Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-13
ANDREW AND IMOGENE
BIZ ROE FULKERSON.


Andrew sat reading contentedly, his whole
mind absorbed in his book. Imogene, with
twinkling eyes, reached out and quickly
snatched his book from his hands. He flush
ed and drew back his hand quickly, but in a
flash his anger was gone and shame took its
place in his face
Don't ever do thai, honey" he said. You
know I always lose my temper When you do,
and some day will slap you before l catch
myself Please don't do it. You know
when you scratch just a little below the sur
face a man is an aDsysmal brute, and 1t
frightens me to think might have struck
YOU"
She sat down on tie arm o. his chair and
laughed in his face.
eyes, she said. "I know that all men
are absymal brutes. have associated with
the terrible things ever since I can rellem-
Der.
"The first one Of these ahysmal brutes
recall was an old one used to call gran'pa.
His face had thousand tiny wrinkles in it
to match the thousands of tiny wrinkles in
his eyes and there was splotch OF turkey
red on each one of his tanned cheeks and he
used to take me p on his knee and let me
blow out the match otter he lit his pipe, and
he it was who first introduced me to Sinbad
and Cinderella, and although / generally
went to sleep in the crook OF his elbow, the
abysmal brute was always very dear to me-
"The next abysmal brute that / can res
member Y as one that had mustache which
smeIled of cigar smoke, and called him
daddy and he had way OF always having
pennies and nickles around in his pockets
that usually stuck in my fists when was
little and when grew up he used to come
home from trips with bracelets and lockets
and things and UP to tho time married you
he never failed to come to my room and
brush my cheek with that cigar scented mus
tache and tell me good night.
'Then all through my girlhood and young
womanhood I was thrown into the society
Of lot Of the younger element Of these
abysmal brutes and found that they danced
wonderfully, and brought beautiful flowers
and candy and war; as gentle as kittens.
Some of them at tines were really little
soft If my gown was pretty and the moon
was shining but them suppose, this was
merely to disguise their abysmality.
"Then you know had one OF these sDys.
NAL brutes for a brother. He was the fierce
est one I ever came in contact with. He
has spanked me after / got too big to be
spanked; he has ducked me when we We're
bathing, he has beat me over tho head with
a pillow when we fought at night and never
forgot single birthday or Christmas in his
life and even If he did call me BILL which
is not my name, some how never was
afraid of him.
Then l met you you aDysmal brute
:. you man primitive you caveman,
you fierce thing before whom the earth
trembles and in spite OF the raw places on
my shoulders, wh.re you have bitten me, in
spite Of my semi-oald condition, where you
have dragged me around by the hair OF the
head, in spite Of lacerated feelings and
wounded pride, see, sit here beside you un-
afraid
"Abysmal brute Abysmal joke is more
like it. You men who boast most OF your
terrible brutality are as gentle as baby foves
and as kind as Jersey cow to her calf.
"You are natures joke and the funniest
part Of it is that you have so little sense OF
humor that you are unable to see joke
and so you save your pride.
"You are nice /. awfully nice -. but
there is nothing terrible about you and so
will pull your nose, jerk your book or do
anything please"
Copyright, 1922, by 21st Century Press Inc