But
as I have said, I do not think you are a fool, and nobody but a fool
could hate Betty. So I have persuaded her that even if you should come
to look upon her in that light she owes it to me to stay until the
conditions are fulfilled.
"It is my own hope that by this time you have made friends with her.
Perhaps--I am not going to offer you any advice, but Betty is a jewel,
and you might do worse. You probably will if you haven't sense enough
to take her--if you can get her. I have given her your picture, and
she likes you in spite of the reputation I have given you. She says
you have good eyes. Now, if a girl once gets in that mood there's no
end of the things she won't do for a man. And the man would be an
ingrate if he didn't try to live up to her specifications after he
found that out. That's why I am telling you. Faith made a certain
disciple walk on the water, and lack of it caused the same one to sink.
Do a little thinking just here. If you do you are safe, and if you
don't you are not worth saving.
"This is all about Betty. Whatever happens, I think she will be a
match for you.
"Betty will give you another thousand dollars. With it you will fix up
the corrals, the bunkhouse, and the stable.
"Perhaps you will want to know why I have not so much faith in you as
Betty has.
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