I nearly always carry some water along, because they ain't but one creek, and they ain't no wells .-- Have a drink, miss ?" And he politely pulled out the wooden stopper of a jug and offered it with a hand which jumped in spite of himself.
"Thank you, sir," said the girl, and her uncle added his courteous thanks also.

"What I meant to ask, sir, however," he continued, "is what is the prospect of getting water in this part of the country in case we should like to settle in here ?" "Oh, that ?" said Sam.

"Why, say, you couldn't very well hit it much better.

Less'n a mile farther down this trail to the south you come to the Sinks of the White Woman Creek.

They's most always some water in that creek, and you can git it there any place by diggin' ten or twenty feet.
"That's good," said the stranger.