Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
THE lOVElEEST
Girl IMAGINABLE

girls imaginable. Who is sheT
Kate Ward"
kate Ward." Then, after pause
care you her first loye!
Well no, not exactly. There was 0
fellow she met several years ago-a
measly sort of chap. fancy-who was
80 desperately in love with her that SIZE
took pity on him and engaged herself
10 him. 1t was broken off, however"
"Dil you get all this information
from herr
by no means. She simply told me-
that she had been engaged. My infoT
nation came from her cousin, Anith
Griffith"
ANITA Griffith"
"You seem surprised Do yca know
herr"
"Yrs--no. Did she etTe you the cause
Of your tiancee's break With the othes
fcllow"
"Wcll, yes. Anita was indirectly
mixed UP In the matter. Young Steve
Griffith was led into gambling by the
other fellow as you call him, and
fleeced."
Indeed"
81 judge from the way you take tile
information that you know something
about the affair yourself"
~ know that Steve Griffith is littls
villain, always gambling, always Dor
rowing. In other words, he is a dead
beat
/ tl,ir &c, rpthingr IN
Kate was i'll duty bound to tell me she
had been engaged. The cause OF ths
break was another matter"
"Surely you are not concerned II
that"
"Besidcs, was myself engaged be
fore"
"To whom?"
"Anita Griffith"
"Plew! And that Is how you Eot
this story. Was she, too, the lovclies'
girl imaglnabeT
"Well, to tell the truth, I was muck
pleased with Anita, but knew all the
while she cared nothing for me, and
that cools fellow off after awhile"
"Oh, US; 1t cools him of, decidedly
or sets him on FIRE. But how did this
change from one girl TO the other CONF
about"
ait was this way: Anita introduced
ne to Kate, ard when she found
fancied her she ncbly left Kate the
field. When | asked Kate to marry
me and she told me that she had beer
engaged, was troubled, for feared
that she loved the fellow and was 60
ing to marry me only because | was 4
good match financially. l conilded IL
Anita, who put me in possession Of rha
facts"
"She was very kind to you"
Eyes. Not many girl would have
acted so disinterestedly with man to
whom she had been engaged"
did it ever occur TO you that size
might have had n motive?
"What motive could she have posti
bly, had?'
1.-THE other fellow"
"You mean that she wanted t. GO,
him for herselfT'
"That's what has occurred to ME-"
"If you knew her, you would I,o.
have so bad an opinion Of her."
81 do know her.
"What? You know her-intimataiJ p
Every intimately. am her atfdncct
husband"
"What--you? You the man she was
In love with all the while? My dear
fellow, congratulate you on being or
gagged TO the Ioveliest woman imng
inable.'"
THANK you" And the speaker arose
and left the room. That evening, bl
special appointment, Miss Katherine
Ward received him IN the small parlor
having given orders that she was Il,
home to 10 one else, not even her 1iance
Pardon this Intrusion" he said
but, rs I wrote in my note requesting
an interview, l have discovered cy;
tain reasons for your action in b-c@k
ing with nae"
Not through me l was pledged t.
secrecy and kept my promise"
The story that | drew youu~ "'.tg
Griffith into gambling and hlcc-J lin
Is false"
81 had the word of the girl to WHOM
you are now engaged
u Will not accuse her. l pavsy..c
her brother lied to her to account GOT
money he made away with"
\ pallor slowly spread over the SKIS
face.
ITO prove what say, here is a letter
written by Steve Griffith an hour ag-
denying the whole story"
~ don't want 10 see it. 1t is too late
We are both engaged
81 am not, My engagement ".
broken this afternoon"
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