MAY 22, 1860
Lou dotted the question mark with a quick jab of the pen, folded the paper and tucked it into her shirt pocket. Every time she thought about men thinking that girls should only do certain things, and some things only men should do the anger in her would surface. These statements she had wrote down made her feel a little better. It was quite early in the morning only 3 a.m. when she saddled Lightening and rode into Dreamville.
Standing in front of the PEG, she glanced around to make sure no one was watching, but everybody was asleep at this hour. Lou held the paper in her hands for a few minutes, and then finally slipped it under the door. She then mounted and rode Lightening to Broken Bow.
A few miles on the outskirts of Broken Bow, Lou quickly donned a dress. Most of the town had just woke up, and since it was Lou�s day off she went parading down the street as Louise, twirling her umbrella and feeling ever so much a lady. It felt good sometimes to be just herself, a girl, instead of pretending to be a boy all the time.