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It was now the third day of the storm. The sun was beginning to show thru the clouds. There had been no wind, and the snow was now 4 feet deep, it was beautiful to see, a white sea of snow, but almost impossible to go any place. Dad said, "You had better try to go." I grudgingly went to the barn to get my saddle horse, Baldy, the horse that I had been riding to school, and headed for the Dawes Forbes' ranch. It was only three miles, but I think the longest three miles I have ever traveled.
Dad suggested that I not go around by the road, and take a pair of wire cutters with me and cut the fence. Baldy wasn't pleased with what I was doing, but with some urging she waded out into the snow. I would follow the fence line as far as I could. There was no other guide line, and even then it was hard to see. There had been no wind, only the tops of the posts appeared above the snow. The white caps made them look like a line of little soldiers standing quietly at attention.
It took me nearly two hours to reach my destination. Baldy couldn't carry me and wade thru the snow. I put the lariat over the saddle horn, and drove her ahead of me.
What I saw when I got there was very discouraging. There were both cattle and horses to feed and water. Some of the cows were calving, and two of them were having trouble, which was a problem that took a lot of time.
Two days of hard work; The wind did not blow, and the sun melted the snow, so in a short time we could move around. When it became time to go home, Dawes Forbes thanked me, gave me two dollars, and said, "KID, you did a good job."
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Metzger Memories
