The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-16

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It was growing so cold that the little fire no longer suced
comfort; the Watkins family departure
and Bunny did his job Of putting at the mattress until was full
The stars shining they their bed open
clothing them tent the blank
cts in huygee but that cold made jump Bunny snug
gled up ball. lay there feeling night on
forehead "Say Dad Church of
the True Word?"
chuckled 1.-THE poor old crackbrain" he said had
to get some way to shut him up"
They lay STILL and pretty Dad breathing deeply.
But the boy though he tired did not to sleep
He thinking: Dads code different
Bunny had decided follow Dad would e whenever
sdeed ne would argue that the other could
not the truth had right in the particular
stances And this also plain, didn't Bunny
to follow the code. He would tell Bunny nothing
but he Bunny lie rule when he had
do lying he would do out of Bunny preence There
were lots of things like that Dad smoked cigars and he took
drink and then but he didn't Bunny smoke
drink. 1t queer
Bunny head and face were cold but the rest of him was
warm and he drifting, drifting thoughts
bur-but then suddenly again was
that? The mattress was rocking it rolled YOU from side to side
so that had to put elbows Dad cried Bunny
What's hat? And Dad came suddenly awake he sat and
Bunny sat upung his two hands keep himself steady
BY fminy! cried Dad. can earthquake
Sure enough earthquake And it queer feel
he solid ground that you on shaking you
that! The tree began creak their heads
rocking it; they jumped up and from
camor beating and moaninghe goats who liked this
sensation less than the humans having ideas
structures and geological faults to steady their minds And then
apparently GLORY haieujah!
Jesus, us! Lord have mercyw
Dad sad "Its all now; crawl in or we'll have
them folks up here praying u.s."
Bunny obeyed and they lay STILL Gee that
earthquake whispered the boy. do think knocked
down any cies?"
'I was likely iist local." Dad. "They lots
of them up here in this hill country"
"Then you'd think the Watxinses to them"
They enjoy maxim fuss guess They don't have
much excitement in their lives" had to
say He had plenty of excitements
specially interested in earthquakes and still in the rawlings
of religious maniacs He fast asleep again
But Bunny lay and listened The had let
co. and having regular holy jumping
under the cold white They shouted they prayed they
laughed and sang they cried GLORY! Glory Amen
Selah and other words which Bunny did
which have been Greek Hebrew speech of
the archanges The voice of old Abel Watkins
the hr of the children chorus the beatng
of the goats like lot of double
Cold chis back for after all the
scientific which knew about earth structures and
geological faults only century old
stincve ponounces ncantatons is thousands and
perhaps hundreds of thousands of years have
wrought renzes and pronounced
believed them and the victims believed they worked
ana therefore they believed than
was an incarnation against eahquakesand people on
their knees with their hands the air and their bodies swayng
"Charots to glory, ,charios to glory,
Charots to glory with the Holy Lambw
Bunny dozed off at last opened again
the dawn was pink behind the hills and Dad slipping
his khaki huntngclothes Bunny ewes he
popped out of bed and got his clothes qucha just
froze your bones!
He up the hillside and began pulling dead brush
ana got nre going and the And then
bringing the clean plates and things asking whether they
wanted last nights milk which cold this mornings milk
asked Eli in excitement Say that yearhquake
Does you-all have earthquakes you-al's parts?"
Eli had pale brown hair, which been cut for some
time ana had not been combed since the yearhquake He
had pale blue which protruded slightly gave him an
eager look He had long neck w.h conspicuous Adams
apple His legs had fast for the of
which were supposed to them and which
shoes without socks He stood there staring every detail Of
the equipment and clothing of these city strangers the
same time attempting probe their souls What