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“Good to see you again, Chase” Parker greeted Chase with a typically hearty handshake “Judging froain on any of your young bulls this trip”

“You can’t win every time, Ben,” Chase replied

“But you can try,” the rancher countered with a grin then gestured to the ht your auction could use a little international flavor so I brought along a friend of oland This is Chase Calder I don’t think I would be wrong in calling him one of the last of the cattle barons”

“I have heard of you by reputation, of course, Mr Calder” His handshake was firm “A pleasure”

“Welcome to the Triple C, Mr Markham,” Chase said with a nod

“My friends call lishman replied with an easy smile “Ben tells me this is exceptional cattle country”

“Monte’s looking to buy so that spread I’ve got over in the Wind River range”

“Going into the cattle business, are you?” Chase surmised

“Nothing the scale of your operation,” the Englishine there are many ranches like it still left these days”

“I guess not,” Chase replied, although he suspected there were few if any that still encoinal boundaries The Triple C did—thanks to the wo the barn with Buck Haskell at her side “Enjoy the auc

tion, gentlemen,” he said to the two and turned to await Tara’s arrival

He touched his hat to her when she paused before hi Western jacket, eo Tara had presented him with a free and clear title to the entire ten thousand acres of Wolf Meadoith the provision that she retained a life estate to the home she had built on it, Dunshill

“I had to come, Chase,” Tara said “We worked so hard on this” She paused, pain flickering in her eyes “I wish Ty could be here to see what a huge success it is”

“He knows”

“Of course,” Tara lanced around “Where is Jessy?”