The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
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by II MDc TT .IzARETH THOMDT CON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell
me what you think Of people who
can give q joke but not take one.
Another girl and I, for a joke,
piled some rubbish on my sisters
porch. Later in the evening she
lost her temper and gave us a hard
talking to. She has been over to
our house since, but snubs US com
pletely. Should We or she take the
first steps toward q reconcilia-
ton?
love my little niece and would
do anything for her. My sister
does not stop to think Of all the
jokes she has played on US. What
would you do? PERPLEXED.
Take the first steps toward rec
onciliation. Your joke simply made
her more work and in reality lack
ed in humor. I have often noticed
that the greatest jokers can't take
any fun directed at them.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
woman u years old and l have a
real problem. There is a man at
the place where l work who is all
the world to me. There seemed to
be an understanding between US
from the first and as we worked
together love came to both Of US.
L have entertained this man at my
home many times. He often talked
,, of love, but never of marriage,
which l thought he meant.
Then one day a woman came
,, into the Office whom he introduced
as his wife. She lives in another
town because the children are go
! ing to school there and eli her
J friends and mother live there. She
! came to see her husband as sur
prise.
You can imagine how l felt when
he introduced her. If some one
had stabbed me l could not have
suffered more. My pride made me
pretend that I was not surprised
because Of her presence. Her hus-
band went home with her before
we had a chance to talk. The next
morning when he came down tc
work he explained to me that he
had loved me sUmuch that he could
not find the courage to tell me he
was already married. He begged
a thousand pardons and when
told him I was going to get other
work he begged me to stay with
him.
| He says that his wife loves heI
mother, friends and children more
than she does him and she refuses
to move where he is and live with
him. He says his life is very lone.
! ly and now he has learned to care
a thousand times more for me thar
he does his wife.
I don't know what to do. Il
seems as II / can't 60 away where
will never see him again. It has
meant SO much to me to work with
him day by day. I want to do the
right thing though.
Do you think his wife has q RICH
to him when she refuses to liv,
with him? Or do you think wher
we love each other SO much il
would be all right for me to sta,
with him and brighten his life II
the small way OF working for him
\ have already made up my mint
that I will not let him come to Sc,
me again.
/ ANXIOUS TO Do RIGHT.
4 The man has been very unfai,
to you and to hiS wife and he doe,
not deserve your love. Absolutel,
the only thing for you to do ia I,
get another position where yo,
| will be away from temptation, !
you work for q man you love 8,
much but cannot have, you win b,
miserable all the time. But II yo,
leave him, the knowledge that 70,
have done the honorable thing MI
| give you peace OF mind and con
| tentment.
! OF course the wife has 1 rieh
to him. You have noticed that hi
love for you IL not great enough TO
him totry 10 get . divorce.
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