Then they saw on their left high but bare and desolate mountains, and soon they came to a little river of clear water, apparently flowing down from the range.

The stream was not over twenty feet wide and two feet deep, but its appearance was inexpressibly grateful to both.

They sat down on its banks and looked at each other.
"Ned," said Obed, "how much dust of the desert do you think I am carrying upon me?
Let your answer be without prejudice.

Friendship in this case must not stand in the way of truth." "Do you mean by weight or by area ?" "Both." "Answering by guess I should say about three square yards, or about three pounds.

Wouldn't you say about the same for me ?" "Just about the same.