varmint. I\u2019ve looked everywhere I can think of, and I\u2019m plum wore out with the looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, we can\u2019t stop until we find him, and when we do\u2026\u201d Adam\u2019s statement drifted into a low growl.<\/p>\n

Hoss did not have to hear his older brother\u2019s intentions; he knew Adam well enough to be perfectly sure of what awaited their little brother at Adam\u2019s hand. \u201cWell, it\u2019s partly your fault,\u201d Hoss muttered.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy fault! How in blazes do you figure that any of this is my fault?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you know Little Joe well enough to figure that he\u2019d take to his heels as soon as ya said he was goin\u2019 to get a lickin\u2019. You should had kept ya mouth shut until ya had a hold on him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam snorted. \u201cOur younger brother disobeys Pa\u2019s orders, sets off to go fishing when he should be doing the chores Pa set for his punishment, has a temper tantrum when I stop him, and kicks me in the shin to top it all off, and you think it\u2019s my fault he ran off and hid himself so well that we\u2019ve spent two hours searching for him?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said, ya should have had a firm hold of him before ya threatened to spank him,\u201d Hoss retorted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a threat; it was a promise,\u201d Adam declared his voice cold enough to send a chill down Hoss\u2019s back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to find him first,\u201d Hoss declared as he pushed himself to his feet, \u201cand we best do it \u2018fore Pa comes home from the lumber camp.\u201d Hoss sighed. I might take a few swats at that whippersnapper\u2019s backside myself! <\/i><\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s arms crossed his chest, and he tugged his left ear. \u201cI\u2019ve just got a feeling that he\u2019s closer than we think. We never should have taught that boy how to play hide and seek.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll check the edge of the yard for sign that he went off into the woods,\u201d Hoss stated as he set off.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should check again to see if he went underground. <\/i> Adam rubbed the bridge of his nose as he set off toward the root cellar. After a few steps he stopped short and looked around the yard again. Maybe I should just announce that if he comes out right now his hide is safe and wait to see what happens. Adam tugged his ear and then shook his head. I haven\u2019t ever lied to the boy, and that\u2019s a promise I couldn\u2019t keep! He strode off once again.<\/p>\n

A few minutes later Hoss\u2019s former seat started to rock as if possessed. Then the barrel tipped on its side, and out of its interior crawled a sweaty eleven-year-old. Little Joe paused to pant and stretch the kinks out of his body. He scanned the yard for any sign of his brothers. Seeing none, he sprang stiffly to his feet. Time to change my hiding spot. Got to keep ahead of Adam. Or behind him. He said before that he checked the cellar. <\/i> Joe took off in the same direction as his older brother.<\/p>\n

Approaching the door of the root cellar with extreme caution, Little Joe leaned his ear against the wooden planks and listened. Hearing nothing, he gently slid the door open and slipped into the darkness. The dim interior was cooler than the sunlit yard, and Little Joe sighed in relief as he walked deeper into the large, earthen room. Then a hand descended and seized his shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u201cAhhhhh!\u201d Joe\u2019s startled wail echoed against the walls.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, little brother, it\u2019s only me.\u201d Adam\u2019s voice was deceptively soft and smooth.<\/p>\n

\u201cA,aaa,dum! I\u2019m sorry! Really, I\u2019m really, really sorry!\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam took a firm hold on both his brother\u2019s arms before replying, \u201cNot half as sorry as you\u2019re going to be.\u201d His lips twisted upwards, and Adam decided that the cellar would do for him just as well as the barn had always done for his pa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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