“Skeeter, I’ve got an idea. The cattle are certainly yours, but what would you think about each of the other ranches running a few head in with yours – maybe ten head each?”
“Yes, I think that would be fine.”
“Okay, ask the others if they would be interested. If they are, we will need one bull for thirty or forty head. See if you can buy them from Guadalupe’s father. If not, we can find them around here somewhere.”
Talako volunteered to go with Skeeter and said that he would buy ten head. Gato also agreed to buy ten head.
Everyone, including the vaqueros, got their gear together the next day. Skeeter and Guadalupe rode to Denver to find a small gift for the four vaqueros. Guadalupe found four intricately stamped copper wrist bands. That night they all had a small fandango to th
