I suspect he was looking for some sort of protest from me, for he had the papers in his pocket and showed them to me.

I afterward investigated, as I said, and found the case to be exactly as I have stated." Billy stared long at his horse's ears.

"Well, he can't use the whole creek," he said at last, "not unless he just turned it loose to be mean, and I don't believe he can waste water even if he does hold the rights.

We can mighty quick put a stop to that.

Do yuh know anything about injunctions?
If yuh don't, yuh better investigate 'em a lot--because I don't know a damn' thing about the breed, and we're liable to need 'em bad." "I believe I may truthfully say that I understand the uses--and misuses--of injunctions, William.