Absentmindedly he went in and put the kettle on for a badly needed coffee, and then cursed when he realised the power was off. Feeling quite helpless,...he stood and considered what to do next. Lost in thought and hampered by his hearing loss, he was somewhat startled by a touch on his shoulder. He spun round, shocked for the second time that morning, to find his rather older neighbour standing beside him. She recoiled a little and immediately apologised for frightening him."Mike, I'm sorry... I. He showed me seven or eight young boys that he claimed knew how to work cattle. I think the oldest might have been fourteen years old. I would have said something, but I remembered that I had been pretty good with horses myself at that age. I told Miguelito to pick four boys and I'd take them out and see what they could do."Boy, you asked me to get you some hands that could take care of the herd. That's what I did. Give them the damn horses and go on back to your ranch. These boys know what. “But what are you gonna do?” she blurted aloud at Kelly, then turned to her father fretfully, ”Dad, she's stuck here at school! Her brother got called into his work and her mom won't be able to leave her job until eight o' clock at the least.”Frank sighed, his vision stopping upon each of the young ladies' faces. Now they were all watching him, waiting to hear what he would say.“Danielle,” Frank inwardly sighed and then gave his daughter a slight frown, ”you know I don't have a lot of time to. I’m fine, Jessie. It’s just rather warm again today and ... well ... no ... I’m fine. Thankyou for asking.”Carrie Pearson then stood up from the chair she was sitting in and looked herself over in the full length mirror standing just before her. Jessie Harper came over and stood next to Carrie so she could see herself in the mirror too. Jessie’s best friend, Kate Terrence, was also in the room and she came over to the mirror as well. Together all three girls looked themselves over in the full.