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Sam kicked a clod of dry sod. It crumbled
into powdery dust. He searched the sky for
rain clouds but the sun grinned down unmer-
cifully. The cattle lowed piteousfy at times.
Once a well-fed lot, they showed their ribs
now through scrawny coats.

Martha came out of the ranch house to
glance wearily at the unpromising sky. A horse
clattered up.

"Hi, Todd," Som greeted his neighboring
rancher cheerfully. But there was nothing
cheerful for the two men to talk about, as
they scuffed the bone dry soil.

"Sure looks bod," muttered Todd. "If we
don't get rain soon, I'll ship my stock and
selT out, even at a loss."

"We'll oil have to, maybe," aqreed Sam,
disconsolately.

"By the way, dropped by to tell you there's
a tough-looking stranger about. If he comes
by, give him a wide berth."

"Why?" asked Sam.

"A bad penny, if you osk me," confided
Todd. "Looks plenty mean. When he offered
to do chores for a square meal, I chased him
pronto. Can't take risks with every hobo you
see, waiting to rob you when your back's
turned."

"Can't tell a bad penny just by looking at
it," returned Sam without alarm.

"You have too much faith in human nature.
Don't soy I didn't warn you." Todd rode off,
shaking his head.

Som turned to his chores. He was stacking
wood for Martha's stove when he heard a
light footstep behind him. Sam whirled at
the unshaven man who had come up silently.

"Name's John," the stranger offered, in a
hoarse voice,

"Howdy," nodded Som, looking him over.
It was Todd's "bad penny" all right— unkempt,
lean and hungry, with a pair of cold eyes and

a lopsided jaw. The stranger suddenly picked
up the axe, balancing it in his hand, with a
speculative glance at Sam.

With one move, he would hove Sam at
his mercy. . . .

"Any man," said Som steadily, "who earns
his keep here gets o shore of my wife's cook-
ing,"

John's ugly face twitched a moment, before
it split into a wide grin. "Thanks, mister," he
said, storting to chop with quick, sure strokes.

Sam smiled as he turned awijy. "Poor fel-
low," he thought. "Stared at me like a sick
dog before. Afraid I'd kick and chase him
away. Reckon most folks do, like Todd. But
o penny isn't bad— just because it doesn't
shine."

Later, after one of Martha's hearty meals,
the two men talked over their pipes. Now
washed and tidy, John didn't look tough at
all. In fact, he looked shrewd, intelligent.
John confided that he hadn't olways been a
destitute hobo.

"You won't believe this," he finished hes-
itantly, "but I'm a geologist— without a job."

"A good penny, like I thought," chuckled
Sam to himself. "Woit till I tell Todd!"

John went on casually. "By the way, I no-
ticed a typical formation— we call it alluvial
in geology— which looked to me as though it
might cover o hidden spring. It's on your
land, Sam."

Sam dropped his pipe. "Where? Show me!"

The arroyo was rocky and the horses stum-
bled. It looked impossible for any hidden
spring to lurk in the stony bottom. But John
kicked stones aside and began scooping moist
dirt. Sam joined him eagerly.

Before his astonished eyes, he sow o trickle
begin to form.

"A deep pressure fissure," informed John.
"Plenty of water will keep coming— for years.
Enough to irrigate most of your land."

"Saved," Sam breathed, in the tones of a
prayer of thanks.

He looked at the stranger.

"Saved by a Bad Penny. . . ."

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