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Show I A OAJII. OF CHANCE. Wlif n Arrhle Ilanil accepted Miss Aaplaw&ll Jones' Invitation to lead her gtnwui, In ilM 10 quit thwislitloa.lT end u a natter o( course. I( )io could bare foreseen Ilia entanglements tint were to ensue on account of his good nature, bo would ui.Joutto.llr Laro lie-It lie-It waa re n pxxl of lirr, ce rlalnlr. to ask him to load, but Alchlo lland had managed so man pcrmans tliat It did not swui at all odd to Iiliu that be wr- It waa onle when lio waa pilnff lack to tho liotcl tint b ram to tha con-clualon con-clualon that lio had acted nlittlo haatll jr. lla knew (julte as well as ctitt nna clan In Icnoi tint Mlu AaplnwellJoucs was after blm anil liU moiicr, '1 It krap mjr eyca open,1' bo rcsolred, "an 1 thrro poslllroly uiuat nut bo too much champagne." Then h laughed at hlmwl. for being o alarmed, leading n gcnuaii with If In AspInwalWoiioa was not audi a perilous aort of thing, after alb It waa somrthliia; to kef p ono very buar, and waa not nearly ao dangerous aa drlrlnjr, lmo In a brougham after a dance. 'So bo la going to load," everybody ald, niter au af teraoon tea at tho As-plnwalMonrsea, As-plnwalMonrsea, Then thero was iui d-YoUng of eyebrows. "Il nnlly ' ought to know batter, llall (Tot caught tuniihow, ll'a too bad, really." MUs Aspluwall-Jonas bad been doing do-ing aomo bard work that soaimer, 8I10 had managed acreral drlviai and tennis partlca entirely to ber satisfaction, but ' Arcblo Iceland bad cloverly eluded ber liraap. Uaery ono thought tliat alio waa preparing for ono hut effort, and It waa with inoro than ordinary eager neaa that they went to tho gerraatk H wunrry ploaaant function, an 1 Archlo ltand lod with hli ouatomary tact and ikllL Mra. Aaplnwall Jonca, wltli her largo amount of anJMupoU, ber hooked now and bar keen eyca kept an oversight over everything, and altogether It was quite llko an every-day every-day gennan. Archlo Inland seemed to bo enjoying himself. Ilia bluo cyea wero auilllng and happy, Ida light hair tumbled gracefully over bit forehead, and Idi tall, graceful figure waa everywhere, and always In U10 right lace. MLaa Aaplnwall Jonca waa very pn tty that night. She waa looking her boat, and that meant a great drab If It wrranotfor tho reason that alio waa mich awfully bad form, CQturaUvcly poor and cncumbeml wltli n achcmlng mamma, alio would bavo mado a good running oa a reigning bcllo. llutoalt waa, aometlnics tlicro waa difficulty In getting partnera for her at n dance. Hut on thla night alio looked superb, llir light brown hair wai drcaac.1 In a knot at tho back of her bead, her ear-rlago ear-rlago waa mora graceful than uaual, her brown eyca looked aporkllng, and altogether ho wcuwl iKrfcctly liappy. Hut when alio Matched Archlo Inland In-land danclug with aomo of tho other , i j glrli, and then met tho glanoa of her , r' I zv mother1! keen, cold eyca, a cynical u- MtW '1 1 ptvulou camo over her face Her tliln a I lI 1 1' ' c'oJ together with n cruel com- , I Sit' 1 ITMalon. j I ff IVoplobegantobodlaapolntcd tlio I J I genuan waa progreailng, In fact waa at- r I M it'i I- reoily half o er, and noUilng at all bad .1 H I' ." bappenwl. Archlo lUnd waa leading Sll Kh) j In tho aamo cool, dtllbcrato iiianncr, II B.ir V oa ho had done eoorca of tlmca before 'I ti " be waa very nlco to 11 Ua Aaplnwall- I j a. ffi Jonca, very plcoaant to ber, but that I; Jjl! woaalL It waa not until alter aurpcr I: 111 ' that Uie acheralng mamma put In her I (J J , ttotk and than abe dl 1 It up brown. I L" j - l Thero liad been a good dial of cliam- I k 1 paguv about at aupper, and bi aomo tl ill' inannar a bottle found Itaclf bilde tlio I I fc j ' chalra of tho loader.. Whether Mre. M I B I ! AtphiwalUonra, ber daughter or !J i t V f T i Archlo UlaaS ordcre.1 It pnt thero waa 1 Ol i I ft rayatory, but at all eventa It waa lW, ' u'ln, j 'Hi f It waa notmueh of a k heme, to 1 ;' . B J' "" uot X ra. Aaplnwall Jornii know of f- I ft ' !f Ardilo'e weioaa, and thought tliat ', ' Ji, the ltuty of her daughter and the r' P B M V chaaipagne night carry the day, and V. M fl't'' tho combination of clrcumatanoM waa 'jL '-1 jj f 1 too much f or the wifortunato htadcr of W I; I' ft Ihogtrman. , U ? f "1 ray, Archie, ol 1 fellow, I would M I f5''j i tut that aort of thing, you know," whhv Bl f ll ' H Ptrisl one ophlamUmatofrlcnda, after Mj ', 6 ii lie liad bungled a almplo Crura badly. Ha V. it "lou't let thim brbig In uny more H f; I lnc- ''' I1Q' Ulu:tly tho thing, )uu Sal B SI 1 It i' 'Tlianka anfully," p-pU.il Archlo Ma B? 1 t Inland, with an unmeaning laugh. la S I J "Don't worry yuurwlf, I'm nil right." C I rtit I A" ' "1C" '' v"nt " ,1;"'lnlt. WE i If!1 1 1' llutbowaan'tnllrlghtbynnymenna Ball 1 ' W Tlio danoo waa nearly over, tho Hun- KB C ij If gnrlan bond waa pla) lug nn entrancing WE 1 j, r waluae Archlo Inland and MUaAapln- HVl I i it ft ' wallJonea got up to etart oa a llguro. HM HjS', Ui Ihey danee.1 alono on thelloor, wllh MM Hir! 1 "'" fInTf tho accutid couple. Wr HlSi Jj. Evidently Mra. Aaplnwall Jonea forgot itt ' H 1 f 11 ' gU e tho alguol f ur thcin to aton, f or y B Ul' ' IT , r daured on an I on. ' BKj'al ..Al"' Ul" "'"ll'lo looking on mw HI (U J. !'. ,,,,I''rio eigerly to 1.1a partner! Hi 5 . " L1 ""t ?aw !'' llii'hod face and the gllra f HiV tlfe a" ln.lll ,''", M lw looke.1 toward ' ButlL ' I " Mla Aai.lnallJom.a bluahudt 1 OB t ti , lM""!j to loolt """J. tant It waa "Mai lid? IS uJ. "J sa?. Uurt tM '" 'uuu WlS W, UJ1''lliocil.ueaafuL ' fifi'i "'""rybarctaofd, It waa null 0 alV 'f Hi. '" I1""1- IVwlally Vi-ti M'l ' towU"'wliKdaIte7iuryom.lmd Lt j? HVHLaH. vJaHHHk j, KMB,.'ZaiWL 1 sZ2t gotia. Win 11 lie drove back t j tho hotel ho-tel that night bla Ideaa wero very foggy Mid mirh con fowl When ho awuko Iho next morning wltli aching brad, tho flrat tlibig bo mw waa n liny nolo on n tablo by lit. tmlrldc. Iln lazily lookup tho litter and looked at tho aupcreirlptloti wltli a yawn. lie knew the writing) bo kne-v It very wclL Tho eatne hand had Icnnol tlio Invitation for tho gennan. Iornn Lnatant he wondered what Mlaa Apln-woll-Jonca waa writing lo blm about Had he not aocn her acarccly twelro boura before! Then all at oneo It camo over blm whit liad happened. Ho had n bary memory of a klae after crrrybody bad gone, and all that aort of thing, and bo turned In Ida bed and groaned. Tlio note waa aory prettily worded not too finiltlar, but quite enough aa It waa n very well bred aort of a note, but Archlo Lelan 1 read between the hliea. Would be ran to drlvo with Mb Aaplnwall-Jonca at 11 301 And would ho take luncheon at the coltaget It would bo quite Informal, you know, with only Mra. Aaplnwall-Jonra prta-cut prta-cut na tlio third penon. Archie Mnnl knew what that meant. Ho knew why tlio achcmlng minima waa out of tlio way Juat beforo lie lft tho bouw after the gennan. He knew that now alio meant to complete the work her daughter had begun. 8howaatobon bttlo reluctant to al low ber daughter to inirryblm) alio would bang off A bttlo, but beforo Archlo Iiclanl would get away tho tldng would bo fettled. lie bail frequently fre-quently liad Interview with echimihig inaminaa before. Then ho read the note again, and oa tho hidden meaning In the aliuplo Invitation Invi-tation became clear to him ha groaned n aecond thuo. Tho touching allualnn to what bad poaacd between them laat night waa moat artfully fiut In. In aplto of Archlo Idaiid'a resolution tforo tha gennan, thero had been too much champagne. It waa awfully good luck, therefore, that be met bla friend CorlUa Tuoker-man Tuoker-man at n lito breakfa.t. "Hello, Tuck, old fellow," bo cried, with tin attempt nt Joviality, "where did you drop frouit" "Oil, I'm up horu fur n day or twa Anything to dot" ".No. Ilraatly placo. Wlahlcould get away." "Why don't you, thcnl" aald Tuck-rnnan. Tuck-rnnan. "lly Joie, man, wliat'a the matter I You look aa If you liad lieen cutting up rough about eomelhlng Wlutlaltr "Well," returneel the unfortunato Iicland, "If you'll promlao to help me out of It, I II till you." "Ill help you If I can." "Well, you aep, I went ton gennan laat night, and when 1 gut back 1 found 1 waa engaged to n girl and I didn't know anytldng about It inyaelf, and I want to cut tho wholo thing, you know," blurted oat Archlo Iceland, In-cohen In-cohen ntly. "Charojiagnor "llr yea." "Meeglrir "Will, tint dependa," won the an wcr. "I tupnoto I look at tl.U thing In it cold blooded way. Tact la, ahe and her mother bavo been After me all Bummer. I'm nu great catch myaelf comurwl to you, but then It woul 1 be too bad for Mb AapluwalUoiiea to throw beraelf away on me, you know," "Aba! Ho H'a Mlu AapluaalMonw, b It!" put In Tuckcrmin. "Veaj coufound Itl" "Htvmatoino 1'iohMrJof her. Will you tuako a way for me to meet lierl' "You wouldn't care for her, really." They wire paclog up and down a plana, Ann In onu, and Corllta Tucker man w oa puffing abatroctodly at a clar-ttta clar-ttta "Do you thuik notr ho aatd. 'There are a good many wnya to get out of a thing of tliat aort," ho added prcxntly "Of courao uuwontto do It quietly, without any hanl fivllngor that aort of thing, nnd without raualng much talk." "2tow, hh) bore, Tuck, I don't mbid apeaklng rotty plainly with you. Thero luuat bo no bait way mruaurra. I don't enra how I get out of It, ao long in It li dono honorably that la, aa honorably oa that aort of thing con be done. 1 don't want It to get urouud tliat 1 threw the girl oicriiltir what happened but idght) If alio tbrowa 1110 ovir, thnt'a quite another matter. What ran I do to bavo tier ghe me my walkbig pa pi rai" ' Klirt ilcapiratcly wltli aomo other glrh" 'Ob, no, ray dear Mlow, That won't do at all. I'vo triud that. It doeen't throw the AaplnwalUonenea off tho aeent at alL Tliey w 111 lung on to luo tor all they are wortlk" "I hare It," nlmoat aboutcd CorlUa Tuckerman tuddenly. 'That'a the Idea exactly," "Wliat do you mean!" "Walt, old Mlow, wait 111 have you out of thla tiling In Icea thin three daya, Then I hope you will bo n aad-dcrnnd aad-dcrnnd wlaerman " "llow nro )ou going to do IIP "ViJt and leowbat turna up. All you bavo to do la to get 1110 mi Intro duetlon to Mlaa Aaplmrntl-Jonee, and then look on mid bo properly Indignant. Indig-nant. You inuat not forget to lu aw fully In lot e, though. It )ou cool nil It w 111 apoll e erj thing, (loin for tho high tragedy bualnuaa nnd nil that aort of tiling, an 1 work up to a climax oa aooiiAa nucan." If Archlo Leland woi aomewhat ptu lied at hla frlend'i worda It waa nil inado clear that night when ho Introduced Intro-duced Mm to Mlaa Aaplnwall -Joma. Tuckerman danced with ber ao much that there waa 11 good deal of tnlk. "I alioiildn't think Ilind would atand thnt aort of thing," aald ono to another. "nll Tohtn girl llko tho AaplnwalMouM pliy fait and Ioom. with blm that wayl" It waa rather hanl work, but A'rehle Iland manage.! to look npproprlntily lulacrablo whou ho miiv bla frUud Tuck irmaiiaovirydovoto.1. Ho didn't exactly understand It at flht. He really thought Tuckennun Hdiulrod Mttf AjflunallJoucfc and ojatawJSjr ramHMfaap"-. then bo reuiembemS that conversation. Mlaa Aaplnwall Jonea waa farrlnated ahe dl 1 not attempt to annlym b"r fei'llnga, Tuckennnu won ao rrry ban 1 aomo, so very clerrr, wi 1 cry Jolly and ao a cry rich tjho had f puently heard of blm before, but Im 1 ui'ier met hhn. Mra. AapIuwatl-JouM waa nt tho hot torn of the thing, howenr. Bho anw nt onr tliat It waa more dealrnblo for ber daughter to marry Tuckerman than Archie Inland. "Yon mutt do your Tery beat, my dear," aald aha. "You know what I mean. You mutt make tho moat of your chancca, I think you know your game play It. I will help you." And Mlaa Aaplnwall-Jonet did play ber game. Utile by bttlo alio cooled off. The drive with Arcblo Ulan. I grew 1cm nnd lose. Tho dances with CorllaaTutkcrman were more nnd more frvpjei b It was on tho third day that tho cllmai came. "tice hero, Angelica," Lobind raid to her, when he hod oaLed for a dance and been refused, "1 wl.li you would tell 1110 what nil this means. If you are going to flirt hko Uua gu ahead and I won't say n won!. I don't care about hainpirhig you. If you like to flirt en-Joy en-Joy It. Hut I hate to henr people talk-big talk-big and lauglund nt you, tlut's nib It'a Awfully bad form to go on thla way, and I really wih you woul 1 atop lb I don t want to bo unreasonable, or Anything Any-thing of that sort, but you inut nduilt youraelf that It's not exactly the thing " Now, this was Just what alio had been waiting for. Tho young fellow's outburst out-burst fumUliM her with an excuso for drawing heraelf up proudly ami naklng what lio meant Mho was very sorry It abe hid dono anything todbpleoio him. "Yea, you bae," declared Arclilo talend. , Then. Just lieeauw 1 am engaged to you I am never to look nt n nan ngoln, I never auppoavd you would Insist on anything of that sort IVrhaps we liavo mado a rniatako. rcrhape you would llko your freedom again." "Tliat means you woul 1 llko yours," sold Inland sorrowfully. "1 lea you never really loved lue This enda It alblauppose Hut may I not Idas you oneo lieforo I go." "I Dili k you hail better not," ahe aakl primly, spurning an offer alio was only too ready to accept n week before, "(loodbyi I hope we mnyedwaye bo frlenda." And she troffi-red a limp band, which tho young fellow pressed tenderly and then walked aw ay slowly, wllh downcast eyes. .When he got to tho hotel ho found Corllaa Turkerman, nnd ho fairly danced for Joy as he throw Ida ormi about Ida friend's neck effusively. "You did It ol 1 fellow. Him broke It o(I; alio threw mo over. Now all you have got to do la to get away with out being raptured." And Tuekernan managed to do Hill It was a narrow escape, but bo was nn old hand. "I think yon manigM things very clumalty," commented the scheming manuin. "After all I did to help, you tdayed such a bungling gainel 1 am vi ry much disappointed. You liaie lost your two best chancca." And Mlaa AsplnwallsJones thought so too. William Karl UUdwln hi Hoe-ton Hoe-ton Globe |