The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-21
By Upton Sinclair
VIII
Ccopyright. 1875. BY Upton sIncisiF3


peasanter be allied with republic But in the fall camel
terrifying there another revolution this time non
made by respectable scholars and business but by wd
fanatics called Boshevk who proceeded to conscate pro
ery smash things At it became apparent what
calamity this going for the allies Russia was go
be hurled against the haxhausted Western 'front.'
Already the Russian armies were going to pieces the soldiers
deserving wholesale swarng back to the cities to
their villages the time the leaders of the governs
nent starting worldwide propaganda attacking the aes
and their war-ams. 1
Who leaders? enough not
that them hiding Switzerland wer
loaded into sealed train by the German and escore
across Germany and dumped into Russia to make all the troubles
they could That meant Lenn and his crowd hired agents
the Hun when they proceeded to attack what they cae
allied Imperialism that the Kasers voice speaking Russians
and when they published the secret treaties of the allies TAKEN
from the archives of the Tsar the in America d
missed the documents obvious forgeries. 1
Dad good American, believed his newspapers He
sidred that this olsheviki revolution was the most terbe
event happened his lifetime; face
would pale he talked Bunny about it. America could
get France until spring. and perhaps till fang
meantime the Germans had million they could moves
only few hundred miles their country to the West ron
hey were list gong to roll over the British and French
perhaps whole France
the job of driving them again The whole burden of th
war onto Americas shoulders it would last years.
and yearneher Dad Bunny might live to the end Of
paragraphs papers, details of the
horrors that happening in Russiaeray millions Of pec
slaughtered all the educated and enlightened the most
deous toues inflicted such obscenes as you could not pug
into print Before long they began applying their Communist
theories the of the country who natonazed
and made into public property by official Decree the commits
sars" rapng them wholesale Lenn killing Trotsy.
the bottom of the social had hardly
dreamed existing Bunny the
strikers have their and turning industry to the mob
Here the thing tried practice did H
Bunny had admit that he didn't like WELL and he
crushed and sobered.
The problem home him, because he decide
as to his duty in this world crisis This his last
SCHOOL, then he would be old enough for the draft and what
he going to do? He and his father talked solemn
ference Dad thought that he had responsibilities enough
title him the help he didn't think he would
Stacker he Mr. Carey release Bunny
in the oil industry But Bunny insisted that he must go to the
'front.' he even talked OF quitting school at once and enng as
number of other boys had done They finally
promise waiting till Bunny through school, then
matters shaped But meantime Bunny owed this much his
country well to hmsefhe should give time his
studies and less to playing about If fellow really
derstood this world crisis he would surely stick to whatever work
he was doing and not throw himself away dissipation Bunny
and he'd do better in the future
of high seriousness to explain
how the burden the task of saving civilization had fallen
their shoulders She told him she had been realizing it, she
had just been getting serious talk from her mother who had
explained that there going to be shortage of food and all
kinds of materials result of the and the needs of
allies. cubadies decided upon duy-hey
purchase only the kinds of food
the lard and cabbage and potatoes for the Mrs Ho had
given away all her clothing the Salvation army spent
small fortune buying complete outfit of the costly things
Injuries but found little pulling because her Aunt Alice
the opposite vew and had bought herself cheap
things in order to set example to the working classes Which
did Bunny think right?
this sober did last long A couple
days later she invited Belgian orphans ball. when
Bunny insisted that he had study she threatened go with
Billy Chalmers the handsome captain years football
teamthee team this year Bunny said all right
unice Haunted Billy front of the whole
that he parking his with her. that
nose out of joint This went for week two
Bunnys heartache than he could stand
urday highland Dad had granted that wouldn't wrong
to dance week. he phoned Eunice and they
up with tears and wild gusts of passion and
she had never really really loved anyone but her Bunnybar
and how could he have been wicked please
But then came Christmas and the shrewd and persistent
cook it, and two wells coming nothing
calling the hills at sunset Bunny promised and simply had
to and Eunce had the most terrible of all her
grabbed Bunny by the hair pulled him
hv she