The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-26
THE TWO
 SUTTORS
By EDITH V ROSS

N By EDITH V. ROSS
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 Mss Arabella SImm0ndg was very Vmauuc young lady, one of thoso girls who dream of a prince who Is to come |lnd carry her oG ln spite of family ont friends and other suitora. She spent a great dcll of limo pICturing him in her minds cyo-tall, shapely and wI,hallm, maculatc lu hls dress.
 When the prince came be came dou- ble-that l8, there were two sult0u, both of whom, though they did not Ian Miss Slmmonds dreams were lue ,o look upon One wu8 Peter Dowdy, with nothing unrOmandC about hm but his name; tho other Edwin Lcdwith, whose numo was well enough, but hls manly beauty suffered O slight imper. lection from a buld spot the size of a .Blver dollar ne8r the part In bis halr
 Both of these young men being 0t Miss SImmonds' disposal both being especially desirable to her, she heai. ated a l0ng whlle between them, Chen one day made uD her mind she would accept MT. Ledwlth Tho reason for this was tb0t she would prefer a bus. band with a bald spot to being called Mrs. Dowdy.
 l Tt SO happened that Che evening Of tbe day on which she came to thls con. cluslon both these gentlemen called .upon her. Both bad proposed and both were unxlously expecting au answer. Mr. Dowdy called anst He had not been with Che lady long before she told ! hIm that she bad been considering hls oGcr that she admired and respected hlm. but she did not love hlm well enough to marry him Tho look of melancholy with which thls dismissal was received quite touched Miss Slm- monds' heart. Re uttered no word of reproach, said nothing about having been led on to bis discontinue; be sim- ply withdrew as one who had received Ibis quIetus and should have expect. edit.
 l lt was quite dark outside when Do |lcft tbc house. and there was no street lamp ucar Coal had been put iu dur. Ing the afternoon. and thc colored man who dld the job bud neglected to TO- place thc lld after having Finished the .job
 The result wus that Mir Dowdy step ped right down Into a coal biu Ho . fcll and was some ume rolling about on Che coal before he could get on bis ! feet again. Then. to hIs horror, be dis- covered that the hole through which be bad dropped was too far above him to be reached There was a door to |. the coal bln but lt was locked
 Mir. Dowdy's object was Co get out . without attracting attention. The egress be preferred was by Che hole above. and be set to work hc0plng up the coal that be might form a pyramid on which Co stand, catch 0t the side of the hole aud draw himself up and out ! Be bad nothing to work with except . bis hands. but be sc00pcd hard aud succeeded In forming quite a sIzoblc pile He knew that when be stepped on lt lt would give way, SO be did bis climbing rapidly ln order to make reach before being let down The re- suit was a ian and a roll and the ! light spring suit he wore. Che tUn 8pats, bis shirt front. collar, cuGs, face and hands were aI as blncE as tle nee Of spades
 Discouraged, be examined the door Of Che bin and found It securely lock. cd A cholce of two things remained either he must remain there Indefinite |ly or be must kick for some one to come and let him out He shrank from Iappcarlng before the girl who had arst refused him begrlmed with coal dust But what mattered Itl He h8d been turned down and could not be turned down but once. SO he resolved to face the music. He Kicked
 Now. lt happened that Mr. Ledwith called just before Mir D0wdy began to summon asslsnnso. He had be come tired of suspenHo and determined to bring tho young lady to the point Fortunately be had missed the open coal hole by few feet and was ad- mltted to Mss Slmmonds' presence. Ills apDcarance-he was ID evening dress wlth a boutounlere-Eas conducive to success. Miss slmmonds thought Bhe had never seen him look h0ndsomec l There was not a Bpeck of dirt on him anywhere. A white kid glove rubbed an oyer him would not have been In the least soiled He opened bis case l at once by telling Miss slmmonds that .lf kept In suspense any longer ho would go mad. Flo lmplored her to end hIs suGerInGs,
 Miss SImmonds was about to confess that she loved him when she cast her eyes aside at tho doorway leading Into . the room and saw and recognized through the coal dust the 1gure Of tho man she had but a short tmo before refused. If hIs expression had then