Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-03

h"eHt. ne isn't Sun0ay-SchOOl 81.
perintendent IL that's what you mean"
THAT isn't what I mean at all. BEt
there's such a thing as q difference
between right and wrong. isn't there?'"'
"Oh. yes. For instance, Mr.. Mad
donald is right about the need Of de.
veloping Alaska and the way to do 1t.
and you are wrong"
I'm not talking about essential
right and wrong. Miss O'Neill is ideal
izing Macdonald. l don't suppose
you've told her. for instance, that he
made his first money In the North
running a dance hail."
mo, haven't told her any such
thing, because 1t isn't true" she re-
piled scornfully. "He owned an opera
house and brought in a company Of
players. 1 dare say they danced
That's very different, as you'd know II
you didn't have astigmatism 0f the
mind"
mot the way the story was told me.
But let that pass. Does she know that
Macdonald beat her father out of one
Of the best claims on Bonanza and was
indirectly responsible for his death?"
whats the use of talking nonsense,
Gordon. You know you can't prove
that" his friend told him sharply.
81 think l can-if 1t is necessary"
Diane looked across at him with an
impudent little tilt of the chin. II
don't think / like you as well as
used to-"
Sorry. because I'd like you just as
well. Diane. If you would stop trying
to manage your cousin into a marriage
that will spoil her life" he answered
gravely. "The happiness Of Miss
O'Neill is of very great Importance to
me-"
do you mean-?" Wide-eyed, she
looked her question straight at him.
THAT'S just what l mean, Diane"
She darned for a minute in silence.
1t had occurred to Diane before that
perhaps Gordon might be in love win
Sheba, but she had put the thought
from her because she did not want
to believe 1t.
That's different, Gordon. 1t ex-
plains-and in way excuses-your
coming here and trying to bully me-"
She stopped her work to flash a ques-
ton at him. Don't you think that
maybe it's only fancy Of yours? I
remember you used"
He shook his head. mo chance.
Diane. I'm hard hit She's the only
girl l ever met that suited me. Every
thing she does is right. Every move
she makes is wonderful"
The eyes with which she looked at
him were softer, as those of women
are wont to be for the true romance.
"YOu poor boy" she murmured, and
let her hand for a moment rest on his.
Meaning that I lose" he asked
quickly.
II think you do. I'm not sure"
Elliot leaned forward impulsively.
"Be good sport, Diane. Let me have
my chance, too. Why do you make
It easy for Macdonald and hard for
me? Isn't it because the glamor Of his
blinds your"
"He's big, splendid man, but
don't like him any the less because
he has the power to make life easy
and comfortable for Sheba," she de-
Tended sturdily.
"Yet you turned down Arthur West.
the best catch in your set, to marry
Peter. who was the worst" he re-
minded her. "Have you ever been
sorry for it?"
She required to the previous uues-
ton. "Sheba knows more about Mr..
than you think. And about
how he got her fathers claim, for in
has heard all that"
you told herY
"NO. Colby Macdonald told her. He
said he practically robbed her father.
and he gave her check for nearly two |
hundred thousand to cover the clean.
up from the claim and interest"
Bully for him." On the heel of |
his he flung question at her. did