MacCallister Kingdom Come by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

He rode Pepper back to the holding pens, where the cattle, not used to being kept penned up so close, were bawling and moving around restlessly. Taylor and Barnes walked back.

“Gentlemen, I am grateful to the two of you for helping me find a horse and for speaking up for me when Mr. Northington tried to elevate the price. If either or both of you are looking for a job with some permanency, I would be glad to hire you on as hands out at Regency.”

“You’d do that knowin’ we was thinkin’ the horse would throw you, but we steered you toward him anyway?” Barnes asked.

“Hold it, Barnes,” Taylor said, sticking out his hand. “Mr. Hanson, Barnes is a good friend of mine, so he’s just tryin’ to take the blame along with me. But he didn’t have nothin’ to do with it. The whole thing was my idea ’cause I was wantin’ to have some fun.”

“As it turned out, I was the one having the fun. I most enjoyed jumping with Pepper,” Hanson said. “You are both good men, and I would be proud to have you in my employ.”

“Was you really goin’ to give Northington a hunnert dollars even after you found out he was tryin’ to cheat you?” Barnes asked.

“Oh, I don’t think he was trying to cheat me,” Hanson said. “Mr. Northington is a businessman, after all, and he was only trying to maximize his profit. There is nothing at all wrong with that, and Pepper is most definitely worth one hundred dollars. Were I to purchase him in London, I’ve no doubt I would be paying twice that amount.”

Taylor was impressed. “All I can say, Mr. Hanson, is that you are a good man. Maybe as good a man as I ever saw.”

“That’s very decent of you to say. Now, about my offer of employment?”

A broad smile spread across Taylor’s face. “You got us, Mr. Hanson. You got both of us.”

“Wonderful. Now, I have a proposal. To consecrate your agreement to a concomitant arrangement, suppose we have a very good meal, on me?”

Taylor laughed. “’Bout the onliest thing I understood was you sayin’ you was goin’ to buy us dinner. That is what you said, ain’t it?”

“It is indeed. Have you a suggestion as to where we might dine?”

“I’d say the Rustic Rock,” Barnes said.

“They set a good table, do they?” Cal asked.

Barnes laughed. “Well, to tell you the truth, Mr. Hanson, I can’t say, personal, that they have good food. I ain’t never et there, bein’ as it cost too much. But I’ve heard tell the food was just real good, and I’ve always wanted to try it.”

“Then try it we shall,” Hanson promised.

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