ts of whom Dick had spoken.

"Any of you men ever drill a well?" asked Roger. Two of the older men
promptly nodded. "All right, Dick, here you are. Rabbit Tail, how many
burros did you bring? Thirty. By Jove, that's fine! Now three of you
must start clearing this space between the corral and pump house. See, I
have it all pegged out. But, Rabbit Tail, I want all the mechanics down
at the Plant."

The old Indian nodded, then said, "Where's Charley? You tell her come
out here."

"She's up at the house," said Dick. "There she is, on the porch with the
squaw. Oh, Charley! Come here!"

Charley came rapidly down the trail. Old Rabbit Tail shook hands with
her solemnly. "Here is the gang. Old Rabbit Tail keep promise, see? I
tell all these men why we come. See? They glad do this for white squaw
good to Injuns. You say 'How' to them."

Charley's fine eyes deepened with unshed tears. "I am so grateful to all
of you!" she exclaimed. "I want to shake hands with each of you," and
she went down the line, the strangers among the Indians looking at her
with frank curiosity and interest.

This little ceremony having been completed to Rabbit Tail's obvious
satisfaction, the old chief set his men at the tasks designated at the
Ranch and then with the rest of the gang and the string of burros, he
followed Roger down to the Plant.

That was a mad week. The Indians showed a willingness to work that Roger
had never seen equaled by white men. They were as curious about the Sun
Plant as children and deeply interested in Roger's explanation of it.
Their general intelligence Roger found to be high above that of the
average gang of whites. He never before had had the thrill of working
with a crowd of mechanics who combined skill, intelligence and interest
to this degree. The four machinists proved to be all that Dick had said
and more. In all his life, Roger had never had so deeply satisfying a
seven days. This, in spite of the fact that he worked like his men from
daylight until dark, stopping only to eat the bountiful meals that the
girls, with the Indian women, prepared at the ranch. This, in spite of
ferocious heat and almost insuperable mechanical difficulties owing to
the lack of lifting and trucking facilities.

For the first four days of the week, Dick was quite despondent about the
water problem. But on Friday afternoon, as Roger was superintending the
reerection of the condenser, he heard a wild shout and beheld Dick and
his f