Miss Billy's Decision

Excerpt:

… ``Oh, of course. I presume January or February will find me back there,'' headmitted with a sigh and a shrug. Then, a little bitterly, he added: ``No,Arkwright. I shall keep away if I can. I know there's no chance for me--now.''``Then you'll leave me a clear field?'' bantered the other.``Of course--`Mary Jane,' '' retorted Calderwell, with equal lightness.``Thank you.''``Oh, you needn't,'' laughed Calderwell. ``My giving you the right of waydoesn't insure you a thoroughfare for yourself--there are others, you know.Billy Neilson has had sighing swains about I her, I imagine, since she couldwalk and talk. She is a wonderfully fascinating little bit of femininity, and shehas a heart of pure gold. All is, I envy the man who wins it--for the man whowins that, wins her.''There was no answer. Arkwright sat with his eyes on the moving throng outsidethe window near them. Perhaps he had not heard. At all events, when he spokesome time later, it was of a matter far removed from Miss Billy Neilson, or theway to her heart. Nor was the young lady mentioned between them again thatday…


About Author:

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist.

Porter mainly wrote children's literature, adventure stories and romance fiction. Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), later followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Her adult novels include The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keith's Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), and Sister Sue (1921); her short story collections include Across the Years (c. 1923), Money, Love and Kate (1923), Little Pardner (1926).