The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-02
BY Upton Sinclair

Then one evening there something in that
Bunny read towards midnight he slipped
cabin settled himself his goldpated bed with
embroidered pink pillows and gold-paed pos
sy solid gold ampshade his head and presently far
awayn Russia seeing the famine sraggers dying by the road
side maybe in Hungary they putting down the
revolution by the simple plan of slaughering everybody
who believed in it, using always machnegun bullets MADE
American steel mills and purchased with American loan
Bunny much absorbed in these unhappy arof things
that he did not hear the door OF his cabin very softly opened nor
the key gently turned the inside The first thing he
noticed the elusive odor he gazed upon
vision standing by his bedside clad in purple kmono with huge
red hibiscus flowers The vision looked morous, and had its
two hands caped in front of it, and whispered voice he
could hardly hear Bunny may talk to you lttle?"
OF Bunny had say that it might and the vision
sank down its knees by the bed and gently Of the soft
hands touched his and the soft voice ebed Bunny I'm
lonely and unhappy! don't know you understand what
means to woman to be SO lonely but you are the first man
I've wanted to trust for long long time know shouldn't
like this but have tell and why shouldn't
women be frank with each other?"
Bunny didn't know any why they shouldn't and
they The substance of the ankness that the
of love had stirred in the soul of
utterly bewdeed about life He must not thn that she
shallow light she had done anything like this before
and OH please please not to depse she wanted be happy
and there were few people could love Bunny tell
are you in love with any other woman"
1t might have been kindness her that he was but
this his first adventure of the truth
it like sunlight after April shower smile shone
through her tears There was little catch in her
whispered I'm being silly the tears will come they make
woman look so ugly let me put out helgh" So she pulled
the e golden chan and was no longer the least bit ugly
only sweesmeng she chung her two hands
ana whispered Bunny do you think could love Just
a hle?"
He had say it. somehow or other 'AIrs Norman" he
began-but she stopped him. "Thelma" He stammered
'Thema-I hadn't thought"
Il know Bunny Pm older than YOU but look at these fan
pes how empty their heads And believe me- really do
care Tor you would do anything you give you ANYTHING
you wanted" '9
Bunny learned something from this incident He knew thar
ne mad only to stretch his her. and he knew
what TO doEunice Hoyt had taught
He could have her into ecsacy that hour forth
she would have been his slave could have had everything b
owned ne might have msreated her. money to keen
other women but still she wuod slave So now he
could understand things that on under his ewes in this
od that was gamblers paradise There men who would
d m bunny o1ty indifference to luxury and power but
20 III deHDeratey to seduce Dame turning their
bodily charms and social graces into weapons of
many names for them lounge lizards paro snakes tame
cats ttonneo shelks. How
saved 10 build great steel plant floating mansion in M
ana ten times bigger shore; and here ali
treasures were magcaly Incorporated in one feminine
ouy clad inwe the kmono had slid off and there was bt
dress SO fimy that it nothing and faint sweet odor &
m so Garessing arms and lips pressing kisses
me 10 Whispered the voice = would you you wanted
nie TO- would give you everything you asked for
Bunny had learned from Eunice that when Won ro ,z
70 lOe the lips can be seductive now learned from Nr
when you disposed thew are rene
need anything" NOh happen TO
I know and Pm horrd vulgar thing But In, trv,n !,
poor numbering way to make you understand that do
Tor you and you mustn't think i'll of mel" ~ 0e
mat gave him his lead explained to her that no would
never thnk Ill OF her. but he love her he had to ~
her as friend And gradually her CLASH relaved I ~
GOWN IN ptifu heap by the bedside sobbing that no would
De sure 10 ioathe her. he never want tn sec ber
pieaueu tna that was not there was no disgrace b
was no reason to quarrel because you did NOT bann -
one was SO AFFECT he sorry her and he put ou b
" comfort her but he that this woid not a.
she mad caught his hand was kissing If and he no 10
tempted oy MS sympathy Away back in the eighteenth %
PITY moves the soul to love. o'eiy mat
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