Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-02
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
COOKING FOR CUPID
By Esther Miller

Mrs. Murphy here is girl who want.|
still here?"
Marion was ushered into the waitin
middle-aged, MISUNDERSTANDING lady. Th{
Introduction was informal. 1t appeareX
that Mrs. Southern had closed up he ?
Guy mouse and let her servants go wherI
her only son enlisted, at the beginninr1
or tEe war She had rented a small
apartment in the suburbs and devoted
her time to patriotic service.
one servant is all need at present
iie iust f6Spidlhed tSp ninG 81 and you appear to b
nave around, ;" Marion felt as fiattered
as she was happy, over stumbling intd
agrsed position without any trouble. Sh
come that afternoon.
II ever there was an ambitious cocl,I
waitress and chambermaid all In onel
II was Miss Harrison, queen of heart
or Srst Lieutenant nltel1 Harvey Ramshorne. III;
second week saw slight ifnproyen,ent
the third gave fair promise, and Iii
sourtn brought forth Mrs. Southern'
me breakfast table. Mrs. Southern cai,ii
INTO the room, waving a teleprarn =
fran, her, hEa,ppiIy; E,ranGs MY son has arriysd
Mary, she said. He will be fxrl
sIe sGe cidaer ndde, and he is bringing friend 4
Mary put her heart and soul in ~ W
preparation for that dinner. She wanf4k
10 make this homecoming doubly imer5
pbrtaote bt Tor the mother and son. AsT3I(
oniclf oiE naid sdots cioek struck seven she hsar
was an impatient little ring of the beiIX
and the next minute size heard XIV
FOND exclamations of Mrs. Scuthsrs
,nlngle with the laughter of a youilf
Mary" cast one last criticlzin
giance over the table. set with sparE
snng snf;,, cut glass and shining silver and
She adjusted an imaginary tipped vel
low candle shade and rearranee6
mower In the shallow bowl In the can
tsa tsr Or OF the table. then disappeared int@
Presently Mrs. Southern cana ~ ~
aoor and said: "All right, Mary, we ~
ready = Marion proceeded TO serve IL
SOUP AS she put the first plate befor|
the the hostess nIsaes she could not help noticin
'he young officer to the left.
She carried in, the second plate AZ,
VAS JUST gong to set 1t down in from
s,,dden sr the guest Of the night, when all Of
uIen at tha s she stopped. as u hypnotizsd
me young man. The soup plate tren,
Dieu In her hand, and when the ow,,e
"a tne Drown nair turned his head fo1
Waru the dropping plate, Marion gave
startled little cry and dropped the plat
on the immaculate table cloth.
The officer was on his feet hef,r
anybody had time to utter sound
For heavens sake Marion" he srl.
seizing the two small wrists his av'sj
wandering from the frightened Sy,,ry
prised and happy face of the girl ~ ~.
oewildered hostess and back aeain ~
the now radiant face Marian uhe
are you doing here?" us
Harvey stopped down and kissad "A,
smiling rosebud and the dimp'es Thr,
seeing that the incident needed srr,.
explanation, he apologized TO the ~
ess and continued: Mrs. Southern 81
low me to Introduce my fancee' MI
Mrs. Southern, whoshad watched ~,
scene with. mingled surprise sweet ~,
derstanding and regret, reached o,,f i,
nands TO the couple when she answeraJ
Allow me 10 congratulate YOU unon ~
possession or prize jewel! We vS,i1
lay another cover and make thts"f.
double reunion. But shall have = rs
time " 1 nnding somebody to take the piac
A suspicious smell of burned fooa =,
proached the little group in the din5{
rom ire next minute Marion Ts]]
ned, and from the kitchen CANA & IN
ciatter or tinpan on the fioor, acoes
panied py e. wailing young voice M
GEAR, my victory biscuits aye fuln<2
Tos next eomplsts nsysls><s =
"opf1u< HrHtene Nntfer1 " I'1'' .