Arizona state miner., 1926-10-30

| tellect. Brain ana neart were at OQQS.
| But two things had come plainly
out of the muddle. He wanted to
carry out the work. That was a thing
| that should be done-if he did not
someone else would, sooner or later,
make the same discovery. And he
wanted Betty Clinton. 1t was not that
he merely did not want to lose her
respect and friendship-he wanted
her. The desire of her continually in
hibited concentration on his project.
He woke before dawn, moved his
horse to a better patch for browsing,
took his probe and geologist's hammer
and started to work, resOlutely dis
missing any aftermath of the nights
problem. He had not brought wading
boots with him and he took off shoes
and socks and puttees, turned up the
laced ends of his riding breeches and
waded out into the gut where the pent-
up waters of Hermanos when the val
ley was a lake, had broken through
The sun was two hours high before
he came out of the creek, his pockets
purpose accomplished. He had still
to refer to certain geological reports
to analyze his samples, but he was
sure of the result
His jaw was set and his face grave
from concentration. but 1t shone with
certain satisfaction.
THAT problem is solved" he said
aloud as he mounted his horse at last
and rode the willing steed down can
yon toward the breakfast that both
craved. He did not notice the man
who came out on the suspension
bridge. and watched him until the fo-
lfage shut him from view
1t was Padilla. The Mexican's face
was puzzled. suspicious. He could
not understand why ell senor should
have stayed the night at the head of
the canyon. He descended to the creek
bed readily finding evidence of what
Caleb had been doing, evidence that
a day or so would have erased. He
saw where Caleb had gone down into
the stream and his quick eyes noted
where the rocks had been Clipped. A
convulSiOn came over his face with the
sudden conviction that the guest had
been up to no good.
'The dam Gringo, Yankee spy! he
muttered. But his thoughts were
twisted. He remembered Caleb's gal
liant action with the bull. He could
not justify the two affairs. And he
could not comprehend what Caleb had
been up to. Unless it was mining.
And there was no gold on Gabilan, no
silver or cinnabar. Save that what
ever he had DONE he had accomplished
secretly, deliberately giving out the
impression that he had gone down the
canyon the night before. He decided
to talk the matter over with Maria.
For four days Caleb worked day and
night almost increasingly. Every night
he practiced his qualities as Water
Diviner. He cut his own hazel twigs
and. as soon as the moon was up, he
went out on the desolate surface of
the Sink, with results that justified
his first impressions. There was wa
ter everywhere. 1t backed up to the
southern border and the presence of
the water proved that clay lay under
it. This he verified by finding clay
on the side hills with his boring
probe His cistern had walls as we'll
as bottom, lining that was imper-
viOus. 1t was a giant clay saucer hold
ing water for the population of
whole city.
At the end Of the time he was worn
lean and tired in body. Sleep had
been snatched in catnaps through the
day. before the moon came up and In
the early hours Of dawn. He returned
to the hotel. gave up his horse and
slept luxuriously for thirty hours
But, before he went to bed, he dis.
patched telegram. It was to his law.
yer in the East, to whom he had given
certain powerS-Of-attorney concerning
the possible sale of his house In the
message he urged an instant sale, even
at some slight sacrifice, and asked for
the wired remittance of the price
through his Golden bank.
Quick with enthusiasm, he went
back to Golden, fully rested, to com
plete plans for submission to Cox. The
latter, he found was out of town and
not expected for two weeks. This
suited Caleb, who had much to do.
He hired a small office and equipped
it with drafting table, desk, small
filing cabinet and two stOC1s.
He had to set his plans on paper. to
make drawings, put together rough es,
Inmates. and he resolved to make a
working model of the whole project
He did not anticipate being able to
do more than suggest the magnitude
Of the affair and it's. cost. What he
mainly hoped for was to prove its
practicability, and the model would
go far toward that.
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