The daily worker., 1926-09-30
By Upton SinoIair

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For two days Ruth waited on tenterhooks holding
breath every time the phone and at last there the
of Coey-Bunny answered from the
right quick saying Telegram from Congressman
Leathers the War Department reports that Paul at usk
and WELL Ruth gave cryshe was standing by the dining
table, grabbed and missed and swayng and
Bunny had to drop the receiver and catch her And there she
by go white and cold and senseess they had to lay her
out the floor and sprinkle water her face And when she
emily Bunny remembered the telephone receiver hanging and
went and apoogzed to Mr. Coey and thanked him and
all Bunny could keep his voice straight the truth
ne and Dad had been more worried about Paul than they Were
willing to admit
was to sit up smile Dad said Irbutsk
tha?" girl said once Is
the middle of Siberia Said Dad "Heo where did you
Paups books Ruth part by
of station the TransSiberian Rawayomsk
Tomsk Tobosk-Dad thought it funny
them ofby goly there had been timetable attached she'd
knew the physical geography of the country the which
inhabited the flora and fauna and principal commercial inter-
ests, furs lumber, wheat dairy products
The only trouble information twenty years
out Of date So what she going to do but take
find big atlas, maybe subject Bunny
said he'd drive her. he did, and they found atlas with
picture utsk public square buildings churches
whatever they called with
ing point top; there ground sedges
with big high harness up over the horses necks dreadful
cold there Ruth said Paul wasn't weather. but
Bunny laughed and told her not to about that Paul would
nave plenty to wear this the best taken Of his
tory and long they had the railroad nobody
But that Ruth she wanted was for
Paul come home Surely that the over ought
be on the Way But Bunny said she'd have make
mind to wait because an armisce wasn't the peace
there lot of negotiating be
sit tight meantime when declared then surely
Paul would back because certainly going
running the TransSberan Railway the war was over
Bunny said that with laugh meaning funny and Ruth
smiled because sounded funny her. they
the nrcaces of world diplomacy these the Cali
fornia woods!
Bunny spent week hunting quail Dad or wandering
over the hsby himself thinking things AT
down to have 1t out Dad I'm afraid you're going
pointed in me- but this the truth want college
college! Gosh, son. what's that for" There was look
OF amazement Dads face but he
knew perfectly well that Bunny thinking college and
had thought about it a lot himself
II just don't feel I've got enough education Dad"
What is it you want to know?"
WELL that's something you can't say you don't know lust
what you'll get till you've got have feeling want "a
know about things"
DAD looked forlorn-pituy but quite innocently un-
Intentionally 1T you ist amt interested in oil"
We'll no. Dad that's not quite fair study for while
and then come back to the business"
But Dad knew better than mo SON. If you On tn coI
ege you get so high above oil flers won't know
were here want to be thing to study is
OIL" 80 - 10y -
Well Dad the truth is I'm really too young to know what
want to be- wanted to do something else surely we've cot
money enough" ~ e
IT'S not the money son. job You know how feel
II like to have you with me"
Il don't mean to go away" Bunny hastened to put IN
plenty OF colleges around here at home
ana we can come up for weekends and holidays same as
always I'm not going to lose Paradise Dad but
really won't be happy to buckle down until had
a chance to learn ~
Dad had to give to that that curious war IN
presence of cultured people, along fear of motions thai
Bunny might get strange flights of that would make
nm unn to be the heir and custodian twenty million dollars
worth OF Ross Consolidated. ~
ITO Be contnued)
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