A few seconds later the door opened wearily, sticking on the something and making a little grating noise. The faded woman staring at him had sparse gr...y hair and a face worn into lines of sadness and self-neglect. Tommy thought she looked like his mother, but not his mother. His mother’s hair had been all tight, frizzy black curls, unruly and somehow full of life, even when she was bone-weary. This not-mother’s hair was straight and lank, hanging around her face as if it was too dispirited to. This motor was installed three months ago and it burns out? a crappy ass wiring job heated and burned out one of the wires and the motor being a three phase job lost a phase and subsequently drew more current causing it to burn out.I pulled it out and called Graingers who had one in stock so I went to get it and it was not long before the office ladies were in a comfortable working area. The big boss would be pretty pleased about thisIt was a weird time for me, with all I had to do at work,. ” “Yeah, we’d have been stuck there till the spring thaw,” Phil said, slapping her hand on my thigh, “I’d have had to eat Ashley to survive,” she laughed. “What makes you think you’re the one who’d be doing the eating? Maybe I’d have had to eat you,” Ashley protested. Phil shook her head, “Nah, I’m the survivor, you’re definitely the one who gets eaten.” “As if! Which one of us do you think would survive, Randy?” Ashley asked, trying to drag me into their lighthearted dispute. “Whichever one is. Like you, I’ve concerns about the extremists on the issues of State’s Rights and slavery. I can’t pay you much in cash, but I am prepared to pay you with a good colt. If you’ll agree to do this you can select any of these horses and stay here for a few weeks to work with the colt.” He turns to look at her because the horses are worth much more than what the work she’s asked for is worth. “I want you mounted on a good horse while you look after my children and their future livelihood.”Boone.