The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-27

When Dad took his business trips alone;
that is unless he could arrange them for weekends and holt
days He didn't like going Bunny part always
had part of his mind got back
hear all the details Of how things going.
There wells River and they were all
eleven of his old Antelope wells and had ppe line there through
which river of wealth flowing him Bankside
lease he had six wells all production and he had paid Mr.
only got started he good well on the next
lease the RossWagsta three drilling about
half mile to the North he opening up territory
the Ross-Armitage No l.
wonderful what happened to Prospect
oil dercks had arisen and had marching
cabbages and sugar Seeing distance
the haze of sunset could fancy army moving
forthhe kind which have lifted high air When
you you heard roaring grumbing, as of
Putos realm; at night there enchantment
blur of white and golden lights with jets steam glare
of leapng flame where they burning roaring
out Of the earth and which they had no way to use
Yes when drove past sitting in comfortable car you
might mistake it for fayland You had remind yourself
that an army OF men were working here working hard in
twelve hour Shifts and in peril of life and limb Also had
remember the pulling and hauling, the intrigue and eachery
the ruin and blasted hopes had Dads
was happening to the little fellows the thousands of
who had come rushing to the field like moths to candefame
Then fairyand turned into saughterhoue
the many were ground up into for the breakfast of the
few
Dad had big office with and half dozen
clerks he there like captain his
coming tower Whatever might happen to the Others Dad
look care OF hmseH and his own He had to be known
the biggest independent the field
people to him with propositions new wonderful glowing
Dads reputation for sodty he could organize
ten or twenty million dollar and the investing public
would wait, he told Bunny, until Bunny grown up
through with this here education business They
pile of cash by that time and would something
big And Bunny said all right that hoped
something big might be Paradise have
real share it. Dad sad sure was his dis
covery, and when they drill there the be
known the Ross Junior.
They had made there they waiting because
of an unfortunate spup in the negotiations An
unkind fate had wed Bandy big Bandy
tract had been away from home the day that Mr.
had collected his options and when Mr. Bandy
about all the sudden purchases he suspicious
and decided that he would hold his land At least
amounted to that for he raised his price dollars an
acre to fty What made this especially tract
LAY right next to the Watkins secon thousand
acres and where Dad Bunny the
ol-n fact Dad thought the streak Bandys
land he couldn't be without survey They would wait
Dad said and let Mr. Bandy pickle years 1t
was like cat watching gopher hole get tired
rs Bunny asked which Mr. Bandy gopher;
and Dad replied that anybody mistook Jim for
gopher he would jist try show them their mistake
So they waiting. Some mythical relative of
DADS, who invalid coming hills and
tend few thousand goats and meantime
rented to the people who them
or four but Dad that he would
leave them to the quail he said Hardacre to have
man put up about thousand signs
sand acres he had bought impress Bandy with
Dads gluttnous attitude toward small game.