Boys, I tell you, Reade, has the right stuff in him, if he is only a youngster.

He knows the enemies he has made over in Paloma, and he understands the risks be has been taking in making such enemies.

He proved to us that he can stand that sort of thing and be our friend.

Look at this thing, will you ?" With something of a look of wonder the speaker drew out the bankbook that he had acquired the afternoon before.
"I've got forty dollars in bank," he continued, in something of a tone of awe.

"Forty friends of mine that I've put away to work and do good things for me! If I don't touch this money for some years then I'll find that this money has grown to be a lot more than forty dollars!" "Or else you'll find that some bank clerk is up in Canada spending it," jeered a companion.
"I don't care what the clerk does.