Jonathan waited impatiently for about a week for Little Foot to get at the ranch. During that time the bastards had dumped something like oil in his drinking water. Thankfully only some unfortunate cattle drank from the tainted drinking water. There were about twenty head killed, and several dozen more sick. Jonathan had to go into town to let the sheriff know that there would be a possible cholera outbreak. Needless to say he became a pariah in the town now.
The people who once looked at him with respect now looked at him with anger or scorn. Jonathan drove himself that much harder to finding them. The cleanup has been a nightmare. Any new sickness has been blamed on his ranch. No one from the ranch could go into town for supplies any longer. Mr. Kline still agreed to sell to him, as bu
