| Howdy Pardners, I would like to introduce myself to ya. I work for the Pony Express. Please tour the Pony Express Station as often as you please. If you need a fast rider to deliver the mail, this is the place to come. I'll always deliver a letter for a pretty sweet young gal. I'm also the fastest gun in the west, so if you're looking for a gunfight, I'm your man. |
| Name: James Butler Hickok Age: 17 (May 27 1842) Description: He's 5’ 9", long brown hair, brown sultry eyes, square strong jaw, silent and brooding nature. He's solitary by choice, chooses his friends wisely, and trusts few. Father: William Alonzo Hickok Grandmother: Unknown Grandfather: Unknown Mother: Polly Hickok Grandmother: Unknown Grandfather: Unknown Summary: Jimmy is a quiet solitary young man who keeps his thoughts and feelings to himself. His prowess with a gun has the ability to get him into a lot of trouble but he has the ability to match the legend. He was drawn to the Pony Express by the promise of adventure and being paid for it. He is fiercely loyal to his friends and loved ones, and he would rather face a gunfight than betray their confidence. Thinks he has found a home and family all in one day in Dreamville. Love Interest: Guns!!!! |
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INTRODUCING JIMMY! |
| Jimmy’s childhood was neither good nor
bad, his early years spent in the family general store and later on their Illinois farm,
later helping his mother and siblings to run the family farm after the death of his
father. Jimmy left the farm in search of adventure and a new life and drifted from town to town taking odd jobs to make a living as he drifted, all the while sharpening an honing his natural skill with a gun. By the time he was 17 he found himself at Dreamville, enjoying life and adventure as a rider for Russell, Majors and Waddell. While he had made many new friends here and had developed a close almost brother like relationship with the one they called the Kid, he was strangely drawn to the young rider named Lee. Something about the smaller boy made Jimmy feel strangely protective. One day, just before Thanksgiving, while they were lying around the waystation reading and catching up on their correspondence, the reason for his strange feeling of kinship became apparent to him. Cody discovered a secret that the young Lee had been hiding from the riders. Cody took a letter the young boy was writing and read it aloud to everybody. Jimmy was tempted to take the letter back from Cody when he saw how much distress it was causing Lee but something made him allow Cody to keep going. You could have cut the air with a knife when Cody read the line that would change Jimmy’s life forever. It still rang in his mind like it had just been spoken every time he thought about it. "With All My Love Your Sister LeAnn" Cody’s voice boomed in his mind. He had watched her run from the bunkhouse and waited only long enough to ensure that the others would not reveal her secret to Teaspoon before he walked quickly from the Bunkhouse a broad smile across his face to find LeAnn. He went immediately to her beloved horse Black Beauty’s stall knowing that’s where she would be. He watched as she stood against her horse trying to stifle her sobs as she stood there. He felt her pain, but his mind and thoughts were clear for the first time in the months since he had met Lee. "You know it's a lot more comfortable inside the
bunkhouse." For the first time since he had entered the barn she turned to face him and his eyes locked onto hers, seeing an emotion there that he wasn’t sure he understood, but hoped against hope that it was the mirror image of his own feelings. Shortly before Christmas Teaspoon called all of the riders together for a meeting, each of them knowing it was something serious before they arrived. Their fears being realized when Teaspoon told them of the Williams Brothers, notorious bank robbers and murderers that had been terrorizing the territory. Teaspoon also informed them that until the gang was captured two riders would be traveling every run. There was good natured moaning at the knowledge that everybody would be pulling double duty but knowing that it was only for their own safety helped to relieve the pain. Two days before Christmas Jimmy and Lee were returning from a run together and realizing that they weren’t going to make Dreamville by nightfall they made camp just before dusk. As if by unspoken agreement Lee went about making the campfire and setting up camp while Jimmy went in search of some sort of small game he could kill for their supper. Jimmy was some distance from their camp quietly tracking their dinner when he heard a sound that made his blood freeze in his veins. Lee’s high-pitched terror filled scream. He knew that when they were out on a run together she had started to let down her guard and relax with him, looking more and more like the beautiful young woman she was. A sudden thought flashed thorough his mind that he had left a beautiful young woman alone in camp alone in the middle of nowhere while there was a blood thirsty gang in the territory. Completely forgetting their dinner he ran towards the camp, fear driving him to run as fast as he could, stumbling over the rocky terrain to get to Lee, to protect her whatever way he could. Reaching the outskirts of the clearing they were camped in his worst fears were realized. Lee was pinned to the ground, one filthy man holding her down by the shoulder, her tiny hands caught in his as she struggled against them. The other man stood over her between her legs, holding her flailing legs tight while he struggled to pull her baggy pants from her body. Without even thinking, Jimmy cocked his navy colt and
said in a very stern authoritative voice, "Leave her alone." Twice during the night she woke screaming in terror the evenings events playing over and over in her mind, after the first time she woke, Jimmy moved his bedroll beside hers and held her in his arms providing as much comfort for her as he could. He awoke in the morning with Lee tightly in his embrace, cradled against him spoon fashion, his lips pressed against her sweet smelling hair. He knew he should be starting the campfire for their morning coffee but he couldn’t bring himself to move, the feeling of rightness and belonging he felt was too much for him to leave. He lay there for some time just enjoying the feelings that he was having. He knew the very moment she awoke and stiffened in his arms that she was feeling embarrassed at the weakness she had shown last night. Jimmy was just glad that she felt safe enough with him to be herself and feel secure in his company. "Good morning," he said with a smile in his
voice Jimmy didn’t know what came over him but he returned her friendly kiss with a love and passion that he wasn’t sure he had known he was feeling. He knew he had deep feelings for her but he was confused by just how deep. What surprised him more was the fact that she kissed him back with just as much passion, yet somehow he knew that this was her first real kiss. Their kiss was a kiss reserved for lovers, but somehow it seemed just right for them. He wasn’t sure about Lee but it was at that moment he knew that he loved her more deeply than he had ever loved another person. He knew that if the others ever found out they would never let him have any peace so he decided then and there he would protect his new found love with his life and keep their fledgling love a secret until they were sure it was safe to reveal it. |