Tantalizing Titbit – Deceived Mail-Order Bride

A tantalizing titbit to tempt your tastebuds.

Next morning after breakfast, Anna perused the paper looking for employment. There didn’t appear to be much on offer. A position for a maid at the Centurion Hotel, which was near the station, sounded reasonable. At least it was a well-known, well-respected establishment. Her hands shook on spotting an advertisement for young female factory workers at Lempriere’s Garments.

A wave of nausea swept over her on remembering what Madame had said about the place. A fiend like him should be in jail, not allowed to advertise for more victims.

Wife needed. The bold writing caught her eye. Thirty-year-old businessman from Dry River, Texas, urgently requires refined, intelligent, single lady capable of keeping the bookwork for his business, with a view to marriage. References of the highest order can be provided.

A mail-order bride? Her hand shook. She hadn’t considered such a thing before.

Dare she do it?