This fictional novel is based on the true story of Charlotte Darkey
Parkhurst also known as One-Eyed Charley, cockeyed charley, and six-horse
She was born in some part of New Hampshire in 1812 and lived in an
Orphanage or poorhouses after her parents were killed after being thrown from a carage during a terrible storm. While at the orphanage she met a man who's name was Vern. He was a runaway slave and was now working at the orphanage as a horse trainer and caretaker. She also made a friend named Hayward. He's a boy about 8-10 years old. He's adopted half way through the book so he's not talked about a whole lot. Because Hayward is adopted, charlotte decides to runaway because she is the only girl and she is tired of being Mrs. Boyles slave. Mrs. Boyles is the cook and makes charlotte her personal slave to the kitchen. So she ran away and caught a stage to Massachusetts on the way Charlotte fell asleep between two women. She was not awakened and was left in the st
age. She awoke in the middle of the night and found a hayloft and fell back asleep. She was awaken by the clatter of bridles as she awoke she saw a man with a pitchfork in her face. He demanded who she was and where she came from. She said she was from out of town and was looking for a job. The mans name was Ebeneezer Balch. Charlotte asked him for a job. He said that he had no place for her and she begged and pleaded with him. He finely aloud her to stay and work with the horses and keep the stalls.
She worked for Mr. Balch for a while. After that while had passed he told her that he was planning to move his business to Rode Island and wouldn't be needing her after he got seddled down there. Which she found out to be not true because he needed someone to help him drive a stage and a team of horses. After they moved all the stages and horses to Rode Island there she continued working for him at the stables that was to be named What Cheer Stables at the time located at the rear of Frank
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