And since there were four boys with decided ideas upon the
subject--ideas which harmonized only in the fundamental desire to
harry the interlopers, the thing was not to be done without much
time being wasted in fruitless argument.
Wally insisted upon running the water all into a sandy hollow
where much of it would seep away and a lake would do no harm, the
main objection to that being that it required digging at least a
hundred yards of new ditch, mostly through rocky soil.
Jack wanted to close all the headgates and just let the water go
where it wanted to--which was easy enough, but ineffective,
because most of it found its way into the ditches farther down
the slope.
Gene and Clark did not much care how the thing was done--so long
as it was done their way. At least, that is what they said.
It was Good Indian who at length settled the matter. There were
five springs altogether; he proposed that each one make himself
responsible for a certain spring, and see to it that no water
reached the jumpers.
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