The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-02-09
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II always lived in institu,
sa ~ was deathly tired OF
pd '"s ,oetlmes thought that IL
W ~ 'SI heard a gong sound she
|, 'I 20 on on the floor and die.
m ~. ~ instead, the moment
s s'., ! longle sounded she was
.l Dr. nSrrying to breakfast IN
lee' ~ puttIng out the lights
J, So.sht. just the same she
,as "' stolldly that something
'0ps '.onld happen to take her
T Institutional life. Yet she
= !, ,a'l anticipate it greatly v
.n no' DAY, going home from
4 the street cur e"' ys1,Lo.
A !, y. success articles. Esther
y. but past that she seldom
,'SSl unless 1t was a news
.' hook. however, had a
'' and the name of 1t was
IT, n in startling golden let
" danced inside and became
She found that she had
q mt-,although had II not
~ hook she never would have
|n She read on, for 1t
\ rive some idea that II one
4 sould Climb out Of the rut
4, how deep and rough a rut
!, .,tIrt, when the 1880 bell
rhts OUT" bell-sounded. she
1yh,s out with the rest OF
.,..,a to her roommate's reg
|Is,Alug. and then made gay
herself.
. m life was only a pattern,
"A not necessarily be n stencil
a lu,t the same old thing day
True, she had been left an
N, an orphan asylum. and at
NJ uben she was considered too
\, my longer an orphan to be
By "the authorities" she
halted to go to the home OF
shlre. where she was general
the kitchen.
was nothing very inspiring
!, Kitchen work Of the largest
= n the world. II was always
\ Just getting a thing done.
ne, peellng enough potatoes
hes that would not go through
line and then finding that the
ngnln filed with odd sizes.
hen wondered as she did these
what Johnny Johns had done
became fourteen and was au-
Nv released from the orphan
She and Johnny had used to
Either, and she always looked
admiration upon his shock
llr that stood upright.
other orphans that hair had
source Of amusement and
bad been called Red by the
She could recall three sepa-
slons when people Of the city
automobiles had lent them to
IN asylum for the day and
oil piled In and had gone TO
Those days TO Esther and
ohns had been red-letter days
Already life.
~ used to plan 10 go every
be 200 Just the minute they
enough TO get out Of the
And with dismayed eyes that
70 The darkness of the girls
firb thar was her present in
home, Esther realized that,
h'had been almost six years
had left Johnny and the
idren' she had never once
f@dy' as they had called the
NV she said aloud. I'm 60
asked her roommate, sit
~ Up In her narrow bed of
mat was so durable in the
Z's 10 Already" said Esther
n@ale lay down again. "YOu
.'e plum pudding for your
saC she said sullSily.
nef glggled ut the thought
'oalag in an institution.
Oy She stopped to tell the
mat she probably would
q lor tea--it was Sunday
srh notified the commits
'ule lhey were allowed rs
neF weekly bill.
:, 70 ehe zool" said that
oehln4 the desk. "Well.
'll weil go together. / al
W h'tle boy out Sunday
ana We always meet my
~ ! always kid him and
uus' be going to meet a
goes so regular.like.
ne teasing mell-ah," she
arms out ahead OF her
,.'unded, "nOw TIM through
little shock to think
wears was glad to be free
noon, Somehow she had
,l,s that people who ran
S' 50 because they loved
Y But there was little
NJ. s'f this thought. tor they
N way and Esther felt
~ honey sn,,ot.