The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-31
Bessie De Vote Tells How
Frank Gould Left Her.
WEDDING FIXED FOR NEXT DAY
He Told Her He Was Going to
Europe on the Rotterdam, but
Sailed on KronprinxessiA
Cecile of Another Line.

New York, Dec. 3o-Bessie De Voie.
the stage dancer who lis suing Frank
J. Gould for $3.50 900 for alleged breach
Of promise Of marriage, has given an
interview in which she tells how Mr..
Gould broke his alleged engagement.
1--WE were to have been married
Sept. IA last" she said. 1.-THE day be-
fore that Mr.. Gould invited me to the
Knickerbocker hotel to luncheon.
There he told me he had heard certain
stories about me and had decided to
sail for Europe in the morning.
"'Do you believe these stories about
the woman you have asked to be your
wife? asked.
"'No, do not he said.
"'Well, then, why didn't you give
me a chance to answer them? ! will
make the persons who uttered such
malicious lies take them back I said.
"'Oh, you can't do that! he said.
What's the use? No judge would be-
Ieve you, because you have been on
the stage
"Mr. Gould had informed me he in
tended to sail on the Rotterdam Of the
Holland-American line. The next
morning l determined to 60 to the
pier to see If he really did intend to
abandon me. / ordered the taxtcab
man to take me to the Rotterdam's
pier On my way down I saw, Mr.
Gould's motor pass. I told my man
to follow, and found that Mr.. Gould
was sailing not on the Rotterdam, rs
he had told me, but on the Kronprin-
Eessin Cecile of the North German
Lloyd line, whose pier Is some distance
away from that of the Holland-Ameri-
can. -
"Mr. Gould sailed away, and by a
strange coincidence Miss Kelly Of the
Havana company was passenger on
the same boat"
Supplementing her story Of the
breaking of Of the engagement Miss
De Vote made public a few more let
ters which she said she had received
from Mr.. Gould. In one Of these he
likens her to a pearl and talks Of imi
tations which in these days Of the dis.
covery Of bogus gems worn by the rich
is interesting. Here is the letter:
Union League Club, Dec. II, 1903.
My Own Dearest-I was SO happy yes
terday and then you were blue. Was II
something I had done or perhaps some
thing 1 had not done or said that made
you feel SO? You were sweet to answer
as you did when i asked you what yot
wanted for Christmas, and it did please
me so, especially as you were SO sincere
lk x.y1,rr I,tn
1 know what the feeling is and am Sc
thankful to any one who gets me out Of
that mood, and you always do. You are
so modest about yourself that you do moi
know, Bessie, dear, how very. very sweet
and kind you are and do not know youi
worth. If tray Of pearls with imita
tions also were all mixed up and each
pearl and imitation represented woman
there would be one pearl with the mos
beautiful luster and skin and evenness
and that pearl would be you. 1t hurts me
sometimes, dear, to know that l am moi
able to do what I really want to do fol
you. Am going to see you tomorrow, bu
want so to write you. Don't cry AND
don't read books that makes you sad
You're dear and all my love and kisses
Your FRANK.
Miss De Vote gave out three other
letters from Mr.. Gould as follows:
run ANChuCp ApVS.
My Own Dear Bessie-I have ordered {
copy OF "Old Wives and New and will
read 1t and then perhaps may allow yol
to. Am glad you are not going south
though II you wanted to very much
would have to get on without seeing you
Do you think 1 am too foolish7 / an
much more so than you are. I think
rather like 1t too. Will expect to see yol
and am looking forward to 1t tomorrow
All my love and kisses to my Betty
Your FRANK.
834 Fifth Avenue, Jan. %, 1909.
My own Bessie-I do know. Bessie
what 1t is to expect a letter and get It
Do you remember the times when yol
have not writteh7 But you are better
than l am. That is admitted. Will trJ
and come over Friday. Yours, Bessie
dear, with sll my love and kisses.
FRANK.
834 Fifth Avenue. Feb. 2. 1909.
MY Own Dear Bessie-You made mI
feel very unhappy yesterday when saw
how had made you suffer. j am so sor
ry and want you to forgive me. Dearest
/ am 80 sorry for everything lately tina
hurt you. VIII you believe me? Yours
with all my love and kisses,