Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-24

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cut that sort Of thing, you know, whis-
pered one Of his intimate friends, after
he had bungled a simple figure badly.
Don't let them bring in any more
II ne. It's not exactly the thing, you
Inderstand-"
Thanks awfu1y," replied Archie
Leland, with an ~unmeaning laugh.
Don't worry yourself, I'm all right"
And then he went on dancing.
But he wasn't all right by any means
The dance was nearly over, the Hun
garian band was playing an enhancing
waltz as Archie Leland and Miss Aspin-
wall-Jones got up to start off a figure.
They danced alone ON the floor, with
the exception of the second couple.
Evidently Mrs AspinwaIl-Jones forgot
to give the signal for them TO stop, for
they danced on and on.
And then the people looking on saw
him whispering eagerly TO his partner;
they saw his flushed face and the giim-
mer in his eyes as he looked toward
her. Miss AspinwallJones blushed;
she seemed TO look away, but it was
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that she had been successful.
1t was very barefaced; it was quite
evident 10 every one in the room what
had happened, and they felt very sorry
for Archie Leland. Especially so be
cause he remained after every n had
gone. When he drove back TO the no
tel that night his ideas were very foggy
and much confused.
When he awoke the next morning
with aching head, the first thing he
saw was a tiny note on a table by his
bedside. He lazily took up the letter
and looked at the superscription with a
yawn-
He knew the writing; he knew it
very well. The same hand had penned
the invitation for the german. For an
instant he wondered what Miss Aspin-
~waIl-Jones was writing TO him about.
Had he not seen her scarcely twelve
hours beforel
Then al at once it came over him
what had happened. He had a hay
memory of a kiss after everybody had
gone, and all that sort Of thing, and he
turned in his bed and groahed.
The note was very prettily worded-
not too familiar. but quite enough so.
It was a very well bred sort of a note,
but Archie Leland read between the
lines.
Would he care TO drive with Miss
AspinwaI-Jones at IL :3Ol And would
he take luncheon at the cottagef II
would be quite informal, you know,
with only Mrs. Aspinwall-Jones pres
ent as the third person.
Archie Leland knew what that
meant. He knew why the scheming
mamma was out of the way just before
he left the house after the german. He
! knew that now she meant to complete
the work her daughter had begun.
She was I be a little reluctant to al
low her daughter TO marry him; she
5 would hang of a little, but before
Archie Leland would get away the
thing would be settled. He had FIRE
ouently had interviews with scheminf
2 mammas before.
z Then he read the note again, and a!
! the hidden meaning in the simple invi
5 tation became clear to him he groaneC
" a second time. The touching allusioI
TO what had passed between them las
night was most artfully put in.
: In spite Of Archie Leland's resolution
before the german, there had been to-
: much champagne.
y 1t was awfully good luck, therefore
9 that he met his friend Corliss Tucker
q man at a late breakfast
1t "Hello. Tuck, old fellow, he cried
n with an attempt at ioviality, "wher
did you drop fromf'
''Oh, I'm up here for a day or two
a Anything to dor
r "No. Beastly place. Wish l coul
!, get away"
ID why don't you, Them said Tuci
y erman. by Jove, man, what's I'll
matter9 You look as if you had bee
er cutting up rough about something
What is itF
Z "wen," returned the unfortunat
IN Leland. IF you'll promise to help n
u out Of IL, I'll tell you"
I'm help you if l can"
well. you see, / went to a germa
last night, and when got back toun
/ was engaged to a girl and l didn
ng know anything about it myself, and
want TO cut the whole thing, 20
'e; know" blurted out Archie Leland, i
III coherently.
"Champagnef'
'er Eyes"
Ter 'Nice girig'
"Wen, that depends" was the a
M swer. Il suppose l look at this thin
in a cold blooded way. Fact is, 81
and her mother have been after me
~. summer. Tn no great catch myse
or compared to you, but then it would
too bad for Miss As~pinwall-Jones
vas throw herself away on me, you know
mAhnL 9 ~. Ms. AsninwaM -Lonl