"
Dale reddened.
"I don't mind admittin' she is," he grinned.
"Look out, Dale," warned the other; "there's danger there. Many a big
project has been ruined by men dragging a woman into it. You have no
right to jeopardize this thing with a love affair. Peggy Nyland is
desirable to a man of your intense passion, I suppose; but this project
is bigger than any woman's love!"
"Bah!" sneered Dale. "I can 'tend to her without losin' sight of the
main object."
"All right, then," laughed the other. "The success of this thing
depends largely on you. We can't do a thing with the Legislature;
these sagebrush fools are adamant on the question of water-rights, They
won't restrict an owner's right and title to possession of all the
water on his land.
"And he can dam the stream as much as he pleases, providing he don't
cut down the supply that normally flows to his neighbors; and the gorge
doesn't supply any water to the basin, so that Bransford would be
justified in directing the gorge stream.
"In other words, old Bransford's title to the land that the gorge runs
through is unassailable.
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