Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-07
Small Things Rankle In the Minds Of
Many Years After They Might Have
Been Foraotten-A Tragedy Of Dish
Washing.

h kickers' club was in session.
The subject for discussion was the
deepest injustice each member had
sustained In the course Of his or her
life.
b l~ong-haired artist had the floor.
The injustice that rankles most with
me" he was saying. rs the little habit
u vile OF mine once had. l came home
ate occasionally. Whenever It hap
pened Instead Of going quietly back
TO sleep after she had let me in she
waited until had fallen asleep and
then got up noiselessly and stopped
the clock. There the next morning
upon the face Of It was the time at
which had arrived"
When he had taken his seat there
arose a writer.
What fatlgued me most In my past
career" she sighed. was the fact that
once offered a manuscript to an ed
ltor which got home before l did.
Though this proves the facility OF
Uncle Sans postal service, have
never yet been able to reconcile my.
self to the idea OF It,"
speaking OF Injustice" observed
another woman writer, IL had a specI.
men Of II, quite recently. A woman !
know came to me In great distress
o her work. She was practically
renniless, and | hastily offered her
what refreshments | had while she
told me her tale OF woe.
by the way she said to me pres.
emily What 10 fha ~
ans paper you write for? I never
wrote for a woman's paper In all my
life. but 1t might be- better than moth
Ing
L felt a little ilsulted. II was not
a woman's paper. but a large maya.
zine. Moreover. the editor was one
OF my best friends. However. since
h was In such distress l gave her
the name and a letter OF introduction
to the editor.
Moreover. I wrote 20 n well.to-do
friend and asked her to help this
Leedy n financially, since that hap
pened to be out Of my power. A few
evenings later called TO see how sho
was progressing. I found her quito
elated. She gave h@rself airs upon
remnrking upon the visit OF the
wealthy woman, asking, haughtily. II
had also had n visit from her. which
l had to W I had not had. Then
came the blow that staggered me. The
editor to whom I had introduced her
had accepted two Of her articles. That
very morning he had returned two OF
mine. with thanks"
THE injustice which rankles most
with me-" said the sad-eyed woman
with the brown hair. happened when
| was a little girl. I belonged to the
family OF n minister. IAe had sixteen
children, three by his frst wife and
thirteen by the second. my mother. !
was the thirteenth and was born on
the thirteenth day OF tho month.
That should have been enough bad
luck, but It wasn't. They made me
wash the dishes. Somebody else wiped
them, but they made mo wash them.
IT, was awful.
well. l went away from home Wis
lting as often as | could on account
OF those dishes. There was an uncle
who lived about a mile away. He mad
A beautiful country r puae and n beau.
N'"' 6AhJ " u 'Au u WdlQ 10
wash the dishes. My fondness for that
uncle grew. 1t began to include the
wife n the maid and all the chick.
ems on the place.
"One day | stayed all day long at
the house OF my uncle. I had a lovely
time. They never made mo do a
thing. They had petted me as usual,
making much OF me 10 my hearts con.
tent. Then before II began TO be dark
they filled M with doughnuts and
ssent me along the way OF the flowers
home. Now guess what happened
when ! got home?
They had saved all The dishes from
breakfast time till that dusky hour of
twilight at which I arrived for me 10
wash up.
ut was a bitter Injustice. which /
have never been able to forget"
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