Hidden Water
“I never saw a sheepman yet that would fight, but you’ve got to”
HIDDEN WATER
By DANE COOLIDGE
With Four Illustrations in Color By MAYNARD DIXON
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York
COPYRIGHT A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1910
Published October 29, 1910 Second Edition, December 3, 1910
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England
All rights reserved
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Dane Coolidge
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ILLUSTRATIONS
HIDDEN WATER
CHAPTER I
THE MOUSE
CHAPTER II
THE MAN FROM CHERRYCOW
CHAPTER III
THE TRAIL OF THE SHEEP
CHAPTER IV
DON PABLO MORENO
CHAPTER V
HIDDEN WATER
CHAPTER VI
THE CROSSING
CHAPTER VII
HELL’S HIP POCKET
CHAPTER VIII
A YEAR’S MAIL
CHAPTER IX
MORONI
CHAPTER X
“FEED MY SHEEP”
CHAPTER XI
JUMPED
CHAPTER XII
THE GARDEN IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER XIII
A SNOW-SCENE
CHAPTER XIV
FOREBODINGS
CHAPTER XV
THE CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XVI
THE DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XVII
CHICO AND GRANDE
CHAPTER XVIII
BAD BLOOD
CHAPTER XIX
THE BIG DRUNK
CHAPTER XX
THE DROUGHT
CHAPTER XXI
THE FLOOD
CHAPTER XXII
PORTENTS OF WAR
CHAPTER XXIII
THE LAST CROSSING
CHAPTER XXIV
THE END OF IT ALL