The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-12
HIS FIRST OUTING
Edward Must Have Enjoyed It So
! Much After That Long
illness.
D. MARY STEWART CUTTING.

would be over here to your mousse, 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 nc
really needs now.
He wanted to come over here
alone, but | said to him: No, Ed
ward, / don't dare let you go with
out me. Pm so afraid you might dc
something impradent.
OF course he doesn't realize it bul
he has to be watched every minute
especially now that he begins tc
seem all right. You have to be 81
careful about ptomaine poisoning.
I Mrs. Calender, would you mine
moving your chair little, so thai
Edward can move his out of th
draft? No. Edward, you don't fee
it now, but you will feel it. :
Thank you, Mrs. Callelder, Per
haps / shall be more at ease abou
him if the windows shut. It's a!
very well for you to say you like th'
air, Edward you don't realize nov
how dangerous air is, but if you walk
up in the middle of the night witt
. pain in the back of your neck AM
i have to 60 down and get hot waite
bottles for you, you'll wish that yo'
had been more careful.
What do you think, Mr.. Callende
II have heated III water bottles fo'
him in the last three weeks!
Edward, dear, put your feet up OF,
this ottoman-I know Mrs. Callen
der will excuse you. I'll throw m,
cape over them, in case they nigh
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? Pp
sure you wouldn't behave like this
Mr.. Calender, if your wife took yol
out after such severe illness as hi
has had Well, it's very kind of yol
TO speak that way.
Pm sure | have tried to do all tina
i could-nobody knows what Nv,
been through. I've had to keep ey
srything to myself. He was SO ter
ribly i'll that first week-he doesn'l
realize how i'll he was. If it wasn'i
the dreadful pain in his head it wa
pain all over him.
I put sixteen plasters on him {
day, and when you consider what
that means, Mrs. Calender, runnins
up and down two pairs of stairs te
the kitchen and back again to maxi
each plaster, besides everything elst
that came on me-O, yes, | know
that / ought to have had trained
nurse, but at the time | 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. | said to Ed
ward today: Edward, if you realized
all 1 go 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
or 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 cal
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-
I really felt, just now, that with
Edward as he is, really couldn't
stand anything more on my mind.
He looks a great deal better,
amow, but his color isn't quite right
sven yet-you can notice it around
his nose and under his eyes. You
ought to have seen him at frst-ht
was actually green. Yes, you were
Edward; the doctor said
Why, Edward = Very well, dear
IT'S all right; we won't say any more
shout it. Just let me feel your hands
, moment. You don't think you're
Detting too tired? No, dear. know
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