title: Ted L. Nancy's Afternoon Stories
author:  Ted L. Nancy 
description: Phyllis Murphy does NOT like chives. Don't give her any.
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  _**Train Station Bride**_
  
  Crawford Family 1
  
   _By Holly Bush_
  
    
  
    
  
  _**Table of Contents**_
  
   _Chapter One_
  
   _Chapter Two_
  
   _Chapter Three_
  
   _Chapter Four_
  
   _Chapter Five_
  
   _Chapter Six_
  
   _Chapter Seven_
  
   _Chapter Eight_
  
   _Chapter Nine_
  
   _Chapter Ten_
  
   _Chapter Eleven_
  
   _Chapter Twelve_
  
   _Chapter Thirteen_
  
   _Chapter Fourteen_
  
   _Chapter Fifteen_
  
   _Chapter Sixteen_
  
   _Chapter Seventeen_
  
   _Chapter Eighteen_
  
   _Epilogue_
  
    
  
    
  
  _**Chapter One**_
  
    
  
   _Boston 1887_
  
    
  
  “Really, Julia, do hurry,” Jane Crawford said to her daughter still seated at
  the ivory lace-covered vanity. “The guests are arriving, and you should be
  there to greet them.”
  
  Julia Crawford smiled up at her mother with resignation. This was a battle she
  did not need to win. She would make no argument.
  
  “I’ll be down shortly, Mother. Jolene and Jennifer are there. Our guests are
  here to see them, not me. Has Jillian gone down?”
  
  “She is standing with your father at the door,” her mother re