title: Country Comforts
author: Lee, Virginia
description: Infuriated by the busybody preacher's wife who calls her a hoyden and threatens to take away her little sister unless she settles down, Josie announces her engagement to town newcomer Jack, much to the gentleman's surprise.
  
  The biggest gossip in Gallatin City, Montana, preacher's wife, called young Josie Douglass a hoyden, of all things, and threatens to take away her little sister unless she settles down! So Josie does what any self-respecting girl would do--she announces her engagement to the stranger in town, Jack, much to the gentleman's surprise. Soon, Josie's wedding is the talk of the town. Everyone knows about it--except the groom.