The Ely miner., 1914-06-26
HIS FIRST OUTING
Edward Must Have Enjoyed It So
Much After That Long
Illness.
BY MARY STEWART CUTTING.

pee have my husband with me Ed
ward has said all through his illness
that the very first time he went out it
would be over here to your house, so
you see it's quite an event.
The doctor said this morning,
when he found Edward so depressed,
that if the weather continued to be
mild it would be the very best thing
In the world for him to have little
change of scene and thought-to be
taken out of himself; that's what he
really needs now.
He wanted to come over here
alone, but l said to him: No, Ed
ward, l don't dare let you go with
out me. Pm so afraid you might do
something imprndent.
Of course he doesn't realize it; but
he has to be watched every minute,
especially now that he begins to
seem all right You have to be SO
careful about ptomaine poisoning.
Mrs. Calender, would you mind
moving your chair a little, so that
Edward can move his out of the
draft? No. Edward, you don't feel
it now, but you will feel it.
Thank you, Mrs. Calender, Per-
haps / shall be more at ease about
him if the windows shut. It's all
very well for you to say you like the
air, Edward; you don't realize now
how dangerous air is, but if you wake
up in the middle of the night with
a pain in the back of your neck and
j have to go down and get hot water
bottles for you, you'll wish that you
had been more careful.
What do you think, Mr. Calender
Il have heated 117 water bottles for
him in the last three weeks
Edward, dear, put your feet up on
this ottoman-I know Mrs. Callen-
der will excuse you. I'll throw my
cape over them, in case they might
get chilled.
Edward! How can you act like
that, SO perfectly silly? Very well,
then, never mind about the cape.
Aren't men just like children? PM
sure you wouldn't behave like this,
Mr.. Calender, if your wife took you
out after such a severe illness as he
has had! Well, it's very kind of you
to speak that way.
Pm sure l have tried to do all that
/ could-nobody knows what I've
been through. I've had to keep ev-
erything to myself. He was so ter
ribly i'll that first week-he doesn't
realize how i'll he was. If it wasn't
the dreadful pain in his head it was
pain all over him.
I put sixteen plasters on him a
day, and when you consider what
that means, Mrs. Calender, running
up and down two pairs of stairs to
the kitchen and back again to make
each plaster, besides everything else
that came on me-O, yes, l know
that l ought to have had trained
nurse, but at the time 1 was so anx-
ious about Edward-when it's your
husband you feel as if you must do
everything yourself for him.
Yes, that's what uses you up So,
standing on your feet. I said to Ed
ward today: Edward, if you realized
all I 60 through, standing on my
feet
Yes, dear, | knew you wanted me
to send for your mother to help me,
but. He doesn't understand, as
you would, Mrs. Calender, how
much work it makes to have an
other person-and especially an old
er person, like your husbands
mother-in the house during sick
ness.
Mrs. Delaney is perfectly dear and
considerate, but you can't treat her
like anybody else-you wouldn't
want to, of course, and besides, she's
one of those people who can only eat
very simple things, and you know
how much trouble that makes with
the girl in the kitchen-it means
something extra cooked for each
meal, and we are always getting out
Of the right cereal, no matter how
/ try not to!
1 really felt just now, that with
Edward as he is, 1 really couldn't
stand anything more on my mind.
He looks a great deal better, I
know, but his color isn't quite right
even yet-you can notice it around
his nose and under his eyes. You
ought to have seen him at frst-he
was actually green. Yes, you were,
Edward: the doctor said
Why, Edward ! Very we'll, dear,
its all right; we won't say any more
about it. Just let me feel your hands
. moment. You don't think you're
estting too tiredf No, dear. I knov