Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-23
Zoe /; !; !;
Her Problems
The trials,
worries and
perplexities
of a wife and
mother.

which confused and we'll nigh blind
ed the party of men who braved the
cold and armed with shovels attack
ed the drifts in the highway in an
effort to extricate those of their
nelghbors who were so completely
hemmed in and shut off from the
rest of the world.
The telephone wires were down
and all week they heard nothing
from Max. The roads were so COM
pletely blockaded by drifts which
were 0 firmly packed that although
men were at work constantly in an
endeavor to open them it was Fri
day before Allen could get through
to the village. 1t was with a feel
ing Of great relief that Zoe saw him
returning with Max safe and we'll.
All day Saturday Max helped AL
len shovel the snow out in the yards
where the stock was kept, and on
Sunday although the weather was
still bitterly cold they all went to
church. Max said very little about
what had taken place at school ex-
cept that the storm had cut down
the attendance and that he had held
his usual grades in his recitations.
Allen thought it best for both
Max and Clemantine to stay in
town until the weather moderated
and the roads were again passable,
as the distance, three miles, was too
great to go back and forth every
day with team and sled, but Glenn
atine begged so hard to be allowed
to stay at home, saying she could
keep up her studies anyway, that
she was allowed to have her way.
1t was three weeks before the
weather conditions were again nor
NAL and more than six weeks before
the snow had disappeared but at
the end of three weeks they found
it possible to go to and fro with the
auto and Clemantine went back to
school.
Homer and Constance who had
been going to the country school
half a mile distant had not gone
back since the storm. Homer was
very susceptible to weather changes
and Zoe had not thought best to
subject him to exposure.
One afternoon Homer was taken
violently i'll and The doctor was sum-
moned. For many hours they fear
ed for his life as he passed from one
fainting spell into another. The
doctor looked very grave as he work.
ed over him giving him stimulants
, and anxiously watching the heart
action.
At length he rallied but was so
weak and spent that to the anxious
watchers death seemed invitable.
For the FIRST time Max was willing
to miss school, and lowered around
the sick boys bed with strained
look upon his face which told his
anxiety. AS the day wore on the
likelihood flowed little more freely
and when the doctor pronounced
the immediate danger passed a look
Of relief TRANSPORTED the counten-
ance Of the elder brother.
| 81 am unable to account for the
attack" the doctor confided before
his departure. There is every
symptom of extreme excitement or
other disturbance of the entire sys-
tenn. had thought the lad would
out grow the heart weakness but
these attacks are very weakening
and there is danger of sudden col
lapse
! 1t was several days before Homer
had fully recovered and all thought
of sending him back to school dur
ing the winter was abandoned for
the doctor advised complete rest
and freedom from excitement and
exertion.
Several weeks passed and Zoe
was beginning to wonder if it hac
been wise to keep the children from
school as Homer seemed so we'll