He clearly wanted someone to talk to. So I listened to his troubles, as he talked about his problems getting along with his father, and a lot of other... things. We drove for 20 minutes or so before he asked me where I was planning to spend the night. When I said I had no plans, and no money for a motel, he offered to let me stay at his place for the night. Soon after that we pulled into a condo complex, and walked up to his place on the second floor.We had a few drinks, unwound, talked and. Naturally, they were excited to see each other again. “Even though the girls write to us twice a year, we learned all about you by reading the newspaper,” their father laughed. They were fully aware of the battle against the state militia, the overthrow of the state government, my brief stint as governor, and even about us building railroads.Their whole family decided to join us as soon as they could sell their properties. I told them to send a telegram when they were ready to leave and had. I did keep an eye out for thieves, and was careful not to attract too much attention from the watch, which seemed to be out in force.They always seemed to be either in pairs or threes, and they carried long pikes. They were all in uniform and were easily identified from the average citizen. They wore a sort of half cloak, helmets, baggy pants and puffed blouses or shirts.The citizens were dressed in various assortments of pants, blouses, dresses, and everyone wore a hat of some sort. Most of. Inga was quickly hugged by all and accepted as family. Her truck went behind the RV with Carl riding shotgun, Zeb and Orlando took the rear and Two-Feather, Ben and I had the lead again. The trip home was quick and easy. When we got home it was the same each time we hit a different home.We stopped about a mile out and piled five into a single truck to drive in and check the place out. Everyone else stayed ready in reserve should there be any trouble. There were no problems and everyone was.