Part 3, pages 218-230 Summary

Part 3, pages 218-230

Haying season has begun and Jick is now riding over to the Reese Ranch every morning to put in a day of haying for his Uncle Pete. In the first days of the season, Jick works beside his uncle fixing up the haying equipment. As they work side by side, Jick tries to get Uncle Pete to give him some information on the history of Stanley Meixell, but Uncle Pete avoids saying much on the subject.

The hay crew begins to arrive. First Bud Dolson, the mower, then Perry Fox who rides the dumprake, and finally, the stackman, Wisdom Johnson, who has been dropped off at the Reese ranch by Jicks parents who had picked Wisdom up on their way back from a headquarters trip. They had pulled him out of a brothel and Wisdom is...