Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-31
A GAME OF CHANCE

When Archie Leland accepted Mis-
Aspinwan Jones invitation to lead her
german, he did 50 quite thoughtlessly
and as a matter Of course. II he could
have foreseen the entanglemeuts that
were to ensue on account of his good
nature. he would undoubtedly have de-
clined
1t was very good Of her, certainly, to
ask him to lead, but Archie Leland had
managed so many germans that IL did
not seem at all odd to him that he was
asked
1t was only when he was going back
TO the hotel that he came to the con
clusion that he had acted a little hastily.
He knew quite as well as every one
else in Lenox that Miss Aspinw Jones
was after him and his money.
"IH keep my eyes open, " he resolved,
and there positively must not be too
much champagne"
Then he laughed at himself for being
so alarmed Leading a german with
Miss Aspinwall-Jones was not such a
perilCus sort Of thing, after all. II was
something to keep one very busy. and
vas not nearly 50 dangerous as driving
home in a brougham after a dance.
80 he is going 10 lead, everybody
said, after al afternoon tea at the As
pinwall-Joneses. Then there was an
elevating Of eyebrows He really
ought 20 know better. He'll get caught
somehow. It's too bad, really"
Miss Aspinwall7Jones had been do
ing some hard work that summer. She
had managed several drives and tennis
parties entirely to her satisfaction, but
Archie Leland bad eleverly eluded her
grasp. Every n thought that she
was preparing for one last effort, and
it was with more than ordinary eager
ness that they went TO the german.
IL wa a very pleasant function, and
Archie Leland led with his customary
tact and skill Mrs. Aspinwall, Jones,
with her large amount Of avoirdupois,
her hooked nose and her keen eyes
kept an oversight over everything, and
altogether it was quite like an every
day german.
Archie Leland seemed to be enjoying
himself His blue eyes were smiling
and happy. his light hair tumbled
gracefully over his forehead, and his
tall, graceful figure was everywhere,
and always in the right place.
Miss Aspinwall Jones was very pretty
that night She was looking her best,
and that meant a great deal II it
were not for the reason that she was
such awfuIly bad form, comparatively
poor and encountered with a scheming
mamma, she would have made a good
running as a reigning belle. But as it
was, sometimes there was difficulty in
getting partners for her at a dance.
But on this night she looked superb
Her light brown hair was dressed in a
knot at the back of her head, her car
riage was more graceful than usual,
her brown eyes looked sparkling, and
altogether she seemed perfectly happy
But when she watched Archie Le-
land dancing with some Of the other
girls, and then me the glance of her
mothers keen, cold eyes, a cynical ex-
preston came over her face. Her thin
lips closed together with a cruel COM
preston.
People began to be disappointed the
german was progressing, in fact was al
ready half over, and nothing at all had
happened. Archie Leland was leading
in the same cool. deliberate manner,
as he had done scores of times before;
he was very nice to Miss Aspinwal-
Jones, very pleasant TO her, but that
was all. 1t was not until after supper
that the scheming mamma put in her
work; and then she did it up brown.
There had been a good deal Of cham
payne about at supper, and in some
name a bottle found itself beside the
chairs of the leaders. Whether Mrs
AspinwaIl-Jones her daughter or
Archie Leland ordered it put there was
a mystery. but at all events it was
there.
Il was not much Of a scheme, to be
SIRE, but Mrs. AspinwallJOnes knew of
Arches weakness, and thought that
the beauty Of her daughter and the
champagne might carry the day, anc
the combination of circumstances was