The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . /^i^ ^-^^3^. l-roHi phutuijraijli by C C. Iicrcc vV Cu. AN INDIAN WELL IN THE DESERT ^9 The Land of Thirst 21 thirst, tight to the death for a few drops ofwater. Not loiiij^ at(o a respectable citizen of a HttleCahfornia town had occasion to cross thedesert at a point where water-holes were fewand far apart. H(; depended upon obtainingwater at a certain ranch, established at one ofthe oases on his route, and when he arrivedthere he and his guide and burros were in sadcondition, havinof been several hours withoutwater. He gave his guide a fi
The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . /^i^ ^-^^3^. l-roHi phutuijraijli by C C. Iicrcc vV Cu. AN INDIAN WELL IN THE DESERT ^9 The Land of Thirst 21 thirst, tight to the death for a few drops ofwater. Not loiiij^ at(o a respectable citizen of a HttleCahfornia town had occasion to cross thedesert at a point where water-holes were fewand far apart. H(; depended upon obtainingwater at a certain ranch, established at one ofthe oases on his route, and when he arrivedthere he and his guide and burros were in sadcondition, havinof been several hours withoutwater. He gave his guide a five-dollar gold-piece and told him to see the rancher andpurchase the water necessary to carry themto the next watering-place. It happened thatthe ranchers well was in danger of going dry,and he declined the money, refusing to partwith any water. Pleadings were unavailing,and the guide returned to his employer andreported his inability to make a deal. Thenthe staid citizen arose in his wrath and, with aten-dollar gold-piece in one hand and a revolverin the other,
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