The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-02

the cnleIS OF the Inlrd lnUernaU0n-
al. There were half a dozen lead
ers of the American party now in
Moscow, and one of those named
was Paul Watkins, under indict-
ment at home for participation in
an illegal convention.
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Several interesting events came
along, to keep them busy in their
exile. First, Aunt Emma fell in
love; yes, by golly, when it comes
to such things, you just never can
tell what will happen to either la
dies or gentlemen! 1t was a re-
spectacle elderly hardware mer-
chant from Nebraska, who was oc-
cupying his leisure collecting
canoes. Maybe Aunt Emma re-
minded him of one; anyhow, after
beauing her around for several
months, he suddenly popped the
question, and they had a quiet fam
lily wedding, and went off on a hon
eymoon-to Nebraska!
1t left Dad quite lonesome; but
presently he hunted up an adven-
ture for himself, and that was
stranger still-you couldn't have
guessed it in a million years.
SPOOKSl 1t happened that Bunny
went off one evening to a meeting
at which the Socialists and the
Communists engaged in violent
warfare, as appeared to be their
custom in Paris; and when he got
back, he found that Dad was not
in his room. Next morning the old
man told about it-hesitatingly,
with not a little embarrassment.
Just what did Bunny think about
Spiritualism? Bunny said he didn't
think at all, he didn't know; and
Dad revealed that he had had an
amazing experience-a long talk
last night with grandma
Holy smoke! said Bunny; and
Dad said yes, he might well be sur
prised, but there was just no get
ting away from it. She had told
him all about his childhood, de-
scribed the ranch where they had
lived, and asked all about her paint
ings, what had he done with that
one of the Germans drinking out of
stems, and did he still have the one
of the mansion with the fountain in
front and the carriage with the two
horses and the lady and gentleman
sitting in it? She had called him
"Little JIM" and it was all so real,
it had made tears come into Dads
eyes.
Bunny wanted to know, where
had this happened, and Dad told
him, there was a lady living in this
hotel, Mrs. Oliver-she was a lady
from Boston who had been married
to a Frenchman, and her husband
had died a year or two ago Dad
had got to talking with her, and
she had told him about being a
Spiritualist, and how she had a
famous medium who gave seances
in her rooms here in the hotel, and
she had invited Dad to attend, and
that was the way of it. Most
amazing things had happened,
there had been horns floating in the
air, and voices coming out of them,
and lights Pickering about then the
ghosts had appeared, and finally
this old lady ghost, who had asked
for Little JIM" and started right
off to tell these things that had
taken Dads breath away How
could a medium possibly have
known such things?
Well, here was Dad with some
thing to occupy his time! Of
course he went to the next seance,
and the next; very soon he was
learning all the patter of the Spir-
itualists, taking itas seriously as a
religion. You could see how it was
he had got along without any
religion, so long as he was we'll and
busy, but now that he was old and
tired and sick, he craved something
to lean on. He was shame-faced
about it, afraid his son would ridi-
Guile him. But after all, did Bunny
know any reason why the soul
might not survive after death =?
Bunny didn't, and thereupon Dad
invited him to go to a seance. OBJ
viously, this was something more
important than Socialism. If it
was really true that we lived for
ever, why then it would be easy to
endure any temporary discomfort,
it was hardly worth arguing about
such things as money. This from
j. Arnold Ross!