title: A Tale of Two Brothers
author:  Chad R Mitchell 
description: Chad R. Mitchell (Dec 1, 1979-Present) is an American author, poet, traveler, and dreamer. His writing throughout the years has gone from the close observance of interpersonal relationships, to the fantastic tales that come from his adventures around the world. Growing up homeschooled, in a house with 6 siblings, energized his desire to tell stories to the young and young-at-heart. His first series, "Tales of Terrezial," is a 9 part epic. The first of which is "A Tale of Two Brothers." Many more books are forthcoming.
zlib_text: **Copper Creek**  
   **Mail Order Brides**
  
  Boxed Set
  
  Charlotte Dearing
  
  Author’s note: This collection contains the stories of the three Barstow
  brothers, each of them reluctant to marry, but each finding their one, true
  love, because of (or in spite of) their sometimes overbearing Pops.
  
  _Mail Order Ruth_
  
  _Mail Order Rebecca_
  
  _Mail Order Holly_
  
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  ******Mail Order Ruth - Prologue -**  
   **The Big Brother** ****
  
  **Bucky Goodman**
  
  Bucky cracked the door a smidge so he could listen to the grown-ups. He
  crouched in the darkness and tried to make sense of his aunt and uncle’s
  bickering. They went back and forth, their voices kind of quiet, and all sorts
  of mad. They talked about a woman, a _hussy,_ his uncle said. Bucky didn’t
  know what a hussy was, but he knew his aunt and uncle didn’t like them, not at
  all.
  
  His aunt called the woman something he hadn’t heard before, a _fallen woman_.
  
   _Why don’t they just help her get back up if she’s fallen?_
  
  It was th