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Pony’s words were clipped and brusque.

“You know all you need to know,” Pete told her. “You worked a whole summer with the tribal buffalo herd.”

Pony snatched up the stack of papers she’d been marking. Her heart was hammering and her mouth was dry.

Pete continued. “I told Caleb McCutcheon I’d ask around for someone who could help him. You’ll live right there on the ranch. McCutcheon’s a good man and the Bow and Arrow is beautiful….”

“I appreciate your coming, Pete,” she said. “But I’m not interested.”

“Take the job, Pony. It pays more than you make here as a teacher or what you’d make over the summer working for some farmer.” Pete turned and walked out without another word.

Pony returned to her desk. She wanted to ignore what Pete had said, but he was right. She needed the money.

But Caleb McCutcheon would look her up and down and try not to laugh. He would probably make an effort to be polite—Pete had said he was a good, kind man. But he’d think that a woman applying for the job of managing a herd of buffalo was ridiculous.

And he would be right!