Bachelor Marriages

I’ve been happy staying in San Francisco as a carpenter or salesman, but my matey, Harry, said, “Clarence, honey, we gotta follow Connor and Mike east to mine gold. I wanna roll up in a blanket at night under the stars with you - just you and me.

“It’ll be full of men and excitement. Yes, we’ll hafta deal with bullies like Bart Todd, who’s under the spell of the Mormon sociopath, Azariah Smith, and is beating up miners to extort our gold. But, there will be a ladies man like Clint, who doesn’t know he wants a man to make his life complete. He’ll want us to show him man-on-man sex and romance, and maybe our friend Terry’ll mate up with him in a Bachelor Marriage.

“Trust me, we’re gonna be startled from time to time not only by the occasional wolf but also by the mob of fox men that inhabit the area.

“And, then, there’s the gold! We could just get by, or we could strike it rich together. You and me, babe!”