JANUARY 29, 1861

Grace had finished making herself a dress for the Valentine's dance, but she was still uncomfortable about going. Some of the Pony Express riders had been helping her learn the calls, mostly Ike and Noah, and she seemed to remember some of them, but she felt that she needed some more practice. Well, she would just wait and see how well she was doing when it got closer to the dance. Looking at her watch, she decided it was time for lunch. She also decided to go and see if her uncle Teaspoon would have lunch with her.

"Good morning, Grace." Teaspoon said as she entered the jailhouse.

"Actually uncle Teaspoon it's about noon." Grace said as she came in and sat down.

Teaspoon glanced down at his watch and said, "So it is. So it is. I made my rounds and was checking my mail, and I lost track of time." He pushed his mail aside, tugged at his suspenders and smiled at his lovely niece who smiled back at him. "So darlin' how are you doin' with the lads teaching ya the square dancing moves?" He inquired.

"Well, I'm still having some problems with remembering what some of the calls are." Grace replied.

"Oh, well maybe I can help darlin'." Teaspoon came around from his desk. "So what moves do you need help with?"

"Split Circulate, Walk and Dodge, and Scoot Back are just a few." Grace stood up as she answered her uncle.

"Hmmmm . . . uhhhh." Teaspoon rubbed his chin. "We need more people to demonstrate those." Teaspoon went and stood in the doorway. He saw Rachel, Jesse, and Kid getting out of the wagon and heading for the store. He also saw Tally walking across the street, and Melissa and Desiree talking on the boardwalk in front of the PEG office, so he called them all over, and when they joined him, he told them what he needed.

After they practiced some of the moves that Grace was having trouble with, and she seemed to know them better, Teaspoon, Grace, Rachel and Jesse went over to the hotel to have lunch. Kid went to the post office to ask Blythe to have lunch with him. Tally went back to the bordello, Desiree went to the livery stable, and Melissa returned to the PEG office.

Later that afternoon Rachel and Jesse both slipped a piece of paper in the "Name the Club� suggestion box. As they did so Teaspoon happened to be watching them from the jailhouse, and he smiled as he saw them dropping their piece of paper in the box. He then went back inside, sat down and tried to think of some good names for their square dancing club.

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