The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-03
THE WAY TO A MANS HEART.
BY Elsie Peck Gilpatric.
Copyright. 1922, by the Wheeler

Copyright. 1922, by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.)
A vast number Of people still
hold the opinion that the way to a
mans heart is through his stomach,
and Ruth Cameron must have be-
lieved it, because when she found
Paul Hubbard hungry and disgust
ed with his boarding place, she
took him home. and cooked for hin,
a roast chicken and escalloped po-
tatoes and, everything else to
match.
Inevitably. then, followed Paul's
neglect Of Nancy Barksdale, whom
he had been counting for a long
time, and who, by her own telling,
didn't know what the inside of a
kitchen looked like In her home a
number Of servants carried on the
work behind the scenes, but Ruth
had been reared under no such
handicap. She could whip mashed
potatoes to a fluffiness that made
you afraid they might blow away,
and beat cake into lightness
that made it fit for someone who
was much more Of an angel than
Paul Hubbard. Paul was tremen,
dously human. As his dinner invi-
tations from Ruth multiplied. his
evenings with Nancy diminished.
Then the Jimmy Bentons, who
were fond of Paul. took hand il
the affair, and asked him to board
with them.
Nov we'll see If he goes to call
on that Cameron cook so often,
chuckled Jimmy to Mrs. Jimmy
After he eats your cooking three
times a day. I'll bet Miss Rutt
loses her drawing card.
| But it was already too late, OF
Miss Cameron was too charming q
cook, or something, because afte,
that Paul paid her more attention
than ever. Mr.. and Mrs. Jimm,
had a difficult time Of it, trying tt
keep him home even when Name,
happened to be calling there.
Il tell you, a fellow who work:
hard for q living ought to marry {
girl that knows how to cook" hs
would declaim vehemently, a:
though someone were disputint
him, and 1t soon became plain tt
everyone that he was intending tt
marry Ruth. Though he hadn'
asked her, that young lady hersel
often made verbal speculation.
upon the style Of wedding ring sht
preferred, to her friend Marjorie.
To help matters along. Mrs. Ben
ton sprained her ankle and lost he
maid the same day. and Paul Hub
bard was obliged to 60 back to tn,
tdark. greasy inn for daily susten
ance. After three days of trying t,
endure lukewarm vegetables ant
clammy salads, he decided to MARI.
at once, and move into a cose,
apartment right next to the Jimm,
Bentons'.
That evening. on the Camerons
veranda, he talked and talked AMI
talked. until almost every topic il
the world was exhausted, excep
the one he was thinking about, ant
then, just as he got his chair movet
closer. and his throat cleared, an,
his heart humping violently, tn,
telephone rang. Mrs. Benton wa.
calling Mr.. Hubbard.
Il have found someone to help il
the kitchen, 30 you may come bacl
here for your meals tomorrow" sh,
! said.
THANKS, : Mrs. Jimmy, you'v,
saved my HE" Paul felt : 20 re
iieved that he lunged forwar'
quickly to he'll Ruth about it, bu
the hall was dark, and he stumblet
headlong over a foot-stool. Rutl
answered his groans by coming g
once. She found him nursing
great welt on his shin. Somehow
after he had picked himself up an,
got back to the veranda IN;
straightened his pompadour, he dix
not feel % much like proposing, 5,
be postponed Il nntiI Sunday altar.