I ought to want to--for dad's sake....

But I don't--I don't." She longed above all things to be good, loyal, loving, helpful, to show her gratitude for the home and the affection that had been bestowed upon a nameless waif.

Bill Belllounds had not been under any obligation to succor a strange, lost child.

He had done it because he was big, noble.
Many splendid deeds had been laid at the old rancher's door.

She was not of an ungrateful nature.