The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
EVENING CHAT
A Heart-to-Heart Talk With Himself
by a Grievance lover.
~ RUTH CAMERON.

a 4lCG1Et-AO-fl&f4EG Ink WIFI I1lDASGAA
by Grievance Lover.
Certain characters seem to need
grievances as they do some indispen-
sable article of food in order to main
tain the attitude of discomfort with
which they torture their family and
friends.-Dora Melegari in Makers of
Joys and Sorrows-)
Il am very happy this afternoon. I
have a grievance. 1t is a splendid
grievance and it is against the whole
family. I am deeply hurt. I shall
sulk for hours and everybody viii
come to me and try to placate me. [
shall have d beautiful time as soon as
the family get home.
Eyes. they are all away. That is
my grievance. I said [ might possibly
get home today and yet they went off
auto riding with the Bemises. OF
course I haven't been gone but three
days and of course they don't get auto
rides often, but still I think they might
have been at home to greet me-
1T just shows how little they care
about me. 1t shows of how little ac-
count I am in my own home-doubt
if they'd care if / didn't come at all.
There, I've worked myself up splen-
didly and here they come. I'll have
to open the front door, but I won't say
a word until they speak to me.
''Wel1, I think did that pretty well.
I didn't say a word of reproach, but,
by the way, [ asked them how they
enjoyed themselves, and the short
way I answered them when they asked
me what kind of a time I'd had, show
ed them how I felt.
t'They all know I'm hurt and they're
trying to be as nice as pie to me- They
just wanted to know what I'd like best
for supper and [ said it didn't make
any difference, in a tone that showed
[ felt how unimportant I was.
Il don't know whether can show
my displeasure best by going up in my
room and shutting the door or by stay
ing here and just answering in mono
syllables. Think on the whole III set
the most out of it if I stay here.
what an absurd idea. Someone
tried to make me believe that didn' t
say I'd get home before tomorrow Do
they think I'll give up my grievance
that easily? I guess not.
Wont I come in the library and
sing with them? No, of course
won't. I couldn't do more than that
if were feeling real pleasant.
Mrs. Bemis has asked them to go
autoing next Sunday, and they think
it would be fun If 1 took someone s
place. I love autoing, but I told them
I wouldn't think of that. I'll go, all
right, but I'll keep them begging me
before I say yes.
ooh, thunder, here's some company
coming in the front gate. That means
I'll have to be decent. You can't pa
rade grievances in front of company,
you know. They don't understand.
They simply think you are disagree
able. I guess I'll carry out my other
plan and go up in my room and close
the door,
well, now, I call that good part
ing shot They called to me not to
go upstairs, the Randalls were coming,
and I said very coldly, I don't seem to
be included in the invitations that ere
extended to this family. 1 don't mag
inc their guests will miss me very
much
Mother looked as If she were going
to cry.
ST think I got its full value out of
that grievance, all right. I don t
know when I've had so good a one