I told Kate Price so--and those other old hens, yesterday, and that's what we had the row over." "My money's on you, girl," Andy told her, grinning.

"How are the wounded ?" "The wounded?
Oh, they've clubbed together this morning and are washing hankies and collars and things, and talking about me.

And they have snouged every speck of water from the barrel--I paid my share for the hauling, too--and the man won't come again till day after tomorrow with more.

Fifty cents a barrel, straight, he's charging now, James.

And you, boys with a great, big, long creekful of it that you can get right in and swim in! I've come over to borrow two water-bags of it, if you please, James I never dreamed water was so precious.