The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02

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The German submarines had sunk vessel too
many and America going Congress had
oneu ana the whole country was on tptoe with begerency
The pages dispatches from Washington and
New York and from the capitals Europe was not sur
png that the news of the Paradise oil strike crowded
once In while you saw inch two buried in page
hre strikers had been arrested charged beating up
on dark night was declared by the operators that the
strikers had attempted to set fires the district
hng like that to remind that three thousand
wives and children of of them wagng desperate
struggle with starvation.
Dad OF course had daily reports of what happening
so Bunny got the Little by little the operators gathered
up supply OF men, paying them extra and bringing them
the hed Ihe were seldom skilled men, and there many
ACCIDENTS nevertheless number of the wells pro-
1ucton and in two three drilling being done
BUT on the Ross tract everything stood de and Bunny could
that his father was rated by this situation. losing
fortune every dayand at the time losing
associates who thought he was either cracbraned traitor
they could make out which Of course the Big
glad enough of the independents cutting throat
but they pretended be indignant spread and
ganda against their rival and magned the
Bunny could this he got the sting of it from
the gossip which Aunt Emma brought home clubs
BERTHE from her housepares and dnnedances
would think of the cnging puly their hope
life and his heart would be torn in half only one
to win they must win they must! the way Bunny
when be sat and watched football game himself
hoarse for the hometeam He had impulse jump
arena and help the eambut alas the rules of the game
such action
been more trouble with the guards at the Ross
tract and Dad going the field Bunny along
for weekend sprngime now the hills were green
and the fruttrees in bossomoh beautiful beautiful But
human beings miserable millions of them could
they not learn to be happy such srNngtime
all the country and everybody preparing to 90 to
war and form vast armies and kill other people, cropping
happness Everybody said that had to be- and vet something
Bunny would dream of world which people
did not MAIN and kill another Destroy merely the
happiness Of others, but their
They Paradise the strange sight Of
idle men, hanging about the and of guards
frances to all the oil properties There somebody making
speech lot a listening 1t was great
gests and patent medicine vender oratorsthe
people heard them all mpartialy Bunny his read
ing was being patronzed had read
all the magazines to the advertisements
Dad interviewed a committee of his was an mpos-
sbe situation they reported the guards deliberately making
trouble they drunk part of the time know what
tents and the the clubhouse about to
out Those who had families occupied houses
place for the families and they dared
and children alone in the neghborhood guards Dad in
rvewed the captain of the latter and got the information
the liquor could YOU EXPECT men h s+a
lin a God-forsaken hole like this without liquor?
Bunny went up Ruth Meele-the place To get
the news! The girls hard work baking that didn't
OCCUPY their tongues from Meees poured stream
of gossip Dick Nelson the hospital with part of his
shot awayha nice young fellow Bunny remembered him
he had worked Number Eleven WE'LL knocked guard
down dirty talk
they bringing the Victor pace And
name after that Bunny knew ewes were
wide with horror and you could was young and
this more excitement than had into before
the devil with his hoo and horns ptchfork and burning
smell had appeared at meeting Of the of the Third
Revelation, Meee would
way she enjoyed this crew MISUNDERSTANDING cursne
ruans suddenly vomted of the cys underworld into her
peaceful and pious sprngtime decorated village.
ITO be coninued)
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