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When he left the office he went direct to Ah Sing 's ranch . `` Ah Sing , '' said Bob , `` I want you to turn over to me your $ 80,000 claim against Reedy Jenkins for picking his eight thousand bales of cotton , and give me power of attorney to collect it . '' `` Allee light , I give him . '' The next morning when the Mexican official came down to the office at ten o'clock he assured Bob most regretfully that although impetuous and violent efforts had been made to right his wrongs , unfortunately so far they had found no law governing the case . The Dillenbeck Company was a private water company , owned by American citizens ; the Mexican officials had no power to fix the rate . Bob went direct to the Mexican cotton gin . `` Jenkins '' -- Bob sat down on the edge of the offered chair , his feet on the floor , his knees bent as though ready to spring up -- `` I need to begin watering the Red Butte to-day , but your man tells me he has orders to keep the gates shut . ''