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98 RAINBOW VALLEYisn't a bit like father I mean He's a thousand timesbetter and kinder.""If He's as good as your father He'll do for me,"said Mary.felt as if"When your father was talking to me II never could be bad any more.""I wish you'd talk to father about Him," sighedUna. "He can explainit all so much better than Ican.""Why, so I will, next time he wakes up," promisedMary. "That night he talked to me in the study heshowed me real clear that my praying didn't kill Mrs.Wiley. My mind's been easy since, but I'm real cautiousabout praying. I guess the old rhymeis thesafest. Say, Una, it seems to me if one has to prayto anybody it'd be better to pray to the devil than toGod. God's good, anyhow, so you say, so He won'tdo you any harm, but from all I can make out thedevil needs to be peacified. 7 think the sensible waywould be to say to him, 'Good devil, please don't temptme. Just leave me alone, please.' Now, don't you?""Oh, no, no, Mary. I'm sure it couldn't be rightto pray to the devil. And it wouldn't do any goodbecause he's bad. It might aggravate him and he'd beworse than ever.""Well, as to this God-matter," said Mary stubbornly,"since you and I can't settle it, there ain't nouse in talking more about it until we've a chanct tofind out the rights of it.then."I'l do the best I can atone till