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Chapter One

1878 Oklahoma Indian Territory

Naked?

A bout of trerasped the handrail of the train that had jostled her for , she hoped the scene before her e

It didn’t

They were naked

Leastwise froht she’d never seen before—yet they milled around the railway platform as freely as others ere fully clothed

“Ma’am?”

“Good heavens,” she muttered

The porter took her arers behind you”

“Oh, yes, of course, forgive me,” Millie stammered It took considerable effort to unlock her knees and lower her feet to the metal steps and then onto the wooden platfor It couldn’t help but hold her attention Fortunately, the porter, with a solid grip on her elbow, aided her the entire way

He’d been a kindabout her comfort several times since she’d boarded the Missouri-Kansas-Texas rail line back in Missouri His elderly face, coray brows and deep wrinkles that reno at the edge of the ooden platfor that wall”

A goose egg fored on the shirtlessin the crowd This was known as Indian Territory, so encountering some was expected, but she’d had no idea they walked around half-dressed In public no less