Tim Curious, a Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution
Chapter 1, January 30, 1777, Yonkers, New York.
Chapter 2, We know what they’re thinking.
Chapter 3, The alternative is death.
Chapter 4, ’Tis a risky business.
Chapter 5, I do thank thee most humbly.
Chapter 6, Just a daydreamer and a dullard.
Chapter 7, Useless you are and will always be.
Chapter 8 - Tim reined in the horses, cursing himself for being just as useless as Josh or anybody had ever said. He looked around...
Chapter 9 - The next morning, Tim was up and out by the break of dawn. He knew he had many miles ahead of him and he ought...
Chapter 10 - The Felix farm was at the north end of the neutral ground, where a sort of law and order was imposed by armed and...
Chapter 11 - “Now you be careful with that axe,” called Josh. They were at a wooded area by the road, just south of town. “One...
Chapter 12 - “Josh, whose coat is that?” asked Eustace Gainer with a dark tone of motherly disapproval. She was coming...
Chapter 13 - To spare poor Josh the torment of his presence, Tim was sent a half mile north of town to cut wood by himself...
Chapter 14 - “Good morning, Bessie,” said Matilda to the woman coming through the backdoor and stamping the dirt off...
Chapter 15 - Three days passed. Tim began to hope it had all come to an end and that he would no longer be called upon to risk his...
Chapter 16 - “Come along now girl, drink it up nicely,” said the woman, as if talking to a child. Old Clara Campbell had been there...
Chapter 17 - “No, it was not a pretty sight,” chuckled Dan as he sat next to Tim on the wagon. As he had promised, Tim stopped...
Chapter 18 - Sadie was coming down the street with a basket under her arm when she saw him. Abner Wall was on horseback...,
Chapter 19 - Sadie went to look for her brother. It had rained off and on during the day and the road was mucky and it stuck to her shoes.
Chapter 20 - Driving the wagon was a dismal task now that Tim could no longer feel certain it was done in service of the cause of...
Chapter 21 - Before she and her brother could make their escape, Sadie felt obliged to carry water and do other chores. Otherwise...
Chapter 22 - Tim woke up from a dream of being trapped inside a sack that someone had just thrown into a river. He gasped...
Chapter 23 - Tim followed Sam to a tavern where they were met by the familiar stink of stale beer and tobacco smoke. This...
Chapter 24 - Next morning, Tim waited until the other boys had left so he could tell John he needed help getting into the hidden...
Chapter 25 - In the distance, Sadie saw a man riding into town on a black horse. A handsome stranger? she thought, as a...
Chapter 26 - “Good morning, Bessie,” said Sadie when her friend came through the door. Bessie would never knock during...
Chapter 27 - “Come,” ordered John, as he got up and started for the door. They went up the street. John was tall and took...
Chapter 28 - We want to give them both a chance. Morning came under a dark gray sky and steady drizzle. In spite of cloaks and...
Chapter 29 - While Sam and John rushed to bolt on the handcuffs, Dan held Abner and Thomas’s attention with his bright eyes and...
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