Chapter 13
Friday evening is payday, and we ride in from the fields a good half hour before quitting time to wash up and get in line. Just because Boss Daddy is out of town doesn’t mean we don’t get paid. Miss Lucille does all the accounting; all her father does is hand us our money and shake our hands as thanks for a job well done. Today Miss Lucille comes out of the main house and heads straight for me as if I’m not halfway back from the front of the line. With a slight smirk, she says, “Mr. Nat, I could use your assistance. Can you help me get these men paid?”
I expect some ribbing and jostling, but there isn’t any because most of the ranch hands wouldn’t be able to help Miss Lucille out if she asked them. Today she hands out the pay herself, and she needs someone to mark it down in h
