The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-05
In the Romance
Drug Store
BY FRANK II. WILLIAMS.

child In family of eight.
She had n beau, OF course--no girl
so pretty and plquant 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 nelghbors to
reach her side.
Imogene's beau was young Bill Jen-
nlngs, llkenble fellow several years
Imogene's senior, and holding good
position In n downtown bank.
All during the hot summer BIZ had
been calling regularly on lmogene,
plotting his wheeling flvver through
the hot streets to her home and being
the life Of the party AT mere than one
family gathering, where the younger
children fought all over the place, or
played cracked pieces on the family
phonograph, or made sly remarks
nbout big sister and her "feler." 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 BIZ
TO propose2 Time and again as lmo-
gene pictured TO herself the joys of n
little home OF her own, where she
could make the coffee, which Bin so
liked, for BIZ alone, Instead OF for
great profusion of brothers and sisters,
and where the dusk of evening would
bring Blll home from work and hap
plness of heart, she sighed mournfully
and felt that II was no use. Not cnly
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 quleter home.
And then came the evening when
love enveloped lmogene In pink
cloud OF pure JOY. s..,
And how unpropltlous the evening
started Almost the minute after Bin
had parked his car at the curblng I'm
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
while. lmogene's heart sank as she
saw Jim tearing down the street
Lately lmogene's mother had been
allowing her to take short rides with
Bili In the ancient iivver and lmo-
gene had been rather counting on
ride this evening. Tonight she had
felt was to he the night OF nights
and yet here wns the one best chance
FOR giving Bill an opportunity to speak
I'm awiu!ly sorry said lmogene
TO Bill. 81 just wish father was here
he'd not let Jim do a thing like
that"
oh, never nina, sald Bill, trlne
rleiul!y' Leis go III the house ana
play the monograph I'VE brought
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