Rare was the day that some of the neighbours were not calling upon or receiving visits from Mrs. Porter and her daughters, for the boys had insisted upon their learning to ride the ponies4 that Mr. Hopkins had loaned.
In spare moments the young people practised with their firearms until they all became good shots, even the little mother overcoming her aversion enough to learn to fire both a rifle and a revolver with fair marksmanship.
As the season advanced, the young homesteaders irrigated6 their fields every week, with the result that their crops grew splendidly. But as Phil and Ted1 watched them mature with pride, their neighbours watched them with jealousy7.
Of this feeling, Chester was the first to learn, and when he did, he lost no time in seeking out Andy.
“Simmons is at the bottom of this,” declared the new land agent, when the fire lookout8 had imparted the unpleasant information.
“It certainly sounds like his work, but he has appealed to the settlers’ pockets, and that means trouble,” returned Chester. “Aren’t the boys’ crops far enough along so that they can give up irrigating10 them without injury?”
“Perhaps—I haven’t been over for a couple of days. But it makes my blood boil to think that these other homesteaders, who have had plenty of opportunity in years past to build irrigating plants and never did so, should start trouble now that Phil and Ted are taking advantage of the water supply.”
“That’s just it, Andy. So long as none of the others irrigated, no one thought about it. But now that two boys, without experience, take up a claim and, by irrigating, produce crops far and away ahead of any in the region, the others realize their mistake. It isn’t fair, but it’s true. You, as land agent, are the only person who can handle the situation, and you’ve got to hurry!” As though to emphasize the fire lookout’s words, two horsemen drew rein11 in front of the Land Office, dismounted, and entered.
From their faces Andy and Chester realized they were in no pleasant mood.
“’Lo, Hall. ’Lo, Perkins,” greeted the land agent, affably. “Haven’t seen you for a long time. Sit down and have a cigar. Oh, you needn’t be afraid of them,” he added, as neither man took one from the proffered12 box; “they are some Si Hopkins sent me.”
With a snap Andy closed the cigar box, and replaced it in a drawer of his desk, while the newcomers glowered14 in silence.
“Why don’t you get to it?” he demanded, when several moments had passed without anything being said.
Quickly Hall and Perkins exchanged glances, then the latter snapped:
“We want our rights!”
“Unfortunately, I don’t,” returned the land agent, quietly.
Irritated by Andy’s calmness, Hall fairly screamed:
“Them kids has been stealing Perkins’ and my water. They got to stop irrigating, and they got to pay us for ruining our crops by stealing our water. They—”
“Simmons made a mistake there—” began Andy, only to be interrupted by Perkins.
“Simmons? Simmons? Who said anything about him? We’re talking about our water rights.”
“Which you would never have thought of if Simmons had not put the idea into your heads. But, as I said, he has made a mistake. The Porter boys are entitled to a certain amount of water, and I know they have not used more than their share because I helped them build their irrigating plant, and I made the sluice17 of such size that if they irrigated twice a week they would not quite use up their lawful18 allowance. As it is, they have irrigated only once a week, so, you see, your water rights have not been infringed19.”
“But they dammed the stream—they ain’t no right to do that,” stammered20 Perkins, much of his bravado21 gone.
“Oh, yes, they have, provided, of course, they do not check the natural flow of the brook22 except on the days when they are entitled to the water for irrigation purposes.”
“Come on, Jerry. I told you in the first place, Andy was in with ’em,” exclaimed Hall.
Reluctantly his companion obeyed, but as they reached the door, Perkins turned.
“This ain’t the last of the matter, not by a long shot. We want our water—and we’re going to get it.”
In silence the friends of the young homesteaders watched the two angry settlers mount and ride away.
“Looks like trouble for the Porters,” commented Chester. “Wish the women folks hadn’t come out so soon. What you going to do?”
“Ride over to E 1, and then ‘feel out’ the other settlers. It is evident Simmons has a hand in the business. If I can only get proof of that fact from some of the neighbours, I will soon put an end to this ‘water rights’ talk.”
The Porters were at supper when the land agent and the fire lookout arrived and, quietly putting up their horses, they entered the house.
“Hello, folks. Want some mail?” he asked, and in response to the eager hails, he handed several letters to Mrs. Porter.
“Here’s a letter for you, Phil, from Boscow: the rest are for the girls.”
“Wonder what is going on in Weston,” said Ted, but Sallie and Margie refused to open their letters until Phil read the report from the experiment station. It began:
We have read your letter and examined the specimens23 of soil with interest. If one of our experts had inspected your section and advised you as to what crops to plant, he could not have made a better selection.
If you do not make the mistake of being afraid to irrigate5, we see no reason why you should not reap handsome crops. Be careful not to let a crust form while the plants are small. Never irrigate until you have broken the crust.
We should be glad if you would inform us of your yield per acre of wheat, corn, alfalfa, and potatoes.
One of our farmers will call upon you before very long. If you ever have the opportunity, we should be pleased to have you visit our experiment station at Boscow.
Please do not hesitate to consult us upon any problems that trouble you—that is what we are for, to aid farmers to increase their yields and to advise them in their difficulties.
With best wishes for your success,
(Signed) Andrew Harris,
Supt. Government Experiment Station at Boscow.
“That letter lowers my opinion of the government’s experts,” scoffed25 Sallie. “They can’t tell luck in happening to put the right seed in the right kind of soil from real knowledge of conditions. I wonder they don’t ask you to accept positions as expert farmers on their stations.”
“It wasn’t all luck that Phil and Ted planted as and where they did,” returned Andy, surprised at the girl’s sarcasm26. “Mr. Hopkins gave them a lot of points on the way out here—and they remembered them.”
“To say nothing of all you told and showed us,” added Phil.
“The more you know Sallie, the less attention you will pay to her opinions,” declared Ted. “Bet there’s something in one of her letters that has made her mad, and she’s taking it out on us. ’Fess up, now, Sallie, isn’t it so?”
“It is. Nell and Tom say they are coming out to visit us.”
At the announcement the younger boy danced about in impish glee.
“Write and say we can’t have them. Say we’re sick or starving—anything that will make them stay at home,” snapped Phil.
To Andy, Joy, and Jennie this outburst was incomprehensible, for it seemed to them that a visit from their friends in the East would be most welcome, and in her ingenuousness28 Jennie asked:
“Aren’t they nice people that you don’t want them?”
“They are nice, Jennie, very nice,” laughed Ted, who enjoyed the situation thoroughly29. “That’s not the trouble. But I’ll tell—”
“Keep quiet,” growled Phil.
“Not much, I won’t. The trouble is, until they came out here, Phil thought Nell was the nicest girl in the world, and Sallie thought—”
But Ted, satisfied with the mischief30 he had wrought31, as evidenced by the flushed faces of Joy and Andy, took to his heels, shouting back: “Shall I go over to Chikau to telegraph Tom and Nell to come at once?”
Awkward, indeed, was the situation, and Mrs. Porter was wondering how she could best relieve it, when Margie cried:
“You needn’t worry about Tom and Nell. Beth says they are all going up to a camp in the Adirondacks and that they will postpone32 their visit to us until next year.”
“Thank goodness,” exclaimed Phil.
The embarrassment33 relieved by Margie’s information, Andy said:
“I have received word that your application for entry has been accepted, Mrs. Porter. Here is the paper which secures your claim. In due time the homestead will be granted to you.
“I have also seen Mr. Jackson. Petersen has made a full confession34, which implicates35 Simmons in the effort to drive your sons from E 1. He also has returned the money he stole from the camp, and here it is.”
Gratefully the mother accepted it.
“But why did he confess to so much?” asked Margie. “Won’t it make his sentence more severe?”
“That remains36 to be seen. We have long suspected he was but a tool in Simmons’ schemes. Undoubtedly37 he reasoned that, by making a clean breast of it, he would prove a valuable witness against Simmons and thus perhaps escape punishment. In the morning I want to look over your crops. Chester tells me that they are ahead of any others about here. The settlers are all talking about them, and declaring that you are cutting off their water supply by so much irrigating. I may as well tell you that two complaints have been filed. While I believe they are prompted by jealousy, I desire to look over the ground myself. By learning conditions, I shall be able to prevent any serious trouble.”
At Andy’s words consternation38 seized the family, and the boys related in detail their method of breaking the crust and then irrigating once a week.
“Who is making the complaints, Andy?” asked Joy.
“Oh, let’s forget about them—they don’t amount to anything.”
“I was only wondering if it were Jerry Perkins and Lafe Hall.”
“What makes you mention them?”
“Because I saw them riding to Bradley with Simmons yesterday.”
Glad were the land agent and fire lookout that it was twilight39, and that the expressions on their faces at this information could not be seen.
“Much obliged for telling me, Joy,” returned Andy, quietly. “And now let’s think of something else. By the way, I’ve some good news that I almost forgot. Si wrote that he might be over this way any day now.”
“Oh, I hope he comes before we begin to harvest. I want him to see our alfalfa standing,” exclaimed Ted.
The mention of the harvest brought up the question of method, and Mr. Jay offered the boys the use of his mowing-machine and reaper40 in return for their assistance in garnering41 his crops.
“Why don’t you rent E 2 to Phil and Ted, Jasper?” inquired Chester.
This suggestion roused a train of possibilities that the young people discussed until Mrs. Porter declared they would never get up in the morning unless they retired43 at once. And with brains awhirl with big thoughts, they exchanged “good-nights.”
To Ted it seemed that he had only just closed his eyes when his shoulder was shaken and Margie’s voice sounded in his ear.
“I saw two men at the head gate of our ditch,” she breathed.
“You’re dreaming,” retorted her brother. “How could you see them when you were in bed?”
“But I wasn’t. I got up for a drink of water. Something made me look out the window—and I saw them. I know I did. Shall we wake the others?”
“And have them laugh at us? Not much. We’ll sneak44 up there ourselves. I’ll make you go as punishment for setting me on such a chase at this time of night. But mind, not a word to any one. I don’t want to be guyed, even if you do. Go dress and wait for me.”
Stealthily the boy got into his clothes, then took his pistol and his rifle, and joined his sister, who also carried rifle.
“Better leave that here. You’ll have an attack of nerves and fire it and wake everybody.”
Margie, however, refused to relinquish45 the weapon, and together they stole from the house.
The silence of the night, together with that indescribable effect bright moonlight produces upon trees and land, enhancing shadows and making startling forms and figures out of every bush and rock, awed46 the brother and sister.
Unconsciously they drew closer together, holding their rifles at the “ready,” the while they peered intently toward the head gate.
“Do you see that thing, there to the left of the gate? It’s moving,” gasped47 Margie, her teeth chattering48 so she could scarcely enunciate49.
Though his heart seemed in his mouth, Ted stopped, raised his rifle to his shoulder, and sighted along the barrel. But even as he did so, he beheld a spurt50 of flame, then heard a report—and a bullet “pinged” over their heads.
Instantly Ted fired his rifle, then whispered hoarsely51: “drop to the ground. Crawl back to the house and get the boys. I’ll crawl to the head gate.”
The two reports, rending52 the stillness, waked Andy and Chester. With a bound they were out of bed, dressed hurriedly, seized weapons, and ran out.
“Some one at the dam,” called Ted. “Come on.”
“Stay where you are. We’ll pour in a few volleys,” exclaimed Andy.
By this time the women had been aroused.
“Don’t come out,” ordered Chester. But, arming themselves, they insisted, and were made to lie down and shoot in the volleys with the others.
Three times responses came from the dam, then there were no more.
“They’ve taken to the woods. Let’s follow,” cried Ted.
“Which is just what they want,” returned Andy. “We’ll at least wait until daylight.”
Never did time seem to go so slowly as to the anxious watchers, for none of them could be persuaded to return to bed. But at last dawn broke, and they cautiously advanced upon the dam.
Three axes, as many crowbars, and some dynamite53 lay about on the right side of the gate. But no harm had been done to it.
“You got that drink of water just in the nick of time, Margie,” exclaimed Chester. “If it hadn’t been for you, E 1 would be minus an irrigation plant this morning.”
Andy, however, insisted that they have breakfast first.
“But the fiends may get away with so long a start,” protested Sallie.
“It is hardly necessary to try to track them,” returned the land agent. “I’ve an idea who the three are.”
When breakfast had been eaten, however, the young homesteaders insisted upon taking the trail.
In vain Andy and Chester sought to dissuade55 them, then, finding they could not, left Jasper to guard the womenfolk, and all four rode forth56.
Going to the head gate, they picked up the trail and followed it toward E 2 for a mile. At the highway the miscreants57 separated, and their pursuers did likewise, Andy and Chester taking two of the tracks and the young homesteaders the other.
“We’ll ride till ten o’clock,” said the land agent. “If we don’t find our men by then, we’ll go back to the cabin. If we see them, the one so doing will fire three times in rapid succession.”
Their course had taken them beneath a cliff on the Jay farm. As they repassed it, Phil drew rein.
“It isn’t blood, but it’s queer,” said Ted. “Here’s a chunk61 I can get. It will make a good paper-weight.” And after much prying62 and rapping with his hunting-knife, he succeeded in obtaining a piece of the curious-looking quartz63 as large as a hen’s egg. “My, but it’s heavy,” he announced, as he put it in his pocket and then promptly64 forgot it.
At the cabin they found not only Andy and Chester and their family anxiously awaiting them, but Mr. Hopkins.
“Thank goodness, you are back safe,” exclaimed Mrs. Porter. “I was so worried.”
“It was a bit risky65 for you two boys,” commented the wealthy wheat-grower. “The miscreants would probably have been more glad to hurt you than your dam.”
“Don’t baby them, Mr. Hopkins,” exclaimed Margie. “I don’t believe they searched at all. Probably they hid until it was time to come back. I know I could have found something if—”
“Is that so, Miss Smarty? Well, we did find something; see?” flared66 Ted. And he drew the chunk of quartz from his pocket, displaying it mockingly.
Amused, the others gazed at the stone, then suddenly Andy exclaimed:
“Let me see it.”
“Look out, it’s heavy,” laughed the boy, as he tossed it to the agent.
As he caught it, Andy hefted it, then examined it closely, scraping it with his knife.
“Where did you find it?” he asked, in evident excitement.
“It’s gold—that is, it’s quartz-bearing gold.”
“Gold. Oh my, and I thought it was blood,” cried Phil, and quickly he told of the manner of the discovery.
“Pretty good work, I call it,” said Mr. Hopkins. “You set out to find some ‘bad men’ and ran onto a gold mine.”
“But it’s on Joy’s land,” declared Phil.
“But you found it,” returned the girl.
“H’m! Guess you’d better arrange a partnership68, Jasper,” smiled the millionaire. “Phil found it and Joy owns it.”
“We’ll leave that to the young people,” chuckled the old settler. “But first let’s all go see the vein69.”
Quickly the blacks were harnessed into the big wagon70, hay, rugs, and pillows thrown in, and soon they were excitedly discussing the surprising and delightful71 discovery, as they jolted72 along.
It was impossible to drive to the spot, but when they reached the cliff Andy, after a hurried examination, declared that it was a real vein of gold.
“I knew there was gold in this country, but I didn’t know where to look for it,” commented the millionaire. And on their return he related numerous experiences he and his agents had had prospecting73.
Arrived at the cabin, they found Petersen, who lost no time in declaring that Hall, Perkins, and Simmons were the ones who had tried to blow up the dam.
“Sure you weren’t there too?” demanded Mr. Hopkins.
“Yes, sir. I’m good now. I prove by catching Hall, Perkins, and Simmons, yes?”
“You certainly will, if you deliver them to the sheriff at Bradley,” declared Andy.
“When can we begin mining?” asked Ted.
“After the harvest. The gold will keep, but your crops won’t,” smiled the millionaire.
“Besides, we’ll need the harvest money to buy tools to work the mine,” interposed the ever practical Sallie.
“As to that, I shall be glad to finance the company,” returned Mr. Hopkins. “Jasper, now we’ve learned there really is gold there, how about that partnership?”
“I said we’d leave it to the young people, Si.” Eagerly all eyes were turned upon Phil and Joy. Blushing furiously, the boy and girl looked at one another, then Phil said:
“I think we can arrange it.”
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