The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-10
(copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair,


Then a peculiar thing happened.
Wee Tracy came to Bunny; she had
Just completed another picture-no
propaganda this time, no, she had
laid down the law to Schmolsky, she
would never again have anything to
do with Russia, or with strikes, or
anything that might wound the sen.
sibilities of her oil prince. This
time the billboards announced Viola
Tracy in "An Eight-Reel Comedy of
College Capers, Entitled Come
Hitler Eyes" Wee was glorious as
the fiirt of the campus, breaking
hearts of football stars by the eleven
at time, and incidentally foiling
the plot Of a band of bookmakers,
who had bet a million dollars on the
outcome of the big game, and sought
to paralyze the team by kidnapping
its mascot and darling. Bunny, hay
ing no sympathy with either book
makers or kidnappers, it had been
all right for him to watch this pic
ture in the making, and supply local
color out of his own experience with
college capers.
The world premiere" of Come
Hither Eyes" was to take place in
New York and the star had to at
tend. Bunny" she said, "why not
come with me, and have a little
fun?"
Now Bunny had never been East,
and the idea was tempting. He had
two weeks Easter vacation, and if
he missed bit of college it could
be made up. He said he would think
it over; and later in the day-this
was at the Monastery
opened up on him, "Why don't you
go with Wee. and take Dad along?
The change would be the very thing
for him"
He studied her ingenious coun-
tenance, and grin came over his
own. whats this, Annabelle-you
and Verne trying to get us out OF
the way OF the striker"
She answered, eff your friends
really care for you, they'll wish you
to be happy" And when he said
something about it's being cowardly
to run away she made a striking re-
ply. Were going to have roast
spring lamb for dinner, but you
didn't consider it necessary to visit
the slaughterhouse."
"Annabelle," he replied you are
social philosopher" And she told
him that people went TO universities
to learn long names for plain com
mon sense.
Evidently the plot was deeply laid.
f1r when Bunny got back home
there was Dad, inquiring: Did
Verne say anything about what he
wants me to do?"
''No, Dad; what's that?"
There's a conference in New
York that somebody's got to at
tend, and he wanted to know il /
could get away. l was wondering II
II would break you up at the uni
versity if you were to take bit of
vacation"
Bunny debated with himself. What
could he accomplish by staying?
In the first strike he had managed
to keep the workers in their homes.
but he couldn't do even that much
now, for Verne would be in charge,
and would not bulge an inch. Anna
bellies smile of the spring lamb APP
peared to fit exactly the position OF
the old workers union. The job OF
slaughtering might take weeks, or
even months, but it would be done
and all that Bunny could do would
be to torment his poor father,
And then BERTHE was called into
the conspiracy. BERTHE wanted him
to go. She was to visit the fashion
able Woodbridge Riley's and after
that to be on Therma Norman's
yacht, and she didn't want her
brother getting mixed up in an oil
strike and perhaps making another
stink in the newspapers! Wouldn't
ne think about Dad for once, and
get the old man TO take rest.
Bunny was tired OF arguing, and
said, all right.
v.
The proposed trip brought up q
curious problem. How did one
travel with ones mistress, In this
land of the Pilgrims pride?" Bunny
remembered vaguely having heard
Of peopla being put out OF hotels.
because of the lack Of marriage Ger
tiflcates. Would he and Wee have
to meet clandestinely? He asked
her about it, assuming that her ex-
perience would cover the question,
and 1t did. On the trains one took q
compartment, and no questions we're
asked. As for hotels, you went to
the most fashionable, and let them
know who you were. and they made
no objection to putting you in ad.
joining suites. with a connecting
door. Look at Verne and Anna
belle, said Wee. When II suited
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