The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
Vashti, the First Militant Suf-
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seventh day OF the big celebration,
when everything was going fine and
heading for a grand finish, the ma
chinery all "het up" and all the CYL
inders hitting just right, Auserus got
to monkeying with an idea when he
was in no shape to trifle with one.
Much better it would have been for
him if ne had gone on attending his
drinking, which he could handle, and
let someone else--some of his pro-
hibitionists, say-handle the ideas,
just about that time. But he was
the boss and he wanted everybody to
know it. When fellow gets swell
ed up-even King Boss-to the point
where he can't see anything but
big 1T, it's time for his best friend
to say a word in his ear, if he'll
listen, and the chances are he won't.
Well anyway
The Big Idea was that he would
wind things up with a spectacular
climax-something that would make
'em know for sure what a regular
fellow he was. He had showed them
his fine house, his gold plate, his gor-
geous hangings, his fine wines and
his rich food, but they didn't know
yet that he had a handsome wife in
all his dominions, and he would show
'em what kind of goods he had in
thaf linz for Hold
make their eyes stick out. He'd trot
Vashti out a bit and put her through
a few stunts and let that common
herd see what it was to be king and
have the pick of the best. That was
A. HIS big idea-do you have any
doubts a-tall that he was properly |
picked. merry with wine," the story
says-but that was letting the old
man down easy.
Well, he calls up his close-in bunch,
Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha
and Abagtha, Zethar and Carcass
say, did you ever hear of such mon
keys ?-and he commanded them "to
bring Vashti, the queen, before the
king with the crown royal, to show
the people and the princes her beauty,
for she was fair to look upon" And
you can just imagine what shape that
delegation was in, at the end of a
weeks celebration, to carry any kind {
If news to lady.
Vashti was over there having the
line of her life with her society
friends, with her crown laying in the
work basket guess it made her
lead ache anyway-and everybody a
ound her tatting and talking gossip
nd maybe discussing this here fell
ow Ibsen, when that bunch rolled !
p to the door and fumbled the knock
r. And of course they thought
hey could think at all-that Vashti S
yould just be tickled senseless to get :
hat royal summons. They were prob i
bly, figuring on how long they'd have s
0 wait for her to get into her things e
nd see that her crown was on straight y
md then came the jolt. {
Vashti refused to obey her lord and d
plunked it right out. v
he sent the gang back to tell A. H. .
, put a cold towel around his head t.
nd take a comfortable think. AS for p
er, she was quite comfortable where o
he was and she was going to stay .
lere. And when they said some A
ling about obey, she up and sent il
,ur of the ladies out for her mar u
age contract and they brought it VI
J., each holding a corner of it. And g
hen she looked it over and saw a.
,bey" was there all right, she for &C
,r fountain pen and out it went in Il
holy minute. Zip-just like that, ~
Id in front of all the women, too. pl
lch a thing had never been heard be
before in that mans kingdom CT
was the first blow at human rights n,
and it must have been a
ckdologer to that crowd, Ell?
Say, I'll bet old Auserus's whiskers
bod out straight when he got that
WIS. He was Every wroth and his
ger burned in him." the story says. =.
I'd then that bunch gathered around ar
m, cause they were hit too, you Sc
e. If Vashti wouldn't obey, what an
,uld their wives do and all the other IN
yes in the country? Why, it would M,
read like a house afire. "For this tn
ed of the queen shall come abroad at
to all women, so that they shall Ge
spise their husbands in their eyes, ~
en it shall be reported.* tn,
zewise shall the ladies of Persia
i Medals say this day unto all the
lg's princes which have heard of D.
deed of the queen" My, what a
r that def of Vashtis made. And Nc
It delegation just laid it down cold
the Big Boss that she mustn't be r
owed to get by with it, not for a
mute, or the stuff was off. P.
If Course she didn't. Vashti got
s all right. A. H. didn't even give NE