The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-10-11

The Kickero club was In session
The subject for discussion was the
deepest Injustice each member had
sustained In the course OF his or her
life
The long.haired artist had the floor
THE injustice that rankles most with
me" he was saying, rs the little habit
wife OF mine once had. came home
late occasionally. Whenever n 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 writer.
What fatigued me most in my nast
career, she sighed, was the fact that
] once offered a manuscript to an ed.
itor which got home before | 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 specl-
men OF II quite recently. A woman
know came TO me In great distress
about her work. She was practically
renniless. and hastily offered her
what refreshments had while she
told me her tale OF woe.
90 Nv tho - -.
emily, what Is the name Of that WON.
ans paper you write for? never
wrote for woman's paper in all my
life, but 1t might be better than moth.
Ing
Il felt little insulted It was not
woman's paper, but a large maya.
zine. Moreover, the editor was one
OF my best friends. However. since
she was in such distress | gave her
the name and letter OF introduction
to the editor.
Moreover, wrote to a well-todo
friend and asked her 20 help this
Leedy one financially. since that hap
pened to be out Of my power. A few
evenings later called TO see how abe
was progressing / found her quite
elated. She gave herself airs upon
remarking upon the visit OF the
wealthy woman. asking, haughtlly. II
had also had a visit from her, which
had to own had not had. Then
came the blow that staggered me. The
editor to whom 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 minister. He had sixteen
children. three by his FIRST wife and
thirteen by the second, my mother.
was the thirteenth and was born on
the thirteenth day OF the 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 me wash them.
II was awful.
We'll, went away from home Wis.
iting as often as I could on account
OF those dishes. There was an uncle
who lived about a mile away. He nad
a beautiful country house and a beau.
tiful gray-haired wife and maid TO
wash the dishes. My fondness for that
uncle grew. II began to include the
wife and the maid and all the chick
ems on the place.
zone day | stayed all day long at
the house OF my uncle had lovely |
time. They never made me do a
thing. They had petted me as usual.
making much Of me TO my hearts con,
tent. Then before Il began to be dark
they filled me with doughnuts and
sent me along the way OF the flowers
home. Now guess what happened
when got home?
They had saved all the dishes from
breakfast time TIL that dusky hour OF
twilight at which I arrived for me to
wash up
1T was a bitter injustice. which I
have never been able to forget"