| Show HOW teddye papa owns it large tattle cattle ranch one summer bummer there was aa ft a drought ought di the springs dried up tind the st reanis became trickling rills lills or disappear el rho cattle Wall derea restlessly over the I 1 ange lit in search of water teddye tather father sent to the nearest town tomi and lind had men conic with ith steam drills and tron lion pipes to bortan ar well cl so that thuie there louia ill ili ways be plenty of water for foi the cattle they bored town lon ji everal hundred feet lit in hopes of finding an all alli but they could not do so bo and had anul to give up ui tile quest they went away any taking their tools with them lut but leaving what lint brently interested teddy a deep liole hole loucil with iron iran ripe pipe lie ile would take the board off the pipe and peer down mid tile elicit aroi jn ill a rock ana see sec how ninny he be could count before leloie it struck the bottom otte one night after ile ho had gono to ird bed lie heard ills hl papa talking to ills his uia ma uia ma lie ile said last blizzard killed scores of the cattle lc rud now tills this drought conics cocca they 1 hey are suffering for foi water and better pasture it 11 nil all outgo arid and not In inconis Inco conic iio I 1 dont know how loll 1011 long we c enn can keep keel it up tip in ili a few years teddy will 31 be old aid enough to in help me inc but I 1 cant put it a year cur old hoy boy on oil the roundup round up nor keep him nil it any lit in tilt saddle looking after cattle teddy did lots lota of serious thinking luring during the next ecat few dis days d is how lie he wished ho he conail help ills his pava papa in sonic nayl and the opportunity ciline came lit in a way that hint toddy teddy least expected otte day lie he over to where heio tilt the well hail had bored for the artesian nit well all lie ile peered into it but it was sis black us its night lie ile gathered a handful of loll 1011 long dry prairie grass rolled it lit in a amali ploce of birch bark lit in lie ho hall ft a piece ol 01 rock lighted it will trapped dropped it down the well then he put his face close to the edge and watched it blaze banye as it fell down arid down suddenly a long red column of name leaped with a rushing balse before teddy lind time to putt pull his liend head away the force of the explosion sent him hani rolling over ner and over away from the mouth of oc the well c tho the alaine shot high up and blazed fler fiercely cely for it 11 moment or two teddy was terribly tightened ills eyes smarted and ana he could see BOC a bright ud red baino dancing before him litin him in fit whichever direction tic bo looked with scorched scotched scot ched hat arid and staged singed hair lie ran lan home ns as fast as lie ho could ile he told his 1119 papa what hn biad happened ills ilia pipi papa went to the wel atoll and a bixl ixl when lio lie camo came bick back lie he sat ald teddy my boy I 1 think your our accident Is going to inake our fortune foi tune our well irell has haa tapped a small aln eveln of natural gas and I 1 think if 1 wo we go deeper we shall strike oil so ilio iho well ell diggers cattle came out again and resumed before long they caino cown COMI to tile the oil all tile iho oil all callip rus rusSil llvy rg out nit faster thin than they hey could rave ie it fordys Fod dys lys pupa papa sold the oil well to 11 an 11 oil com company pally for foi a good alce arid with the money lie he bought a ranch in another where there was plenty of pasture and aaa water atar aidi shipped ills his cattle to the new ranch toddy teddy is learning all lie he can call about niana mariar slig hg a cattle ranch because when lie ho la Is old enough ills his father is going gain to take hini him for a partner P lockley Lock lcy jr in ill st nicholas |
