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Show CHAPTER TWO: ALTERED PLANS By 1940, Bill had been working with John K for twelve years and had assumed the operation of the business as though born to it. Happy in doing whatever was required of him, he found enjoyment in the full activity of ranching. He had, through the years, received raises in salary and his old debt had been paid. Then, looking to the future, both men did some serious thinking. Bill was confident that he could continue to operate the business along the prescribed pattern set by John K who had been a good teacher. He always claimed that his father-in-law taught him many valuable practices and trained him in developing foresight, an essential quality in managing a business of consequence. By that time, John K had evidenced some health problems. Gout plagued him in his right foot for some years and angina pectoris had been diagnosed by heart doctors who advised him to ease up substantially. He had been easing 250 |