The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-20
ANDREW AND
 INOGENE
By ROE FULKERsoN

T never want that Emily Jones to
 como into this house again" ex-
 claimed Imogene.
 T second the motion" replied An
 drew without Joking up from his book.
 | T think she is the most egotistical | woman I ever saw In my life," con | tinued Imogene. She thinks she is the best looking thing that walks the streets of this town, and that new hat with the purple feathers she Is wear l ing Is the worst looking thing l ever saw in my life. She has the taste of an Italian immigrant. 1 can't see where she gets her reputation for be- ing so bright"
 Andrew looked up with a puzzled look in his face.
 Why, honey, didn't you tell me last
 night that you wanted me to be nice
 to her; that she was one of your best friends, and that you thought she was one of he most cultured women you knew, and that you wanted me to be particularly nice to herr" T have no recollection of saying any of those things" replied shi. T tell you to be nice to her, of course, but l don't think that is any excuse
 NA A'ia Nihb NAln HtI so out rageously. Right under my nose, too. It was the most humiliating experi- ence l have ever had in my life"
 Why, good heavens honey, 1 didn't tlirt with the woman. l don't care a tinker's expletive for her. I was only trying to carry out orders. | wouldn't care darn if 1 never saw her again."
 But you sat and looked into her eyes the whole evening long. Every look was a caress. You never even glanced at me. Then you had to walk home with her. The car service Is not in any way crippled, is it?"
 Well, what the Sam Hill was to do7 She said 1t was too pretty night to ride and she wanted to walk. l couldn't refuse. could I?l She was your guest. not mine We talked nothing all the way home but you. She was telling me what wonderful wife I had how clever you were at bridge, what an elegant president you made for the Dorcas society and how nicely you presided and that she patterned everything she wore after you because she | thought you dressed with better | taste than any other woman in this town.
 Then l was tellin' her how very | lovely we got on together and what | pals we were and how thorouehly | We understoodS each other, and she | told me that all her life she had l held us up as the model married cou- pie, and that you never looked at an- other man and that I had eyes for no ! other woman but you. and that the reason she loved you so was because you were so sincere
 "Oh, we'll" said Imogene, she's a nice girl, I gues. She is pretty too. l think. like those dark eyes of hers; they seem so soulful and if l were a man I would fall in love with her.
 Do you know, Andrew. think she wears her clothes as we'll as any woman l ever saw. Some man is missing good wife by not marrying that girl. l wish some night you would invite Billy Sands over here to meet her. They might make a match and I can tell you that Billy would be getting a good wife"
 Andrews eyes had slowly widened with amazement during these last but she continued;
 Do you know. I've got to get a new hat. Andrew. Do you know I would look well in a brown hat with a long purple plume in it?"
 Andrew broke into a scream Of laughter. and she looked up in 
 T just thought of a Joke a fellow told me down town hon; but it's not the sort of joke a fellow would tell to a lady"