Chapter Fifty-Seven Starting to Rebuild

Carla remarks, “Enough work talk, now you need to eat and then I will give you a message from Randy.”

As Tyler is filling his plate, he asks, “What kind of message did Randy leave?”

“Your mill delivery will be in three days.  He plans to meet the wagons and make sure that everything is there you ordered.  I’m assuming he wants the rest of his payment then too.”

“I’m sure he does but not until I check everything out myself to make sure it’s all there.

“Scott, I was doing a lot of thinking on the way back tonight.  What do you think of this?

“I figure the Peters’ property has about five hundred head of cattle after we remove what belongs to us.  I would like to buy some of them if the price is right and I was thinking you might too.  Even more important I think we could split the property between us.”

Chapter Fifty-Six Two Weeks Later

“Hello in the house,” yells Scott.  He hollers a second time.

Standing inside the screen door is Matt Peters.  “What do you want here?”

“We’ve come for a couple of reasons, Matt.  Our family wishes to give you our sympathy over the death of your mother.  We hope that your grief doesn’t cause you to blame yourself for that accident.  Secondly, we came to move the one hundred head the court ordered to the Reynolds property.  Can you ride with us to give us some direction as to where you would want us to remove them from your herd?”

“No, I have things to do here!  Ride east a ways and you’ll find two hands Gus and Dave.  They know what happened in court and will comply with what you need to do.  Take your hundred head and get off our land.”

“I’ll be back another time for those that are re-branded,” states Tyler.

“Good, get it over with.  My sister has decided to stay east after all of this and I’m getting the property set for sale.  I don’t want to deal with things around here anymore than I have to.”

“If you want to sell more of your herd off I would be glad to consider it,” remarks Tyler.

Chapter Fifty-Five Back Home

Joan says, “I agree with that statement.  None of us know how he is going to react and I think it’s very unwise for one of you to go alone.”

“We have ninety days to move the cattle off of their property.  We need to get some help to do that, by the time we fine the help it should give him time to settle down,” remarks Scott.

“Not only that but I need to check the whole herd and make sure I get all of those that the Peters tried to re-brand,” speaks Tyler.