The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-09

He must await the result.
 Billy had been up every night for q week till the small hours in the morn ing and. having been refreshed by the soda water, sank Into a slumber ren- dered especially peaceful by the good resolutions Ee had made for the next year. He slept eighteen hours without knowing that he had slept even one. He touched the button for the butler and when he came asked:
 What time is it, James"
 Seven o'clock, sir"
 Seven o'clock in the evening""
 No. sir in the morning"
 Nonsense! ! heard 1t strike 12 awhile ago."
 That was 12 o'clock yesterday, sir"
 "Phew! Have l slept so long as that?"
 "Yes, sir. There are two letters for you, sir. They came last evening""
 TWO Iettersr exclaimed Billy, start ing and recalling the complications of the day before. Are you sure there are two"
 Yes. sir"
 Bring them up at once"
 He arose and put on evening dress. then, seating himself in an easy chair before an open fire. thought of the dan gers of bacheiorhOOd.
 When the notes came he first opened one addressed in the handwriting of Miss Edmonds. There was no gush in it. Indeed. lt was very brief. stating that she had received note addressed to Miss Kate Singleton. Supposing that be had inadvertently written the wrong name on the envelope, she had been tempted to open it. but had re- trained from doing what might turn out to be d dishonOrabe act. She had therefore sent the note to It's address and awaited q reply to her own misslTe.
 Billy opened the other note, which he knew to be from his cousin, with fererish haste. It ran thus:
 My Dear Billy did not take what you said to me last night, though lt was very tender and sweet, for a proposal, but am very happy on learning from you that you meant 't as such and am glad to be able to make you happy this New Years day by COnfes5ing that l have loved you ever since we were children together. But ] have never thought you cared for me. Oh. Billy. what a lovely new year present
 KATE
 Well. I'll be jinged"
 Billy sat up in bed with a note in each hand, looking back and forth from one to the other.
 This is starting in for the new year with a venCeance-swore of propos- ing, and here I am with two proposi- tions on hand. neither of them intend ed. Loved you ever since we were children together I didn't know that. I never even suspected 1t"
 Billy sat musing over the revelation for some time. Then suddenly he pushed the button.
 Bring me a cocktailT' he cried to James when he entered, then, remem- bering his resolution, added. Make 1t 6 cup of coffee"
 When Billy arose after bis long rest it was nearly noon, Be teIephoned to his office that be was under the weather" and would not be ready for business till the next day, then went to bis club. He was doing a lot of thinking. H. wns not seriously con- eerncd about hls complication with Miss Edm0nds. for in the first place he was inclined to think that she had been disposed to take an inch where be had given her an ell. and in the second place he was not sure that he desired to get out of his unintended proposition to his cousin. Kate Single ton was a fine girl. a mighty fine girl. He wondered why he had not thought of making love to her-seUiOus love not that habiuual lovemakinE that was cons lantly bu5bling up in his bosom, but the kind of love a fellow makes to the gir! he wishes to marry.
 After all. what better beginning cOuld he make for the new year than settling himself down to one real good. sensible girl who would marry him because she had loved him ever since they were children together and not for the $10OOO a year, with expecta- tons, he was known to possess2 With his Cousin Kate for a wife he wouldn't ueod.tO make any resolutions. Wouldn't thar be fine. especially since he had no confidence In his ability to keep them2
 Then a happy thought came to him. If he married Kate, no resolutions be- ing necessary, the resolutions he had already made need not be kept
 Waiter" he cried impatiently, bring me a cocktail and box of cigurettesw
 Braced by the refreshment, he wrote a note to Miss Edmonds regretting ex- ccedingly that he had been misunder- stood by her Nothing would give him greater pleasure than to stand by any thing he might have said to her, but he was prevented from doing so by his engagement with his cousin, Kate Sin