The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-23

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They drove back camp, and coming to sunset
again. and the quail were calling all over the hills They passed
the horseman bringing cattle he stopped had
st1rrup-straps going "sqmch squnch" sad
maybe buy that fellow out before night and ride his
this time foot He young chap tall and anl, but
stopped he had hold Of powhandes he wearing
hard at both of them barely noddg in Dads friendly
Good evening Dad remarked Queerookng chap that and
Bunny retained impression Of face very serious with large
prominent and broad mouth dropping at the
They went on and to their camp and built fire.
got themselves gorgeous supper with painful quail
bacon and hot and toast made the bread which Mee
and Sadie had brought in and canned peaches which
Bunny had bought And after supper Bunny
the goat and he sroed meet her. she
tmidy to make certain else and then she
Bunny started amazed 'PaulF" And then suddenly the
truth flashed him hat him passed on the road"
He described the figure Ruth said yes been
Paul he had taken hitchhke her. promised
brought her fifteen dollars saved from his earnings
81 told him didn't have now; left it."
Then Bunny cried: ooh why didn't he stop and talk
Dad and me? He barely nodded to us!'
Ruth evidently embarrassed it hard get to
talk about Paul any Bunny persisted he was so
anxious to know Paul. he said and it didn't
like him. Only then Ruth tell him Paul had
said He mad because Pap had sold the says
1--we hadn't ought to done it."
"But what else could you do?"
HE we'd ought sell the goats pay bank and
raise strawberries folks dom here We could
git along and be independent
paul proud" cried Bunny of
enc it amt exactly that" said Ruth.
| what is it them"
WELT amt very polite to about" Ruth was en-
barrassed again.
" What is it, Ruth? try to understand Paul"
WELL he your Pap big oil man. saws there's
oil on this ranch and you know it, for he told you
There a silence
rs your Pap oil MANI"
Bunny forced himself to dads business man:
ne buys land and all kinds of things He has store
and he buys machinery and lends what Dad
had ordered him and strictly know
and yet Bunny considered himself said it. He
was misleading Ruthgente innocent Ruth with the
wide candid and the kind features Ruth who was
incapable OF hateful thought selfish impulse whose whole
life was to be long immoaon brother she
oved oh why did it happen that practice detention
upon Ruth? F
They talked about more He had sat I'D in tbe
hills most OF the afternoon and about himself
he was getting along all right he said; he had job
an OLD lawyer who didn't mind his having home
but would help him keep lawyer was what was
called -thnkerhe said to believe whatever
hoe ana Paul was his gardener and handy the
ola lawyer gave him books to read getting ed
Gated 1t sounded wonderful terrible at the same time
Paul had read book about the Bible showed was nothing
put ola Hebrew history and arytae full contradictions
and fornicaons
no sense calling Gods word And Paul
and Ruth was in of Bunny noticed was
Fauls soul she was afraid for and not her own
Then Bunny went back to Dad and that was Pau
they had passed the road ndeed?" and
peated that he queer looking chap Dad wasn't inter
esed he had slightest mixing of Bunnys distress of soul
thoughts all the
was putting through He back with pillow under his
head gazing the There's one thing sure SOM
and there laughter in his voice. you and me move I'M
10 'front.' row seats in the oil game or else by go Wen
goat-kngs of California;
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