Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-02
ANDREW AND IMOGENE
BY ROE FULKERSON.


"Andrew,' Imogene suddenly spoke out.
Don't interrupt me when start to talk
Andrew looked up from his paper which he
had been reading in silence. His forehead was
full of puzzle wrinkles but before he could
speak she went on.
"What meant is do not interrupt me now.
/ have told you lie or at least it was just the
same as telling you lie, for have kept some-
thing from you which ! should have told you
and now that think it over am afraid it will
come back on me and make more trouble than
ever"
Andrew smiled unbelievngly.
"When Minnie and / made that trip to
Hughesville in the little car yesterday, | told
you that we had glorious day and were under
shelter all during the storm and everything
went fine.
"That was not so. We had lot of trouble
and we promised each other we would not tell
for fear you would not let us 60 touring off
into the country again.
at was like this, Andrew; the road after you
turn off the main pike is bad, but it is no
trouble to get over going down, but while we
were there that awful storm came and before
started back ! got the boy at the hotel to
put the chains on the car for fear we would
get stuck or the car would skid or We would
have some other trouble in the mud.
"We came along for about a mile and then
we came to little place on hill where the
water had washed the road very badly and
made a gully foot deep right across it.
II went up the hill until came to 1t and the
front wheels passed over it all right, but when
the hind wheels came to it they just spun
round ond make mountain ofSand behind each
wheel but they would not go over it,
81 tried every way knew and Minnie got
out and pushed and spoiled her shoes, but IL
did no good. We simply could do nothing and
then we sat down beside the road and cried.
Suddenly l saw house not far away and
went there and told my troubles to man with
red whiSkers and rubber boots and he said he
would bring his team over and pull us out for
five dollars.
81 was tickled then, but when he came he had
two cows with big log on their necks, like you
see in pictures of Bible times. ! knew they
would not pull it out, but he fastened chain
to the front axle of the car and said something
to them in language never heard before and
they walked right up the hill with the car.
"Then the trouble started, for Minnie said
had better trade MY engine for one of the cows.
She was just joking you know, but the man
took it seriously, for said, also in poke,
that they were too big but ! thought one of the
little calves would be just too cute for any.
thing, and the man in the rubber boots asked
me who was and where lived and promised
me positively that if either one of them had
calf he would send it to me for pet.
ut has worried me SICK for you know had
that lie about not having had any bad luck to
think about and | thought if that man ever sent
that calf here you would want to know where
it came and then the story would all come out,
and oh, Andrew, have been SO miserable" She
was almost in tears.
Honey giggled Andrew, "that was simply
automobile luck to get hung up that way and
if that countryman ever sends you one of those
cows calf, | will send it to some friends in the
country to be cared for" Then he rose and left
the room hastily
Copyright, 1927, by 2ist Century Press, Inc.)