They worked hard through the rest of the day, and by tea-time the water had begun to trickle over the ridge in many little rills.  It seemed, indeed, that there would be no necessity to dig the channels of which Templeton had spoken, the slope of the ground and the natural fan-like spreading of the streams promising that in due time the whole field would be thoroughly watered.  Tired, but well pleased with the success of their experiment, they returned to the farmhouse.