...“To love, happily ever after,” he said. “Merry Christmas,” Dovie said at the same time as Charlotte. They all shared the toast, then sat down to talk about the interesting Melungeons and their wine-making skills. “You know I had a chance to get to know the Bridgers. Fascinating people. They are proud to be Melungeon, but none of them are really the same people. The father and son, boasted of their Cherokee blood, and you could see it in their faces. Bailey and little Joey, well, she says they are descended from Portuguese sailors, some of which are Moors. But those two are dark and have curly hair.” He waved his hand as though having a different opinion. “The Mother though, she claims to be part Romany gypsy. She and the son, Gabriel, they had visions. You know, she claimed he knew when he left how he would die. But they could not persuade him to stay away from this woman, Alma Daniel. He loved her that much. What do you think of that?” “I had them as students when they were children...
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...then jumps him and takes his shoes, over $200 and his expensive watch, leaving him there to die until a woman with a horse and carriage finds him and takes him to a strange farm town with no electricity or telephones. He stays for a couple of days because of his terrible conditions from being jumped by that driver. He tries to leave the town a couple of times but for some odd reason he seems to end up back in the town? So he decides to stay for a little while to find out more about the town. He then meets Mavis, who teaches him the history of the town, its called Canora. She doesn’t know much about the strange force that sends you back but there’s definitely something? Then he meets Kasper, another Melungeon like Josh himself hates being trapped in Canora. A Melungeon is a person who accidentally comes into Canora and gets stuck, an outsider. Josh then finds out that Isabel, an elder in Canora, has cursed the town. Josh is annoyed with the curse and wants to find out how to leave. Kasper notices this and offers to lead the expedition, no matter what the cost is. Kasper then asks Josh if he wants to join him in killing Isabel,...
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