The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-26
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Well Tovarsh Roscoe went bed in Nile green silk pala
on cot out in alongside the Fountain and at I'VE
the morning they woke him. so that he might go out WIN Law
and the geologs and the engineer to o. r. the plans TOT @
Bandy with the sunrise in his eyes, puhs
snorng yelling for beer instead OF breakfast ana now
get when this out? They persuaded
him that he must not try to until the went
Dad Bunny retired into the living ROOM anu
shut all the windows best they could
Well the sun got walls of that house,
every minutes the great would get and look az
the thermometer and emit another string tech
BY middle of the morning he frantic; decar
that surely there must be to cool house by J
let's get hose and soak this room But Bunny who had studied
physics said that would only shift them from the climate OF the
desert the climate of the Congo river Mr. Roscoe suggested
turning the hose ON the veranda and the roo and Bunny cameo
gardener boy pretty there half dozen spn
going regular rain storm the doors and windows OF
tXat enough Dad the phone and call
ed up the foreman of the sheet metal shop and he said sure thing
he could design refrigerator and Dad said to drop everything
else and build and he'd the dollar apiece extra
truck and big metal box with double walls all the from the
floor to the ceiling and they hole the floor for vent
plant couple of sacks of salt and few minutes the Their
mometer showed wind blowing from the bottom Of
while he began sigh with and in half hour he
loud "Kerchoo!" and they all roared with laughter.
After that he sleepy with all the beer he had drunk
had the lounge while Dad the drilling
And then the party had lunch and Mr. Roscoe had another
after which he felt fine did lot of talking Bunny
ed some about the world in which he lived Jm said the
magnate Il hundred thousand dollars your money
where's your gum" said Dad amiaby
you'll get it back many times little
raising and Pete oRey and Fred opan We can't talk
about it except to a few"
what is it, Werner"
Wen getting ready for the Republican convention
faced college professor We're going get man.
like and JIM I'm going Chicago pick him
"You got anybody in mnd?"
I'm negotiating with fellow from Ohio Harry Dockweer
that runs the party there He their
ardng big chap with fine presence good and all that
and can be rustedhes been there
told Dockweler thinks he him
Million and he'll pledge the secretary of the
Il see," said Dad-not having meant
i've got tract-been watching ten
and it's wonder Excelsior put two wells
and then they capped them hushed gov
eminent report that mentioned but they and
you can't get anywherebut Ihad stolen for
Iheres about forty thousand acres, all oI.'a
But how can you get it away from EXCELSIOR"
The government has taken the dstrcsupposed to
be an oil reserve for the But what the viii be to
the navy with developments? The think Won can
drill wells and build pipe lines and storage congress
voting declaration Of Let there get out
the OIL and We'll sell the navy all they want"
mat was Dads doctrine, there nothing to discuss
he laughed and sad You'd better side Verne
terror" ' - INC III
! thought of that said the other noticing the laugh
Harry Dockwene will be the encouragement himself baa
a part of his bargain with Harding" - nus
AND then all at Mr. Roscoe recoected Bunny sitting
over by the window supposed be reading book Il
box" $3.50 go ~ u0o vi Inc soap
DAD answered quickly Bunny has about my affairs
since ne was kneehgh to grasshopper right Verne
III SEND you check when you're ready"
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