The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18
By Upton Sinclair

There always problem getting Eunice away
these excements She wanted when she
exhausted carry her out and
asleep his shoulder the home all he could
do to keep from falling asleep himself There in their
crowd who would carry broken his
life because he had dozed at the steegwhee crowded
boulevard another had spent days jail after
smash-up, the police had liquor
the etiquette Of parties that the who had drive drink
only gin-not because that him drunk
cause 1t left ne odor on his BREATH
The time when silly to
that long drive Beach City after dancing She found hotel
and would any questions paid advance
your lack of baggage the morning you slipped sep
that had spent the night with friend and they did pur
sue the matter-beng afraid Of what they might find
All this great difference in Bunnys Hfe and before
long began to show in his appearance he not quite
rosy and Dad took notice and longer embarrassed
speak You're making fool of yourself these late hours
have got to STOP So Bunny would to get of going
some dance and Eunice would fly into his and Sob and
cling to him. moulding her body into his in that terrible breath
the delicate perfume used the feeling the fmy
her tumbled hair her burning swift persistent kisses He
would have to stand and argue and plead trying to keep his
reason while his head went around.
Sometimes would be embarrassment mingled with his
other emotions because these drawing
of the Hoyt home with either of the parents present
giving her everything in the world half dozen servants to wait
her every whm She always
wanted and she wanted her lover and all that poor
Hoy could say was Don't be hard-hearted Bunny-reay
seeming blame him for these presencei
Tommy" when he happened a tanrum there
and skedadded troubles enough his own
making and the time he met Bunny he set forth his point
view pregnant sentence There's such thing
NAL woman in the world!
Just before school opened Bunny
Paradise spend Dad that
Paul there three days furough Paul going
to get appeared the had him work
his old ob-buidng barracks-on instead of ten dollars
day he getting thirty month land beans That
it meant for workngman be patriotic-and quite
contrast with Tommy Hoyts three millions and the hundred
and twenty thousand week of Dads ocontracts But
body thought about that because of the eoquence
dents speeches. and the concentrated ador of the four minute
orators.
Paul looked big and strong in his khaki uniform and Ruth
happy, because Paul wasn't going killed
happy because there baby the and Sadie because
there young rancher keeping company with
happy because he had brought another gushe
whole slope of the Paradise tract he putting
pipelines and preparing colossal deveopment-he
couldn't keep him down. he would finance himself with OIL
Everybody was happy except Bunny who could think of
nothing but the fact that Eunce and he kng
the loss of her She had warned him. she left
he deserted her. she would punish him. He
it, she had had lovers before him. would
after him. This peng was daily necessity for her. and
girl could get it unless she willing limit"
the etiquette prevailing in this dashng
rich high school youths go hunting couples
fancy sport-cars would pick girls and
the girls did not play the according their
the road anywhere score of miles from
town There formula short and snappy,
Bunny took long tramps trying shake off
He would come back sleep but instead he would think about
Eunice and the manifold ntoxcaton of his would
turn she would be there with all her auements and her abn
donments Bunny tried hangly
TO whom one might ee Bunny remembered the scorn with
which Paul had talked foundations Bunny not
known quite what he meanbut Bunny knew now alas only
well He tried to confess but ashamed could
break down the barriers Instead he made
father and drove back Beach City, three earlier
had intended and all the he rode he hearing Paus
voice. those cruel words Of the skedays You're soft Bunny
you're SOFT"
3 ITO be cOntinued)