Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-09


AIMED to say he has been IN the
wrong, which h but saying in
other words that he 10 wiser To-
day than he was yesterday.
Alexander Pope
For several years after her
mothers death, Helen Long, as
shall call her, although very young,
did such a good job Of taking care
of her father and helping the
housekeeper that when she was
thinking of getting married hel
father. Harry Peer, had a long
talk with Helen and her fiance.
In fact they had several long
talks before they made their plans
for the immediate future.
Helen suggested that her Dad
let her have charge Of the house
That meant the housekeeper would
be out Of a job, this was the only
way Helen would stay. Final ar
rangements were made and after
the honeymoon, Helen and Joe
came home. Mr.. Peer found a home
where his old housekeeper was
made to feel like one Of the family,
She was to take care Of a son who
had suffered polio. That was q job
she liked very much, the family
learned later.
The little family, Helen, Joe and
her father, Harry had a very happy
home together. Six years after
they were married Helen's father
died. Il forgot to mention Helen
and Joe had three lovely children)
While her father lived Helen was
free to go out anytime she and
Joe felt like going as her Dad, was
always home after office hours
and he really enjoyed baby sitting
with his grandchildren"
To Joe's surprise he began to
notice a change in Helen. She pout-
ed when she couldn't get a baby
sitter everytime she wanted to go
out and she was always talking
about my house, my car and my
MONEY. Joe had never asked
her what her father left her nor
had he asked for any help from
her, financially. Before she got the
three pieces Of property and the
money her father left, Helen was
a good wife, mother and house
keeper.
Now she would go out and leave
the house in disorder, leave the
children with the neighbors and
sometimes Joe came home, sat
down and really grieved at the
change q little money and property
had made in his wife. He even
noticed she was having more and
more young men and women COM
ing to the house and she was serv-
ing them drinks and food.
He wanted her to be happy but
1t looked to him as though this
group came for the drinks and
food. When he spoke to Helen she
told him, this il my money, my
Dad left It to me and I am going
to spend It AZ I please. II you were
a little more Sociable with my
friends you would like them, too. /"
Joe asked her what had hap
pened to their friends Of their
school days. She said, "oh, those
children" No matter how much
Joe pleaded with her to wake up
before 1t was too late she went on
leaving her home and the children
more and more until Joe told her
he was taking the children home
to his mother when school vacation
started. She told him to do. just
that.
She said she needed a little free
dom and yet she said she loved
them. Helen really did not believe
Joe was going to take them away
but she was in for the surprise Of
her young life. He not only took
them away but he moved with
them.
He had told her when she came
to her senses or II she ever
needed him she could get In
touch with him at his parents
home several hundred miles
away.
After Joe left Helen found she
didn't know anything about bus
mess and she began to realize there
was not as much money as there
had been and 20, being very foolish
and having false pride, instead Of
Joe, she mortgaged two
valuable pieces Of property for a
mere pittance.
To make a very long unhappy
story short will say that in less
than four years after her fathers
death Helen was almost put out of
ioors. She had nearly lost every
hing to satisfy her foolish pride.
For a month she stayed at home
but soon she tried to get a room
With first one of her new found
friends and another and all Of