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. It is because one day a man from the Durango country
stopped here for a day. He told me he knew you--that you were
cold-blooded and a hard case. Then I knew you hadn't improved after
leaving home. And so you must continue to do Betty's will, and mine.
Do you doubt this is for your own good?

"YOUR FATHER."

When Calumet folded the letter and placed it in a pocket, he leaned his
arms on the table again and regarded Betty intently.

"Do you know what is in this letter?" he said, tapping the pocket into
which he had placed it.

"No."

"There is something missing from the letter, ain't there?"

"Yes," she returned; "a thousand dollars." She passed it over to him.
As before, there were ten one-hundred-dollar bills.

His eyes flashed with mocking triumph. "If you don't know what is in
this letter--if you didn't read it--how do you know that I am to have
this money?" he said.

She silently passed over another envelope and watched him with a smile
of quiet contempt as he removed the contents and read:

"BETTY:--Give Calumet a thousand dollars when you turn over letter
number three to him.

"JAMES MARSTON."

Calumet looked at the envelope; Betty's name was on the face of it.
The triumph in his eyes was succeeded by embarrassment. He looked up
to see Betty's amused gaze on him.

"Well?" she questioned.

"Most women would have read it," he said. He got up and went outside,
leaving her to look after him, not knowing whether he had meant to
compliment her or not.

He found Dade and Malcolm standing near the stable. There was a
brilliant moon. At Dade's invitation they all went down to the
bunkhouse. In spite of the dilapidated appearance of its exterior, the
interior of the building was in comparatively good conditi