Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-11-04

@. 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Imogene was twenty-five, the pref
test girl in the block and the eldest
child in family of eight.
She had a beau, of course mo girl
so pretty and piquant and altogether
desirable could miss having some
young fellow "crazy about her." in
spite of the fact that he nearly had
to fight his way through sprawling
children and curious neighbors to
reach her side.
Imogene's beau was young Bill Jen-
nings, a likeable fellow several years
Imogene's senior, and holding good
position in a downtown bank.
All during the hot summer Bill had
been calling regularly on Imogene,
plotting his wheeling flivver through
the hot streets to her home, and being
the life of the party at more than one
family gathering, where the younger
children fought all over the place, or
played cracked pieces on the family
monograph, or made sly remarks
about big sister and her teller" And
when the nights had grown cooler and
the hint of autumn was in the air,
Imogene had come to feel that Bill
was the one man in the world for
her.
But what chance was there for Bill
to propose? Tirhe and again as Imo-
gene pictured to herself the joys of a
little home of her own, where she
could make the coffee, which Bill so
liked, for Bill alone, instead Of for a
great profusion of brothers and sisters,
and where the dusk of evening would
bring Bill home from work and hap
piness of heart, she sighed mOurnfully
and felt that it was no use. Not only
did there appear to be no chance for
Bill to pop the question, but also Imo-
gene feared that her tumultuous fam
lily might eventually drive Bill from
her to some quieter home
And then came the evening when
love enveloped Imogene in pink
cloud Of pure joy.
And how unpropitiOuS the evening
started! Almost the minute after Bill
had parked his car at the curbing in
front of the Hetrick home young Jim
Hetrick, aged seventeen, bounced into
the drivers seat and announced that
he was going to borrow the car for
saw Jim tearing down the street.
Lately Imogene's mother had been
allowing her to take short rides with
Bill in the ancient fiivver, and limo
gene had been rather counting on a
ride this evening. Tonight she had
and yet here was the one best chance
for giving Bill an opportunity to speak
gone to smash.
SIN awfully sorry" said Imogene
to Bill. Il just wish father was here
he'd not let Jim do thing like
that!"
"Oh, never mind" said Bill, trife
ruefully. Lets go in the house and
play the photograph. I've brought
new record"
Imogene led the way into the par
Tor. Much to her surprise the parlor
was empty. What luck Perhaps,
now
Bill placed the record on the ma
chine and started it. The piece was
fox trot. He held out his arms to
Imogene and she foated into them.
They were good dancers and liked
to dance together. And now, thought
Imogene, now would be the time. She
felt Bill hold her more tightly.
Dear" whispered Bill, softly,
'let's-'
But Bill got no farther than that.
For into the room dashed tempestuous
Nellie, one of Imogene's younger
sisters.
Gee, it's a new record, amt it?"
cried Nellie, excitedly. "Did you bring
it, Bill?'
eyes, said Bill shortly, in a voice
that was plainly irritated.
Imogene's heart sank. If Bill was
to be always interrupted perhaps he'd
become tired and quit entirely. And
life without Bill would be very bleak
indeed. A tremor of fear possessed
her. She must do something quickly.
She simply couldn't let Bill get away.
Gently Imogene disengaged herself.
"Oh, Bill" she exclaimed, as happy
idea came to her, 'let's go to the
Family theater tonight. There's
good film there
tits pretty hot" demurred Bill,
rather ungraciously.
please" whispered Imogene, clutch
ing Bill's arm and gazing at him with
eyes filed with alteration.
"All right" said Bill.
Imogene had figured that with the
weather SO hot there would be but
few people in the Family theater. And
in the darkness of the theater there
would surely be chance for Bill.
Imogene was right about the scarcity
Of the people in the theater. But no
sooner had she and Bill seated them
selves in a dark spot well at the rear
than i'll fortune once more came her