Cleveland County herald., 1918-04-18

"l'm Going to Marry You, Sheba." hot cheeks. He did not speak, but she felt the steady insistence of his gaze. In self-defense she looked at him.
 The pallor of his face lent accent to the fire that smoldered in his eyes.
 'Pm going to marry you, Sheba. Make up your mind to that, girl," he said harshly.
 There was infinite pity In the look she gave him. "'There's caulder things than salt waves between us, so they are," she quoted.
 Not If I love you and you love me. By the Lord, I trample down every thing that comes between us."
 She knew the tremendous driving power of the man and she was afraid in her heart that he would sweep her from the moorings to which she clung.
 There is something else I haven't told you" The embarrassed lashes lifted bravely from the flushed cheeks to meet steadily his look. q don't think that I-care for you. 'Tis I that S- ol Aiy-lllhlSutSS. but don't-not with the full of my heart"
 His bold, possessive eyes yielded no fraction of all they claimed. "Time enough for that, Sheba. Truth is that you're afraid to let yourself love me. You're worried because you can't measure me by the little two-by-four foot-rule you brought from Ireland with you.''
 Sheba nodded her dusky little head in naive candor. q think there will be some truth in that, MT. Macdonald. You're lawless, you know"
 I'm law to myself, if that's what you mean. It is.my business to help hammer out an empire in this North land. No need for me to brag. What l have done speaks for me as guide post to what mean to do."
 q know" the girl admitted with the impetuous generosity of her race. Il hear it from everybody. You have built towns and railroads and devel oped mines and carried the twentieth century into new outposts. You have given work to thousands. But you go so fast I can't keep step with you. l am one of the little folks for whom laws were made"
 "Then I'll make new code for you," he said, smiling. "Just do as say and everything will come out right.'
 Faintly her smile met his. 'My grandmother might have agreed to that. But we live in a new world for women. They have to make their own decisions. I suppose that is a part of the penalty we pay for freedom
 Diane came into the room and Mac donald turned to her.
 Il have just been telling Sheba that l am going to marry her-that there is no escape for her. She had better get used to the idea that I intend to make her happy"
 The older cousin glanced at Sheba and laughed with a touch of embar- rassment. Whether she wants to be happy or not, o Cave Man?"
 I'm going to make her want to-
 Sheba fled, but from the door she flung back her challenge. T don't think so."
 
 Macdonald kept his word to Sheba. He used his influence to get Elliot re- leased, and with a touch of cynicism quite characteristic went on the bond of his rival. An information was filed against the field agent of the land de- pertinent for highway robbery and at- tempted murder, but Gordon went about his business just as if he were not under a cloud. z None the less, he walked the streets marked man. Women and children looked at him curiously and whis- pered as he passed. The sullen, hos tile eyes of miners measured him si- lently.
 In the states the fight between the coal claimants and their foes was growing more bitter. The muckrakers were busy, and the sentiment outside had settled so definitely against grant ing the patents that the national ad- ministration might at any time jettison Macdonald and his packers as sop to public opinion.
 It was not hard for Gordon to guess how unpopular he was, but he did not let this interfere with his activities. He moved to and fro among the mining camps with absolute disregard of the growing hatred against him. Paget came to him at last with a warning. "What's that I hear about you being