BATTLE AX REMNENT 14

after dropping off mickeys outfit with his folks rick, barry and connie went into florence to the vally national bank. before rick deposited it he ask the manager to run a check on the check to see if it was good. it took a few minutes but the manager came walking across the lobby to where rick was seated. "its good, barely i told his bank i was going to cash this and not to clear anything else." the manager smiled " pull what cash you need and deposit the balance." when rick pulled out of the parking lot he was grinning"we better go fill jakes order for chuck then hit the feed store for a few more salt blocks. ill call duane , the inspecter and let him know we make another sweep tomorrow." connie took the time to call her father and let him know the status at the battle ax. he listened without saying a word while she told him about mickey getting hurt. then in a low voice told her to not get into the same shape. he told her to shoot any animal that was deemed dangerous. when connie told rick what her fathers instructions were he frowned " i got more pride than that. we agreed to gather all the cattle, not to shoot them if they were a problem" " but no cow is worth some ones life!" connie blurted. " some times you do shoot them, but its rare. we take it one day at a time. lets see how it goes." rick was trying to be consiliatory. late that afternoon they rolled back into the camp yard. jake was sitting in a lawn chair peeling potatoes. he looked up as barry and connie brought the sacks of groceries. then looking over to rick said" that cow crook was here a while ago, said he wanted the balance of the steers left in the corrals. he claimed he had papers on them. what he showed me was the inspection papers on the cattle that we shipped already. i told him he had to talk to you. he didnt like that. and he left." " we cleaned his bank account out today, he is probably looking for a way to raise some cash, you did the riht thing, tomorrow duane will be here. we will let mr. jason deal with him."rick was grinning.