Union cavalrymen clanked by on the other side of the log structure, and Seth ran to see them disappear down the hill toward the Pike. The boy plunked ...imself back beside Jefferson McKenzie who was tamping down the red-hot coals in his pipe with a forefinger hardened by forty years of forge work.Jefferson puffed a while, eyes closed, obviously contented. "Then, like I tole you, when I was jes' catchin' on to smithy work, the plantation busted, and they sole off ever'thing and ever'body. Man. He then directed the bellboy he brought out to be the valet attendant. Give these folks tags for their bikes and direct them to where I park my bike. They will be fine there.Sue came out and asked what the turmoil was about. Bear said, "Mr. Sharp just fired one of your employees that turned out to be the manager's son." Huh? One of our employees? Manager's son?" Sue asked."Seems your Dad is investing our money in hotels. The guy said we are majority owners here." Damn, I'm going back in and get. I said that I would be their leader and they would all get the opportunity to be officers and leaders. I was going to divide them into temporary squads of 9 members, each. Some people might be shifted to different squads after we had a little experience with each other, but we would go with this arbitrary arrangement for now. As much as possible, we would keep buddies together, but I couldn't promise anything for the long haul.I gave them 20 minutes to sort themselves out, then I took over.. He had a half-a-dozen things that needed his immediate attention. He prized himself on the ability to move from one need to another, back again, then interrupted by the phone, and back to the other tasks. All seemingly without missing a beat. He had the skills, some said the innate skills, required for this kind of job. Especially at his age. At the tender of age of 30 years old, he was already the owner of his own agency. It hadn’t been easy and he hadn’t been given anything but the initial.