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“It’s possible,” Ty conceded

“Don’t wait to find out,” his father advised him, and they discussed the best way to block any ht make “You’ll have to watch him He’s clever, very clever”

“I will”

After the phone conversation with his father was finished, Ty began ers of the various operations and outlying camps to the headquarters

Over the next hour and a half, they trickled in one by one from their various districts Most of them were stiff and cool toward him, ready to take his orders but not ready to like theainst the values they’d been brought up to believe But their opinion underwent a change once they heard what he had to say

“When a ot two choices” Ty said the sa to Wyatt Yates that he’d told the others before the rit his teeth and bull his way along, pretending that he’s right Or he can own up to hiscoal was the answer to the financial proble ht to stop it”

“Do you think you can do it?” Yates eyed him, still wary

“I won’t know if I don’t try” Ty wisely didn’t claiet on the phone and start calling breeders around the country and sell those two studs Find buyers for all the young stock you can, except for that two-year-old stud out of that San Peppy mare We’ll keep hiar-bred mares and sell the rest”

His instructions to Arch Goodman were similar when he carain to fatten our young stuff co our losses now before the cattle market drops any lower”

“Du that many cattle in a depressed market is liable to drive the prices down still more,” Arch warned

“At theto do to the other guy Make arrangeet the best price you can for them”

As Arch left the study, Tara ca on here this afternoon? People constantly co all the time?”

“I’ measures, ranchwide,” he replied, still businesslike in his tone, although the look in his eye gentled under the stroking touch of her hand “So to like”

“Such as?” She cocked her head to one side

“You’re going to have to give your cook and that housekeeper notice that on’t be needing their services after the end of the month,” Ty stated