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in the selfishness of majority rule how often 

 individuality as well as individual right is made to 

 suffer. 



" How about the pins ? " I asked. 



" It is this way. The others being through 

 before me of an afternoon and at leisure for a 

 couple of hours, and their room being overcool 

 for sitting, bring their sewing to my kitchen, and 

 instead of keeping it neat and together, Mrs. 

 Evan, they scatters their needles and pins about 

 reckless, yesterday leaving pins on the edge of 

 the board itself where I was making those pa'tridge 

 the doctor bagged, into a game pasty, and two 

 pins rolled into the hupper crust, it being a mercy 

 that they pointed up and I saw them. The blame 

 of them would be to me, and yet I have no say-so 

 to stop it." 



My native spunk urged me to say that she had 

 better return home if she was discontented, but 

 then my Familiar Spirit who often talks with me 

 and sometimes gives good advice, made a sugges- 

 tion; for after all, there was reason under the 

 grievance, and that is too often overlooked in 

 kitchen matters. Surely the girls should have a 

 place to sit and sew. 



" Martha," I said, " there are many things that 



