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eady ~any time�察�and always on a short fuse。 And skilled at it and got more so。 Sex is a learned art�察 �as much so as ice skating or tightwire walking or fancy diving�察�it is not instinct。 Oh�察�two animals couple by instinct�察�but it takes intelligence and patient willingness to turn copulation into a high and lively art。 Dora was good at it and got better and better�察�always eager to learn�察�free of fetishes or silly preconceptions�察�patiently willing to practice anything she learned or was taught´and with it that spiritual quality that turns sweaty exercise into a living sacrament。
But Minerva�察�love is what still goes on when you are not horny。
Dora was good pany at any time�察�but the tougher things were�察�the better panion she was。 Oh�察�she fretted about broken eggs because chickens were her responsibility�察�she' did not plain that she was thirsty。 Instead of nagging me to do something about that rooste�殖察�she figured out what had to be done and did it´shoved all the hens in with the other rooster�察�tied the feet of the egg breaker and laid him aside while she moved the partition between the cages�察�then the smaller rooster was in solitary confinement and we lost no more eggs。
But the truly tough parts lay ahead of us�察�she did not fret
´at all during those�察�or ever turn balky when I did not have time to explain。 Minerva�察�much of the trek was slow death�察�other parts were sudden dangers that could have been quick death。 She was endlessly patient in the former�察�always kept her head and helped in the latter。 Dear�察�you are awesomely
learned´but you are a city girl and you've always been on a civilized pla�察�perhaps I had 'better explain some things。
Maybe you have been asking yourself�此 �Is this trip necessary�拭─�and�察�if it is�察�why do it the hardway��
;Necessary´; Having done something a Howard should never do�察�namely�察�marry an ephemeral�察�I had three choices��
Take her to live among Howards。 Doin rejected that
al´though I would have tried to talk her out of it if she had said Yes。 A short´timer alone in a munity of the longlived is almost certain to go into suicidal depression�察�I had seen it first~ in my friend Slayton Ford and I've seen it many times since then。 I did not want this to happen to Dora。 Whether the number of her years was ten or a thousand�察�I wanted her to enjoy them。
Or we could stay in Top Dollar or´the same thing´near one of the villages of that small piece of the pla that was settled then。 I almost chose this�察�as the ;Bill Smith; dodge would work for that´for a time。 ´
But only for a short´ time。 The few Howards on New Beginnings´the Magees and three Other families as I recall´ had all arrived incognito´;masquerade; in Howard jargon´ and by simple dodges they could shuffle things around and never be caught at it。 ´ Grandmother Magee could ;die�察─�then show up as ;Deborah Simpson; on another Howard homestead。 The more people there´ were on the pla�察�the easier it was to pull this´especially after the fourth wave arrived�察�all of them cold´sleep cargo and thereby never having gotteil acquainted with each other。
But ;Bill Smith; was married to an ephemeral。 If I stayed around the settled parts�察�I would have to be most careful to keep my hair dyed´not just on my head but all over my body lest some accident give me away´and then be careful to ;age; as fast as my wife did。 Worse�察�I would have to avoid people who had known ;Ernest。 Gibbons; well´ most of Top Dollar�察�that is to say´or someone would see my profile and hear my voice and start wondering�察�as I had had no chance for plastic surgery or anything of that sort。 At other times�察�when it was needful to change name and identity�察�I had always changed location as well�察�that being the only foolproof way to do it。 Even plastic surgery won't disguise me very long�察�I regenerate too easily。 I once had my nose bobbed ��the alternative seemed to involve having my neck bobbed���察�ten years later it was just as it is now�察�big and ugly。
Not that I was too jumpy about being disclosed as a Howard。 But if I was going to have to live in masquerade�察�the more carefully I used these cosmetic tricks�察 � the more Dora's nose would be rubbed in the fact that I was different from her´different in the saddest way of all�察�a husband and a wife who ran on very different time rates。
Minerva�察�it seemed to me that the only way I could give my pretty new wife a square shake was by taking her far away from both sorts of people�察�long´lived and short�察�where I could quit pretending and we could ignore the difference�察�forget it and be happy。 So I decided to take her clear out of reach of other people�察�decided this before we got back to town the very day I married her。
It seemed the best answer to an otherwise impossible situation�察�but one not as irreversible as a parachute jump。 If she got too lonely�察�if she grew to hate the sight of my ugly mug�察�I could bring her out to the settlements again�察�still young enough to hook another husband。 I had this in mind�察�Mmerva�察�as some��of my wives have grown tired of me fairly quickly。 I had arranged with Zack Briggs�察�at the same time I had arranged with John Magee to act as factor for Zack´ arranged with Zack to ask John what had happened to ;Bill Smith; and the little schoolmarm�拭�It was possible that I would need a ride off´pla someday。
��But why didn't I have Zack put us down on the spot on the map I had picked as being our likely place of settlement�拭� with everything we would need to start farming and thereby avoid a long�察�dangerous trek。 Not risk death by thirst�察�or by lopers�察�or the treacheries of mountains�察�or whatever。
Minerva�察�this was a long time ´ago and I can explain only in terms of technology available there and then。 The Andy I。 could not land�察�she received her overhauls in orbit around Secundus or some other advanced pla。 Her cargo boat could land on any big fiat field but required a minimum of a radar´corner reflector to home on�察�then had to ´have many metric tons of water to lift off again。 The captain's gig was the only´ boat in the 'Andy J。 capable of landing anywhere a skilled pilot could put her down�察�then lift off without help。 But her cargo capacity was about two postage stamps´whereas I needed mules and plows and a load of other things。
Besides�察�I needed to learn how to get out of those mountains by going into them。 I could not take Dora into there without being reasonably sure that I could fetch her out
again。 Not fair� �It's no sin not to be pioneer´mother material
´but it is tra~ie for both husband and wife to find it out too late。
So we did not do it the hard way�察�we did it the only way for that time and place。 But I have never put the effort into a mass calculation for a spaceship at liftoff that I put into deciding what to take�察�what to do without�察�for that trek。 First�察�the basic parameter�此�how many wagons in the train�拭�I wanted three wagons so badly' I could taste it。 A third wagon would mean luxuries for Dora�察�more tools for me�察�more books and such for both of us�察�and ��best�。� a precut one´room house to get my pregnant bride out of the weather almost instantly at the other end。
But three wagons meant eighteen mules hauling�察�plus spare mules´add six by rule´of´thumb´which meant half again as much time spent harnessing and unharnessing�察�waterin the animals�察�taking care of them otherwise。 Add enoug wagons and mules and at some point your day's march is zero�察�one man can't handle the work。 Worse�察�there would be places in the mountains where I would have to unshackle the wagons�察�move them one at 'a time to a more open place´go back for each wagon left behind�察�bring it up´a process that would take twice as long for a' three´wagon train as for a two´wagon one�察�and would happen oftener�察�even much oftener�察�with three wagons than with two。 At that rate we might have three babies born en route instead of getting there before our first one was born。
I was saved from such folly by the fact only two trekking wagons were available in New Pittsburgh。 I think I would have resisted temptation anyhow´but I had with me in the light wagon we drove from Top Dollar the hardware for three�察�then I spent that extra hardware on other things�察�bartering it through the wainwright。 I could not wait while he built a third wagon�察�both the season of the year and´the season of Dora's womb gave me deadlines I had to meet。
There is much to be ´´said for just one any centuries and on´ several plas 'for one family in overland migration´if they travel in a party。 I've led such marches。
But one wagon by itself´ One accident can be disaster。 Two wagons offer more than twice as much to work With at the other end�察�plus life insurance on the' march。 You can lose one wagon�察�regroup�察�and keep going。
So I planned for two wagons�察�Minerva�察�even though I had
Zack debit me with three sets of 'Stoga hardware�察�then did not sell that third set until the last minute。
Here's how you load a wagon train 'for survival��
First�察�list everything that you expect to need and everything that you would like to take��
Wag��ns�察�spare wheels�察�spare axles
Mules�察�harness�察�spare hardware and harness leather�察�saddles
Water
Food
Clothing
Blankets
Weapons�察�ammunition�察�repair kit
Medicines�察�drugs�察�surgical instruments�察�bandages
Books
Plows
Harrow
Field rake
Shovels�察�hand rakes�察�hoes�察�seeders�察�three´ five´ & seventine forks
Harvester
Blacksmith's tools
Carpentry tools
Iron cookstove
Water closet�察�self´flushing type
Oil lamps ´
Windmill & pump
Sawmill run by windpower
Leatherworking & harness´repair tools
Bed�察�table�察�chairs�察�dishes�察�pots�察�pans�察�eating & cooking gear
Binoculars�察�microscope�察�water´testing kit �察 � Grindstone
Wheelbarrow´
Churn
´Buckets�察�sieves�察�assorted small hardware
Milch cow & bull ´ '
Chickens
Salt for
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