Kirk Carter@ Chew Bear Productions@ Copyright 2015
MYSTIC TRAILS (1)
Finding Tomei
Opening Scene:
Narrator
It was 1842, outside a little town called Dolson, which was located in Nebraska, just a stones throw down from Fort Kearny along the Oregon Trail. Right outside of Dolson a wagon train coming almost directly out of Boston with 20 wagons was on their way for a final destination in Oregon City, Oregon. The total population of the group was about 60, with about 25 married couples, with 16 children, and a mixed group of single men and women. Some were seeking the beginning of the "Gold Rush", others looking for a new life. It was a hard struggle either way, as the elements were against them, and winter would soon be approaching.
The Calvary out of Fort Kearney was called out once again to act as cover for what was called the Boston Movement. Every wagon train had to name their venture in order for the Army to be able to distinguish one from the other. They did their best to oversee the cattle runs, wagon trains, Pony Express, and the Wells Fargo transfers going on almost daily. The mixed tribes of Indians and general no-gooder's, and thief's did not help in the movement of frontier bound settlers, with commerce and goods coming to their territory. With episodes of brief violence, everything they were bringing was there for the taking.
It was also a question of food. It was very important to get fresh shipments of meat, hides, and general rations through to support the little townships along the trail. Misfortune occured with the Boston Movement, as they were hit by Indians just at dusk right outside of Dolson. As they were preparing to camp, tired and hungry they started unloading all their rations to prepare dinner when they were ambushed and massacred. The next day the carnage was reported by a rider with the Pony Express, and within hours the Calvary and the Sheriff with his Deputies out of Dolson arrived to take an accounting of the incident, pick up, and bury the dead. Any articles and personal belongings were picked up and recorded best they could, with a possibility of getting personal keepsakes back to relatives and next of kin. The Sheriff had been through this more times than he cared to remember!
One group of items caught the eye of one of the town folk. It was two Mahogany boxes with Pentagrams on the their lids. One box contained Tarot cards and the other contained crystal pendants and rare stones. Eventually these were turned over to the Sheriff for safe keeping. As time went on the Calvary was continually called up from the east, but the Indians persisted along with the outlaws that preyed on the settlers, too! Of the Boston Movement, a girl was found in a damaged trunk. Apparently she was placed there by her Father during the massacre, and it eventually fell off the wagon behind some tumbleweeds. After she had resumed consciousness, and a look over by the Doc, the Sheriff placed her into the custody of Madam Ellis who owned and operated a combination boarding house, bordello, and gambling hall. She was the leading business person in the town, other than the owner of the bank which bared his name John Dolson.
The Sheriff figured this was the safest place for her until other arrangements could be made. At the first meeting, tea was served, and Madam Ellis got a chance to make acquaintance with the little girl that just escaped death.
Ellis
"How are you doing today?"
Girl
"Oh, I'm okay, just hurt a lot, really miss my Pa!"
Ellis
"What is your name child?"
Girl
"It's not common, but my Pa called me Tomei...don't know what it means, but it's as close to a name that I got!"
Ellis laughing
"And a very pretty name too...now if you don't mind, where are you from?"
Tomei
Came over from Boston, but Pa just said we had to leave, something about a ghost following us...I don't know what he meant, but I started seeing like an outline image...something Pa didn't want me to see, but I didn't tell Pa that I saw it anyway...she just kept coming up to me all cold, making me shiver, trying to touch me...and when I talked to her Pa would yell at me...tell me to stop talking to something that didn't exist...and I just kept telling him it looked like Mom, and he told me to shut up...but he never knew that I could always see people nobody else saw!"
Ellis
"These images you see, have you always had them?"
Tomei
"I reckon it started when my Mom hit me in he head with a rolling pin after she caught me swearing...I knocked out and when I woke I could see all kinds of people floating around, trying to talk to me, trying to touch me..."
Ellis
"And did you see what just happened...what just happened to your Father and the rest of your group?"
Tomei
"Yes, I told Pa that we should wait, and he told me to quit talking like that...calling me crazy and stuff!"
Ellis
"Well, right now I just want you to get some rest, got you your own room upstairs, you'll be safe there, okay?"
Tomei
"Thank you very much Madam Ellis, thank you..."
(Scene Switch)
Madam Ellis talking to Sheriff
"Well, she's an unusual girl, seems to have some kind of powers of vision, see's things before others do..."
Sheriff
"What does that mean, what's this seeing the future?"
Ellis
"Honestly, I don't know...heard of things like that, but what can we do with her, for her...I'll try to keep my eye on the child cause she looks to be a handful!"
(Scene Switch)
Narrator
"And so, as the Sheriff attempted to work with the Calvary to stop all the pillaging and destruction the Indians and outlaws were causing, little Tomei had entered the one room school house where Angie Landers taught. She marveled how spirited the 10 year old Tomei was, watching birds fly and land at her feet, butterflies landing into her hair and staying for hours. But, what impressed Miss Landers the most is how she naturally drew children toward her. Her grades and literacy were impeccable, and very advanced for such a small child,
One day the Sheriff had asked Madam Ellis to bring Tomei down to the office, saying he had something to show her.
Sheriff's Office-1 P.M. Sat.
Madam Ellis walks in with Tomei wearing a pretty new dress with embroidered flowers, who was looking around Sheriff's office.
Tomei
"Gosh Sheriff, you certainly have a lot of guns here, looks like your ready for anything?"
Sheriff chuckling
"Well Tomei, it's a big country out there, lots of bad people who we have to look for...I try, I say I try my best to protect the town and it's people...oh, by the way, you can just call me Bill!"
Tomei
"Thank you Sheriff...Sheriff Bill, what did you want to see me for?"
Sheriff
"Well, last year when you came to us, when we found you, the only one that survived the massacre, we found these artifacts and I was wondering if you would be interested in having them?"
Tomei studied the two boxes, one with the Tarot cards and the other with the crystals and rare stones, she looked up and smiled.
"These belonged to Sister Danielle, she could see into the future with these...like give you readings, tell you if you were going to get sick, grow crops, find a man to have you...all kind of stuff!"
Sheriff
"Did you know if she had any next of kin?"
Tomei
"Oh no, she was a spinster, only one left in her family...think she was from Spain...maybe Madrid."
Sheriff
"Anyway I'd like for you to take this for yourself, would you like that?"
Tomei
"Why thank you Bill, that's very kind of you...I will take very good care of them, thank you again!"
Madam Ellis as they were leaving
"That was very nice of the Sheriff...maybe you can incorporate this with your study, I mean to expand your other abilities...hope it helps anyway?"
Tomei
"Oh yes, the cards are for the readings, and the crystals are for good luck, peaceful connotations, and altering the future...what I need to find is a good book for all of this to be sure, to learn the secrets."
Ellis
"I'll see what I can do Tomei, perhaps Miss Landers can find something for you!"
Getting up Madam Ellis and Tomei start to leave
Sheriff
"I wish you the best with these things, you two have a blessed day!"
Tomei
"Thank you again Bill...Sheriff Bill!"
Ellis
"I'll see you later Bill, take care."
As the two start to walk back, Tomei busily looking through box with crystals in them. She comes across a small crystal and just says
"I'll be right back!"
And with that she ran back over to the Sheriff's office, with Madam Ellis in tow.
Knocking on door, the Sheriff quickly answers.
"What is it Tomei, what's wrong?"
Tomei
"Nothings wrong, just thought maybe you should keep one of these crystals with you for good luck...considering what you do, you need all the good luck you can!"
Sheriff
"Well...that indeed I do, indeed I do, thank you Tomei!"
Everybody laughing
(Scene Close)
The Calvary out of Fort Kearney was called out once again to act as cover for what was called the Boston Movement. Every wagon train had to name their venture in order for the Army to be able to distinguish one from the other. They did their best to oversee the cattle runs, wagon trains, Pony Express, and the Wells Fargo transfers going on almost daily. The mixed tribes of Indians and general no-gooder's, and thief's did not help in the movement of frontier bound settlers, with commerce and goods coming to their territory. With episodes of brief violence, everything they were bringing was there for the taking.
It was also a question of food. It was very important to get fresh shipments of meat, hides, and general rations through to support the little townships along the trail. Misfortune occured with the Boston Movement, as they were hit by Indians just at dusk right outside of Dolson. As they were preparing to camp, tired and hungry they started unloading all their rations to prepare dinner when they were ambushed and massacred. The next day the carnage was reported by a rider with the Pony Express, and within hours the Calvary and the Sheriff with his Deputies out of Dolson arrived to take an accounting of the incident, pick up, and bury the dead. Any articles and personal belongings were picked up and recorded best they could, with a possibility of getting personal keepsakes back to relatives and next of kin. The Sheriff had been through this more times than he cared to remember!
One group of items caught the eye of one of the town folk. It was two Mahogany boxes with Pentagrams on the their lids. One box contained Tarot cards and the other contained crystal pendants and rare stones. Eventually these were turned over to the Sheriff for safe keeping. As time went on the Calvary was continually called up from the east, but the Indians persisted along with the outlaws that preyed on the settlers, too! Of the Boston Movement, a girl was found in a damaged trunk. Apparently she was placed there by her Father during the massacre, and it eventually fell off the wagon behind some tumbleweeds. After she had resumed consciousness, and a look over by the Doc, the Sheriff placed her into the custody of Madam Ellis who owned and operated a combination boarding house, bordello, and gambling hall. She was the leading business person in the town, other than the owner of the bank which bared his name John Dolson.
The Sheriff figured this was the safest place for her until other arrangements could be made. At the first meeting, tea was served, and Madam Ellis got a chance to make acquaintance with the little girl that just escaped death.
Ellis
"How are you doing today?"
Girl
"Oh, I'm okay, just hurt a lot, really miss my Pa!"
Ellis
"What is your name child?"
Girl
"It's not common, but my Pa called me Tomei...don't know what it means, but it's as close to a name that I got!"
Ellis laughing
"And a very pretty name too...now if you don't mind, where are you from?"
Tomei
Came over from Boston, but Pa just said we had to leave, something about a ghost following us...I don't know what he meant, but I started seeing like an outline image...something Pa didn't want me to see, but I didn't tell Pa that I saw it anyway...she just kept coming up to me all cold, making me shiver, trying to touch me...and when I talked to her Pa would yell at me...tell me to stop talking to something that didn't exist...and I just kept telling him it looked like Mom, and he told me to shut up...but he never knew that I could always see people nobody else saw!"
Ellis
"These images you see, have you always had them?"
Tomei
"I reckon it started when my Mom hit me in he head with a rolling pin after she caught me swearing...I knocked out and when I woke I could see all kinds of people floating around, trying to talk to me, trying to touch me..."
Ellis
"And did you see what just happened...what just happened to your Father and the rest of your group?"
Tomei
"Yes, I told Pa that we should wait, and he told me to quit talking like that...calling me crazy and stuff!"
Ellis
"Well, right now I just want you to get some rest, got you your own room upstairs, you'll be safe there, okay?"
Tomei
"Thank you very much Madam Ellis, thank you..."
(Scene Switch)
Madam Ellis talking to Sheriff
"Well, she's an unusual girl, seems to have some kind of powers of vision, see's things before others do..."
Sheriff
"What does that mean, what's this seeing the future?"
Ellis
"Honestly, I don't know...heard of things like that, but what can we do with her, for her...I'll try to keep my eye on the child cause she looks to be a handful!"
(Scene Switch)
Narrator
"And so, as the Sheriff attempted to work with the Calvary to stop all the pillaging and destruction the Indians and outlaws were causing, little Tomei had entered the one room school house where Angie Landers taught. She marveled how spirited the 10 year old Tomei was, watching birds fly and land at her feet, butterflies landing into her hair and staying for hours. But, what impressed Miss Landers the most is how she naturally drew children toward her. Her grades and literacy were impeccable, and very advanced for such a small child,
One day the Sheriff had asked Madam Ellis to bring Tomei down to the office, saying he had something to show her.
Sheriff's Office-1 P.M. Sat.
Madam Ellis walks in with Tomei wearing a pretty new dress with embroidered flowers, who was looking around Sheriff's office.
Tomei
"Gosh Sheriff, you certainly have a lot of guns here, looks like your ready for anything?"
Sheriff chuckling
"Well Tomei, it's a big country out there, lots of bad people who we have to look for...I try, I say I try my best to protect the town and it's people...oh, by the way, you can just call me Bill!"
Tomei
"Thank you Sheriff...Sheriff Bill, what did you want to see me for?"
Sheriff
"Well, last year when you came to us, when we found you, the only one that survived the massacre, we found these artifacts and I was wondering if you would be interested in having them?"
Tomei studied the two boxes, one with the Tarot cards and the other with the crystals and rare stones, she looked up and smiled.
"These belonged to Sister Danielle, she could see into the future with these...like give you readings, tell you if you were going to get sick, grow crops, find a man to have you...all kind of stuff!"
Sheriff
"Did you know if she had any next of kin?"
Tomei
"Oh no, she was a spinster, only one left in her family...think she was from Spain...maybe Madrid."
Sheriff
"Anyway I'd like for you to take this for yourself, would you like that?"
Tomei
"Why thank you Bill, that's very kind of you...I will take very good care of them, thank you again!"
Madam Ellis as they were leaving
"That was very nice of the Sheriff...maybe you can incorporate this with your study, I mean to expand your other abilities...hope it helps anyway?"
Tomei
"Oh yes, the cards are for the readings, and the crystals are for good luck, peaceful connotations, and altering the future...what I need to find is a good book for all of this to be sure, to learn the secrets."
Ellis
"I'll see what I can do Tomei, perhaps Miss Landers can find something for you!"
Getting up Madam Ellis and Tomei start to leave
Sheriff
"I wish you the best with these things, you two have a blessed day!"
Tomei
"Thank you again Bill...Sheriff Bill!"
Ellis
"I'll see you later Bill, take care."
As the two start to walk back, Tomei busily looking through box with crystals in them. She comes across a small crystal and just says
"I'll be right back!"
And with that she ran back over to the Sheriff's office, with Madam Ellis in tow.
Knocking on door, the Sheriff quickly answers.
"What is it Tomei, what's wrong?"
Tomei
"Nothings wrong, just thought maybe you should keep one of these crystals with you for good luck...considering what you do, you need all the good luck you can!"
Sheriff
"Well...that indeed I do, indeed I do, thank you Tomei!"
Everybody laughing
(Scene Close)
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