Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-10
SUNDAY WIDOWS

They a been married about three
gears and things had gone along
smoothly enough. Then h Sunday
widow moved next door n they had
their first taste of matrimonial I'M
pleasantness. The Sunday widow was
a very charming young woman who
wore a wedding ring. in addition to
several others, and had two children
about as near perfect as children can
be. She also had a husband-a mys-
ferrous person who went to work very
early and returned very late, n was
said to be a man of extraordinary
ability who drew a good salary. and
was shortly to become & partner in the
firm for which he worked. He was
sometimes seer about in the evening,
moving his lawn and playing with his
children on the porch. He was tall and
strong and we'll tanned, a typical out
door man. But from Friday evening
until late Sunday evening he withdrew
to parts, and the plight of his
wife was such that the Oun married
woman next door called her a Sunday
widow" and felt sorry for her. 1t was
not long before they were exchanging
occasionally. and finally a Jack porch
visit every now and then.
Thus the whole story came out. The
mysterious husband of the Sunday
widow was devoted to the Fascinating
game of golf. He went to work early in
order to be free in the afternoon. He
n went to play golf and got home
some time in the evening. On Saturday
afternoon he cast aside the cares of
business and played golf as long as
there was light until Sunday evening.
His wife was in a quandary. She did
not criticise her husband. but she did
lead her neighbor to believe that she
reared her children would grow up
strangers to their father. Her pre-
plexlty was such as to invite SYM
pathy, and she got it, not only from the
young married woman next door, but
also from other women IN the neigh
borhood. And one or two who had
successfully survived periods of Sun
day widow regarded with unfeigned
skepticism. She said her fascinating
was no hope until old age made him
too weak to totter around his beloved
golf course. The situation became
acute. and then the young married
woman next door had a brilliant idea.
She decided that since her own hus-
band was a docile creature who never
deserted her for the fascination of
golf. though he had been devoted to it
before their marriage, he would be just
the person to help the Sunday widow
recover her husband. He was, there
fore, approached with great caution
y app " vi lax az I1IdS AlC
was to exercise his wonderful ability
as a domestic diplomat on behalf of the
Sunday widow next door,. Naturally he
baked. declaring that it was none of
his business. but. after the fashion of
docile husbands, he finally relented and
agreed to do what he could. The news
spread about the neighborhood, and he
was watched with great interest. 1t
SO happened that the next Saturday
afternoon the husband of the Sunday
widow came home for something, and
the diplomat took a long breath n APP
preached him. Soon the two men were
the center OF attraction in the block.
They talked over the fence a few
minutes. h the husband of the
widow stepped back and swung his
arms and explained something. then
the diplomat swung his arms and be-
gan to argue. In a few minutes the
diplomat went into his house and re-
turned with a dusty bag of golf clubs.
and his wife thought him very clever.
indeed, for was he not going to show
the widows husband that although he
knew the game he preferred home to
golf? The clubs were examined and
tested and argued about. and then the
diplomat returned to the house for his
nat, and he and the man next door went
away and now there is another Sum
q widow in the block.