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The Iron Furrow

CHAPTER III
10/18

Copy the description from the mortgage in my file in the vault.

Afterward credit six hundred dollars to--What is your name ?" "Lee Bryant." "Six hundred dollars to Lee Bryant, Isidro.

Mr.Bryant will give you his signature." Again facing his visitor, he said, "Do you know that that ranch has no water to speak of?
I'm afraid you may not find the property what you expect." "It has a good appropriation from the Pinas River here." "Ah, but it can't be used," Menocal exclaimed, with a bland smile.
"I propose to use it." "What!" Bryant kept his eyes fixed on the amazed banker's orbs.
"Didn't I speak clearly ?" he inquired.

"I own one hundred and twenty-five second feet of water in this river and it's my intention to apply it.

I'm going to make a real ranch down there." A shadow seemed to settle on Menocal's face, leaving it altered, less placid, more purposeful.
"Considerable capital will be required to build a canal there," he remarked.


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