Show THE GIRL FROM CUBA by EARL REED SILVERS after hal griffiths had graduated without honors from the most exclusively select small college in the east he entered the brokerage firm of in wall street and was given a desk in one of the offices every morning at ten he walked into the office opened the desk smoked a cigarette looked out of the window for awhile and then went home for this arduous jabor he received a salary of a 5 ear it any of the trio of could chave followed his inclination he would have told sir griffiths gently but firm jy that as far as business wag concerned he was an excellent golf player but as iines father had placed several hundred thousand dollars in the firm hal was left to his own peaceful pursuits these pursuits concerned chiefly golf n the summer and dancing in the win ter and so possessed of many friends and much money he was constantly in demand occasionally these calls upon bis lime were rather irritating lie was one of those lovably blundering person abo did not know how to refuse an in and so when charlotte taylor suggested with the hint of tears in her eyes that he see her oft when she left for cuba he assented smilingly but unhappily and ordered two dozen roses to be sent to her stateroom on the morning of charlotte s departure hal waited in his office as long as he dared and then took a taxi for the dock charlotte was waiting for him and together they inspected the boat I 1 am going to sit here and think of you during the long openings she told him indicating a shelter on the after deck and wonder it you will be thinking of me III think of you every minute you are in my mind he answered absently then he stopped short passing across his line of vision was the prettiest girl he had ever seen she wore a blue suit white hat and white fox urs goodness 1 he exclaimed harily who in the world Is that girl charlottes Char lottes piquant face became sud denly resentful im sure I 1 dont know she an shortly some spaniard probably spaniard nothing ashes an american the blast of the all ashore ahls tie came hal said good by just as quickly as he could and made his way to the gangplank he stood ohp pier and watched as the boat turned out into the river although he waved conscientiously to charlotte his gaze searched the ship for sight of the other girl and just as he had given up hope she appeared the picture of her as she stood beside the rail her face framed in the circle of hat and furs was stamped indelibly on his memory the winter wore on the same old endless round of social duties but somehow hal seemed to have lost interest he even remained at the office all day and gave some attention to business until the elder brother remarked to the younger one that maybe harold griffiths might be of some use to the firm after all hal received a six page letter tram charlotte telling of the wonders of the climate and then just before the date when charlotte was to sail for northern climes hals telephone rang and tho softest voice he had ever heard asked him it mr harold griffiths was in and having been assured that he was tho owner of the soft voice proceeded to tell him that she bad just returned from cuba where she had the pleasure ot meeting miss charlotte taylor charlotte asked me to telephone you as soon as I 1 reached new york the stranger continued and to tell you that she was having a lovely time and will be home on the first of may mighty nice of you hal answered pleasantly did you see much of charlotte oh yes the voice answered wo went down on the same boat and stayed at the same hotel hals heart missed a beat he asked abruptly where are you now at the plaza do you mind if I 1 drop up to see you for a few minutes I 1 am terribly interested te in cuba for a moment there was silence and then the voice answered no 1 dont mind it you do so hal rushed out of the and balled a passing taxi As he rushed into the lobby of the plaza the girl with the white furs arose to meet him and then almo flew so fast that it was 1 30 before either of them realized it so they took lunch together and each told the kotlier the history of his and her life and after the girl with the white furs had found out that hal was not engaged to charlotte or to anyone else slie told him that he might come 1 to see her the next evening so hal with feigned interest in cuba and unfeigned interest in at least one cuban toik alst accepted the and talked not about the winter in cuba but the summer in the united states and then tucked away in the society columns of the new york papers there appeared one morning the following notice the engagement Is announced of harold griffiths to miss lols brown ing which was the name of the girl from cuba 1917 by the mcclure newspaper syndicate |