Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15
DAILY SH('HJ SIC m
A PRACTICAL LOVE AFFAIR.


IOriginaL1
They met at a tchurch sociable. He
was a bachelor.of thirty-eight, she had
passed thirty. Both were independent
characters, andsboth lived alone. They
fell to talking about stheir respective
homes.
''MinesS' she said. 'is,a story and a
half, painted white. with, green blinds"
Mine" he said, lis az story. and a
half. lead color. with dark. brown
blinds
Il wouldn't like thataat all. Mt must
be horrid-"
white soon becomes dingy."
II have the contest corner in my sit
ting room you ever ~ The house
forms San angle right tisre-"
There are no angles Yin my walls.
They're perfectly plain
Il don't see how you mike them look
attractive4 You should see my dining
room. There is another jog there just
big enoughVO take in the sideboard."
My sideboard doe sn't need any jog
Il know that If you should see my
house you'yould admit that woman is
better fitted to constr uct a home than,
a man. Youlmust COME and see it,"
Thank you, Il will W 9Th pleasure"
1t was several weeksg before he call
ed He did not care tohlave her think
that he took much interest in seeing
her home. Her doorbeIl was out OF
order. and he had touring several times
before there was ny\respouse.
Come in she said TIE show you
how a woman can decorate "a house"
''She may decorate 1t, but she can't
keep it in order. She needsla man for
that" a
What do you meanf" she, said.
MY front doorbell is inever out OF
order. because l fix it as ,soon as it
shows signs of weaknessF .
.'Oh, that's a mans work ! =
Its part of keepingka ihome."
This is my living room with the
coy corner / told YOU ABOUT, and in
here is the dining room facing the east,
so that get the sun i'll the morning.
But you have it daEb. at supper
time prefer my sun late in the day"
.'Oh, YOU do! In the morning you
don't get it all the year round. In the
evening i'll winter you don't get it after
half past 4"
Il notice you have two chairs at
your table. | thought you lived aloha"
A shadow passed over her face the
first he had seen there. My nsother
used TO sit at that .end of the table"
Il have only one chair ut my table,"
lie said sadly. lit never occuE:ed to
me TO leave my sisters chair at her
place after she died.
hx- in, IN
served to allay that centrifugal fDrce
which had thus far been driving Them
apart. After that lie called several
times, showing he appreciated the cozi-
ness of her house. Then he said: You
must come and see my house. Come
Saturday afternoon. I'll have my asInt
there. I'll show you what IA man. can
do at making hOmey
I'll see about it, she said. which
meant that she would.
on Saturday she appeared and, was
received by the aunt.
My nephew thinks he has very
comfortable home here. The foolish
fellow doesn't seem to understand that
it takes Il woman 10 make Il house look
CHEEKY"
He came downstairs, catching his
heel in a rent i'll the stair carpet, and
nearly losing his balance.
Il told that confounded woman who
comes around once month to do my
fixing To sew up that stair carpet" he |
growled as he led the way into his liv- |
ing room. The aHnt retreated, leaving |
them 10 fight out the question as 10 |
which had the better house
Don't you think it pretty outlook |
from that Window" he asked.
Il can't see the outlook fore some |
thing there is on the glass"
He went to the window and rubbed
the pane with his finger.
Il pay So Il month To- have these win
lows kept clean and that's the return
| get
Then you pay at least double what
it's worth TO have the work done prop
erly."
They passed into the dining room.
He saw her cast an eye up at a corner
in the ceiling. On her lips was smile,
a smile of sarcasm. He followed her
eye. but saw nothing peculiar.
What is it," he asked. 4
"CObweb."
This wall and ceiling were gone
over not two months ago.
What a waste OF time to do it so Of
ten. The cleaner must have gone
over the cobweb without seeing it,
Somehow his fighting strength had
zone out of him. He felt that her spick
md span cottage was tar ahead of his
jagged and dirty one.
Il tell you what We do" he said, with
, linz
FOUR fixing of dOOrbells, fences and
uch like work in consideration OF your
my window washing.
,arpet cleaning, mending and other
hings that a man can't do
"Oh, our houses are too far apart
)ne must be on the ground to attend
o anything properly
why not dispense with one of the