The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-31
ANDREW AND E r IMOGENE
By ROE FULKERsoN

Andrew, you haven't Dit or sense,', exclaimed Imogene. Nj .Discovered," he exclaimed, raising i his hands.
 n Well, you haven't" she insisted. szss.sJust what was the mental pro- cess by which you reasoned out tnls swell-established fact" asked Andrew with absolute ilnperturbability.
 .I was just thinking about our va scation.n replied Imogene. We, first talked of Atlantic City, and then you gpictured to me the possibility of hav- ing one of my of getting bit Ften by . shark and having to wear "a wooden CT to go through slife a cripple, and all that, and we decided against that.
 "Then we talked about the noun .tains. and it became so hot that you sspoke of climbing up and down hill sand dale and the oppressive heat and fthe rocking chair brigade that all sways talked about nice looking CT
 mean always talked about women who dressed better than E. I mean women who had nice tclothes, and then we concluded we would not go there.
 Then we talked about the farm ana you said lot of things about how nice the shower bath was and ahow far 1t was from the farm to .marshmallow sundaes and the ice man, and we concluded we would not .go there, and one by one we have abandoned everything we talked about just as we abandoned that trip to Baltimore by sea because we had three nights and two days on the ocean, and yet you have done nothing i to suggest any better plan.
 ho al a hriOhf f you would have just gathered me up and carried me off some place and not told me where we were going snd would have so added the element of surprise to the vacation and
 Why. bless my soul" interrupted Andrew.
 s What do you mean?", asked 1mo- gene
 .sa1 mean that this was just what Iehad planned to do all the time" he , replied. 'I was standing off of these trips because I had nice little iition to place was not going fo tell you about.
 Ssxt Saturday night my business < miil be in such shape that we can eor for an indefinite length of time so44l unknown place. We will sim pack up and get in the car and
 h.s for 1t and I am not going to 4eesS you a word of where we are
 eessg or how long we are going to gou get packed and ready"
 Where are we going?" inquired Iis gene. promptly.
 -~ am not going to tell you" he
 ss5d, If did, the element of sur ; se would be gone.' But how will know what kind o.
 rlg hes to take with me?"
 You won't,'' said Andrew, prompt that will be the funniest part oi
 You win be almost certain tc
 talFe the wrong kind.'
 That does not sound very funny tc x 7 hesitated his wife. How lonf ]. will we be gone?"
 Is, tT shall not tell you that, either { Plfe whole thing is to be an absolute <, -spyprise.'
 ! man. the milk man. -s.. the girl, ant all that?"
 : s;asSearch me" said Andrew
 ssWhy. I think that is the stupides .y thing I ever heard of exclaimed , Iiiogene. This is not a toy house
 T cannot run it on any such harum <, acarum plan as that. Here I have ; ss:whple week to prepare things in ant a, ! don't know what to prepare. I y--you don't tell me where you are go S-ilig and how long you are going t
 stay. I will not move a step. I be 1. senything it Is some old fishing place !. ANYWAY"
 vAshe sniffed and resumed her maEa .-se- tppyright. 1922. by e1st Century M NN fl PregQ Inc \