The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-18
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.
Copyright, 1875. by Upton Sinclair,


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to find that tract? That was Bunnys dream!
had lived the of different forms; he
would be digging hole the ground and the oil would come
would buy the land for miles around and take Bunny into part
mountains and he would fall pool of oil get with
difficulty There many ways had pictured
never once had he thought of having an
and split the ground just before he and Dad starting
Bunny was so excited that he hardly noticed the taste of
boiled urnps Just Dad had got his cigar smoked
they forth again. keeping eyes the ground except
when they lifted them study the landmarks figure
whether they had taken this opening through the hills that
They had walked half mile So when couple quail rose
and Dad dropped them boh and walked pick them up
and then he called "Here you SOM Bunny thought he
meant the birds but Dad called again. Come here And
when the boy was near he said, Here's your on!'
There was enough black streak it, eight
inches wide wggng here and there following crack in the
ground soft and and and then dubbed #
still leaking up Dad knet his finger
It, and held up to the light the color he broke off dead
branch from bush and poked into the crevce to how
deep and how much up. When Dad got up
again he said Thas real OIL doubt about it. guess It
won't do any harm to buy this ranch"
So they went back Bunny dancing, both outside
inside and Dad figuring planning neither
bothered about the quail did Mrs Groarty tell you
much land there this rancho" asked Dad.
"She said it section" T.
We'll have to runs. And by the way SON
don't make mistake, not word any
not after buy the place these here hills
to pay much for rocks"
But listen, Dad you'll pay Mr.. Watkins a fair price!"
I'll pay him land price but amt a-goin to him
oil price, In the first place. he'd maybe get suspicious and re-
fuse to SELL He's got nothn to do with
1t amt been him, wouldn't be million years
And BESIDES what could febem minded
that make of oi-money?"
But we don't want to take advantage of him Dadp
III that he don't suffer- I'll money so he
can't give missionaries I'll always care of
surely not agoin' to be o-royaies any of them
ask you about M I'm in business in
land and all kinds of stuff Tell them
buy machinery and lend money. That's all quite
They walked and Bunny began of
moral problem that to occupy him. off many
Just what rights did the Watknses to oil that
lay underneath this boy say any more to his
of course he would obey his fathers the
matter all the until they back ranch they
saw the old man patching his goatpen They
after chatting about the quail for Bit remarked "r
Watkins, wonder you'd into the chat
with and your wife, And Watkins said he
would Dad turned to Bunny saying: me- son-see if
birds by yourself Bunny knew exactly
he didn't actually witness the surgical operation whereby the
pfu Watknses to be separated their hundred
and forty acres of rocks!
Ito be continued)