The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-01-28

I
peen awakened BY the sweet memory OF
nearing you make your delicious avowai
cannot refrain from writing you to ask
how you feel after our merry seeing the
old year out aud the new year ~ DO
send me line by brar-r TO assure me
that what you said to snc was not a dream
but reality. With a million Kisses your
loving KATE
well. III be jinged!" exclaimed
Billy. whats the use " making reso.
buttons for the new year when there
Is mountain Of trnnsgrcssions piled
up for the old one? Luckily she's sign.
ed her name. for ! hadn't the slightest
remembrance Of who she was. Her
purpose Is evident. She intends to
clinch II while II Is hot What IN the
world shall do. have IT, My
cousin Kate Singleton will help me
out Of the scrnpe. She was with us
last night. and ! remember saying
some sweet things to her"
When the butler returned with the
soda Billy called for writing mate
rails and wrote:
Dearest. Sweetest Cousin Believe me,
what ! said to you last night came from
the heart. You made me very happy
when you told me you returned my love.
Isn't 1t lovely that we should he both so
blessed on this bright New Years morn
ing? Yours till DEATH BILLY.
He read the note over and asked the
1utler what kind OF morning II was
and. being told that snow was falling.
was minded to write another. but con.
Guided that. with such an enormous
Justification In pretending that he sup
posed II was his cousin that he had
been proposing to. little thing like
a mistake In the weather wouldn't
make much difference. Besides. his
head ached badly. and he felt unequal
to any more Iovemaking. He address,
ed the note to Kate Singleton instead
Of Kate EdmondS and dispatched It,
So much for Billy HendersOn's start
ing In for the new year. The resoIu-
lions for 1t were all right. but he was
obliged to carry load OF debt into the
new account. Ip had no fear Of any
trorkle with his cousin. only he must
explain to her how he came to write
her such note. hut there was no
hurry as to this. for 1t had been sent
to Miss Edmonds. and II was not to
be expected that she would forward 1t
vt once. What she would do In the
matter Billy could only conjecture.
He must await the result.
Billy had been up every night for n
week till the small hours in the morn
ing and. having been refreshed by the
soda water. sank into a slumber rem
dered especially peaceful by the good
resolutions he 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 IL it. JamesT
Seven o'clock. sir
Seven o'clock In the EVENING""
mo. sir--7 In the morning"
Nonsense! heard 1t strike IL
awhile ago"
THAT was ~ O'Clock yesterday. SIR"
"Phew. Have ! slept so long as
that?"
"Yes. sir There are two letters for
you. sir. They came last evening"
1.-TWO letters" exclaimed Billy. start
ing and recalling the complications Vt
the day before. Are you sure there
are twoT
"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 bachelOrhood.
When the notes came he first opened
one addressed In the hand writing OF
Miss Edmonds. There was no g,lsh In
it. Indeed. II was very brief. stating
that she had received note addressed
to Miss Kate Singleton. Supposing
that he had inadvertently written the
wrong name on the envelope. she bad
been tempted to open 1t. but had re-
Trained from doing what might turn
out to be dishonorable act She had
therefore sent the note to its address
and awaited reply to her own missive
Billy opened the other note. which
he knew to be from his cousin. with
feverish haste. II ran thus:
My Dear Billy-I did not take what you
said to me last night. though 1t was very
tender and sweet for proposal. but I
am very happy on learning from you that
you meant II as such and am glad to be
able to make you happy this New Years
day by confessing that have loved you
ever since we were children together But
have never thought you cared for me
oh. Billy. what lovely new year present
you have given me! Your loving
KATE.
well. I'll be jingedv
Billy sat up In bed with note In
each hand. looking back and forth
from one 10 the other
This In starting IN for the new year
with vengeance-swOre OF propos-
Ing. and here ! am with two PROPOSE
lions on hand. neither of them intend
ed. Loved you ever since we were
children together didn't know that.
never even suspected It"
Billy sat musing over the revelation
FOR some time. Then suddenly he |