The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-23

guest.
ooh, he's back, is he?" remarked
Gordon mOOdily.
"He came back this morning. Sheba
has gone up with him to see the Lucky
Strike"
you're going to marry her to that
man if you can, aren't you?" he
charged.
eff l can, Gordon" She slipped
darning ball into one of little Peters
stockings and placidly trimmed the
hole.
cts what 1 call a conspiracy"
''Is it," Diane smiled.
Gordon understood her smile to
mean he was jealous.
Maybe am That's not the point"
he answered, just as if she had made
her accusation in words.
Suppose you tell me what the point
is" she suggested.
''He isn't good enough for her. You
know that perfectly Well"
"GOOd enoughr' She shrugged her
shoulders. "What man is good enough
for a nice girl, if you come to that?
There are other things besides sugary
goodness. Any man who is strong can
make himself good enough for the
woman he loves"
Generally speaking, yes. But Colby
Macdonald is different"
"Thank heaven he is" she retOrted
impatiently. Then added after a mo-
ment: "He isn't a Sunday-schOOl su-
perintendent if that's what you mean
THAT isn't what l mean at all. But
there's such a thing as a difference
between right and wrong, isn't there?"
ooh, yes. For instance, Mr.. Mac
donald is right about the need of de-
velOping Alaska and the way to do it,
and you are wrong"
I'm not talking about essential
right and wrong. Miss O'NeilI is ideal
izing Macdonald. 1 don't suppose
you've told her, for instance, that he
made his first money in the North
running a dance hall"
'NO, l haven't told her any such
thing, because it isn't true" she re-
piled scOrnfully. "He owned an opera
house and brought in a company of
players. l dare say they danced
That's very different, as you'd know if
you didn't have astigmatiSm of the
mind
"NOt 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?"
"What's the use of talking nonsense,
Gordon. You know you can't prove
that" his friend told him sharply.
II think I can-if it is necessary"
Diane looked across at him with an
impudent little tilt of the chin. Il
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-T' 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 with
Sheba, but she had put the thought
from her because she did not want
to believe it.
'That's different, Gordon. 1t ex-
plains-and in a 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 a fancy of yours? I
remember you used"
He shook his head. mo chance,
Diane. I'm hard hit. She's the only
girl 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.
81 think you do. I'm not sure"
Elliot leaned forward impulsively.
''Be a good sport, Diane. Let me have
my chance. too. Why do you make
1t easy for Macdonald and hard for
me? Isn't it because the glamor of his
millions blinds your"
Hes a big, splendid man, but I
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 ques-
ton. "Sheba knows more about Mr..