St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-02-07

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the trees. He would charge for
his work, but soon the yard looked
pretty "seedy", 50, Mary decided
to trim the hedge like she had
seen John trim It.
OF course as time went on she
found 1t tired her more and more
10 do the many things outdoors
and keep up her work in the house.
Although she did not ever say IL,
we all knew she kept the house
spic and span always hoping ONE
DAY he would get tired IRONING
and come back home.
Then there was the snow to be
cleaned. She hired a young man
TO shovel it. She told him to come
and shovel any time 1t showed.
One day she went out TO the gar
age TO get the car and the snow
pillow had piled the snow back into
the garage driveway She thought
she could back through 1t. She
was hurrying to get to church on
time. As you may have guessed,
the car got stuck.
She started shovelIng the snow
and finally backed the car out.
She wondered why the car SEEM
ed so hard 10 steer. She could
hardly drive IL TO church. She
thought the snow must be pack
ed on the wheels.
She dragged" herself to church,
sat down and while standing up
during part Of the service she
felt quite i'll and had to sit down.
She became so i'll, a friend helped
her out of church and took her
home. When the doctor left, we
found she had had a severe heart
attack.
One of her friends called John
and before we had turned around
John was there. His first words
were, how is Nom p. He made
the steps in a few seconds. Friends |
knew she would be as happy as
he was. She was more than happy |
to see him.
But we were is for a surprise. |
We thought he would bring his |
clothes back and stay but he left |
after spending an hour with her.
Going back up to see her, we !
noticed she had look of one who
had lost her best friend and we
could see she was very sad. Later
on that afternoon, about 8 o'clock,
when Mary was told John had
just come in you could see her
face light up and she said, tell
John TO come on up. BY that
time he was already in her room.
They talked far into the night
and he realized she was a very
sick woman. He had been told
she would improve If he came back.
So he said he wouldn't think of |
seeing her i'll and there alone.
He had meant to come back II |
she needed him, but he told a |
friend that she needed a good |
lesson.
We women thought he was just |
saying that, but Mary said later
that ian honest confession is good |
for the SOUL" and when we said !
she didn't need to tell us anything, |
she said she wanted to tell US
she had realized, since Being Ill
that she, and she alone, was to
blame for John leaving her.
She said she had had time to
look back over the years and she
realized she had been a very fool
ish wife. She said John had such
a nice disposition and would not
fuss nor argue with her and grad
ually she saw herself as a nag
ging fault finding person. She also
said IF and when she got we'll she
would profit by her mistakes and
not forget how lonely and sad
this past year has been.
She is blessed to have a second
chance for happiness. So many
who have separated from their hus-
bands and wives do not have IL.
I talked with a friend who lives in
Chicago and she said II she had
her life to live over again she
would be with her husband today.
She said they were both too hard
headed to give in and as a result,
they got a divorce and both have
lived lonely lives for the past
fifteen vars. Neither one remsr-
ried. She said they had said so
many mean ugly things to each
other they couldn't possibly forget
or forgive.
No matter how angry you get,
you should always know what you
are saying, for what you say is
for eternity. Those biting words