Breakfast that morning was a rapid affair. Both young men devoured the biscuits, various jam and jelly spreads, and gravy with scrambled eggs before heading to the barnyard. Loren"s saddle blanket was dry and he methodically saddled Star. The horse wasn"t completed settled and gave a couple of half-hearted jumps and danced in the dirt before heading out of the gate at a respectable trot. Loren held the reins tightly bunched in his hands to keep the horse from heading down the road. The horse steadied and he turned Star to follow Frank to where the cattle were kept.
Something had happened during his wild ride the day before. The evening meal had been quiet and no one seemed interested in Anoth. Loren had wondered, but none of the Ricers volunteered any information and Loren decided whateve
