The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-30
ANDREW AND
 TMOGENE
By ROE FuLKERsoN

Listen, honey" said Andrew. "Ri1- " Sands and bunch of the boys have invited me down to the Gayetv tonight. There Is an unusually clever | cancer there and I should like very | much to go with them, for you know ! l have been sort of neglectfnR my friends of late, and I always have a good time if I am with those boys"
 Why Andrew" protested ImeRene This is the only night we have at home together this week, and you know we need the sleep"
 "oh. we'll" said Andrew. they don't ask me often and they are so in- sistent"
 ''Insistent nothingr snapped Inc gene You are always ready enough 10 go to your men things. But when l want you to spend 8 quiet evening here at home with me you act like you were bored to death"
 Now that is not fair" reasoned Andrew. There is no reason why you should refuse me good time sim ply because this is a stag theatre, l You know I would take you if I could, and you know 1 do take you to more places than nine men out of ten take their wives and you are l unjust"
 Do I ever go out at night and leave you2" she asked
 "No, dear, you do not have to- continued Andrew wearily. You have all day to gad about with your | friends. You run around and see them, have your little parties and things of that sort and can keep up your end of strictly feminine affairs in daytime. A man cannot do that because not only he but all the other men are busy day times making T living for their wives, getting money for clothes, gasoline and food If there is enough left for that sort of thing"
 Well, don't care" said Imogene, outtalked but still unconvlnced. T think it would be mean for you Co go.Y
 All right said Andrew. I've will forget about it. I told Billy I would telephone him before : If could ga and 1t is five minutes of now. I won't phone him and he will know I cannot go."
 T suppose he will think I refused to let you go," said Imogene. Not at all" said Andrew. 'l simply told him I was tired, and it felt rested enough after dinner would go"
 They finished dinner and went up to the sitting room. At just 10 min utes after the telephone rang. Inc ! gene looked up at Andrew and said "You answer it. it's Billy Sands try ing to get you to go to the theatre
 Hello" said Andrew, picking up the receiver. "Yes. she is here"
 "It is you, dear" he said, beck oning Imogene to the phone.
 Yes" she said into the telephone "Oh. fine, I would just love to go Fine and dandy I could be ready III 1O minutes and-but-er-say, Sally will call you in five minutes"
 She hung up the receiver and turned to Andrew hesitatingly.
 Andrew" her voice was sweet and tender. Sally just called me-"
 That so?" said Andrew, without interest.
 "Er-Andrew," she hesftated. "Ton got tickets for Otis Skinner tonigh, and he cannot go, and she wants mt to go with her or else she can't go II want to--I want you to so with Billy. Can't you get him on the tele phone and tell him you will go?'
 "No. dear" smiled Andrew, "h, never asked mo to go. That was all made up. Tom told me on the way home in the car that he could not % to the show tonight and that he was going to ask you to go witt his wife"
 Then won't go a step!' said Imo- gene, "and I think you are as near as you can be."
 Andrew picked up the receiver an6 calling Sally, said: '1mogene will bs ready in 10 minutes. Sally. You stoI for her as you go by"