TO FIND PEACE 10

for three days as soon as they got through feeding cleve and katey flew at the corrals at kj repairing them it became painfully clear after the first day that the more they did the more they found needing repair. cleve had set railroad ties in the weakest areas to support the fence line. katey was going around and hammering nails into the boards snugging them up to the posts. but the wood was pretty rotten they were crossing their fingers the corral would hold the cattle long enough to sort off what they needed. cleve made a point of saying that he wanted the dairy breeds gone. but they were some of the poorest cattle out there. he figgured there were ten cows or so that were strong dairy blood. the cattle who were branded besides them showed some good brahma and herford breeding and they were bounceing back with the hay. cleve was hopeing to get two maybe three trailer loads of these cattle into the auction barn the following week. every morning he listened to the market report on the radio while he was eating breakfast. the per pound price on theese better cattle had risen dailey any where from a couple of cents to a nickle a pound. the morning of the fourth day in the dark he saddled two horses and left them tied at the saddle room. then he and katey took the load of hay as usual to the kj.. once inside he had hewr drop a dozen bales inside the corrals and shut the gate. then they proceeded to feed as usual. when through they went back to his headquarters. parking the truck he went straight to the horses. as he untied them he looked back at katey who was still stasnding at the truck. " come on we gotta get back up there." he said as he was snugging up a cinch. katey didnt move. he led the horses over to where she was standing. " here get on we need to get back!" he tried to hand her a set of reins. katey shook her head, the color gone from her face.she took a step back " whats wrong with you gitl?" cleve asked visibly irritated. " ive never ridden a horse before. they scare me." katey answered in a quivering voice. " well you wont get a better chance to learn, get on ill help you. ole bob here is as gentl as they come. wouldnt hurt a fly get on we gotta go." cleve was getting angry katey just shook her head. cleve stepped up and grabbed her left arm just below the shoulder and drug her up to the horse then reaching behing her grabbed her belt and lifted and flung her astraddle the animal.he put the reins in her hand " follow me kick to make him go, pull on the reins to stop. it wont take long you will get the hang of it." cleve swung up on his horse. katey sat frozen tears streaming down her face. " STOP THAT DAMN IT! i wont allow it now stir that horse up and come on!" cleve said through clinched teeth. katey wiggeled her feet in the stirrups , ole bob took a few tenative steps and stopped. the tears kept comming. cleve rode around behinf bob and takeing the tail of his rope slapped the horse over the rump.