The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
'G4on Sinclair

I suppose she got it from her moth
er. Anyhow, I'm not a-goin' to say
anything to her about this, it is
none of her business; we'll just get
married on the quiet, and BERTHE
can read about it in the papers.
What I'm a-goin' to do is this
Alyse says she hasn't had anything
to do with helping me make my
money, and she don't want my chill
dren to hate her, as they will if she
comes in and takes big share"
"Oh, but l won't, Dadp
We've agreed that Pm to make
a will, and leave a million dollars
to her, and the rest will go to you
and BERTHE, and Alyse will be salts
fled with that-it will give her
enough to carry on the psychic
work she's interested in. You I'M
derstand, she wants to do that"
Eyes, of course, Dad. l am 9
propagandist tool"
II know son; and what I've been
thinking-you have a right to ex-
press your ideas. And while don't
agree with that little paper, 1 can
see that it's honest, it says what
you think; so I'm a-goin' to make
over million dollars worth of Ross
stock to you, and you can jist go
ahead and do what you please with
that. / hope you won't turn into
a Bolsheviki like Paul, and 1 hope
you won't find it necessary to get
into jail"
cit would be pretty hard to keep
me in Jail if had a million dollars,
Dad"
The old man grinned; the me-
diums and the spirits had not yet
driven the old devil entirely out of
him. He went on to say that of
course they weren't going to have
as much money as he had once
fought. Those government suits
were a-going' to dig big hole in it
no doubt the politicians would fix
it so Dad and Verne would lose.
Of course they might get a pile out
OF these new deals abroad, but that
was speculative-not the sort of
thing Dad fancied, but he was leav-
ing it to Verne.
What are you and Mrs.-Alyse
going to do, Dad?"
well, we want to have a sort of
you might call it Spiritualist
honeymoon. Well go see that me-
dunn in Vienna, and there's an
other in Frankfort that we've heard
about. It'll depend for one thing
on what you want. Maybe you'll
GO back to California"
II think | will, Dad, for a while
if you are sure you can spare
me-"
Yes, Dad said he and Alyse
would get along all right; his sec
rotary had learned enough French
for practical purposes, and they
would have courier or interpreter
Tor their stay in Germany. He
hoped the climate there would
agree with him; he DIDN'T seem
ever to be strong now. That flu
had sort Of done him up.
The preliminary steps were
taken, and Bunny and his father
and the secretary and Mrs. Alyse
Huntington Forsythe Olivier all put
I ON their best glad rags and APP
peared before the MARIE of one Of
the small towns on the outskirts Of
Paris and were duly welded, and
Bunny kissed his new stepmother
on both cheeks, and the MARIE did
the same, and also kissed Bunny
and Dad on both cheeks. And then
Dad took his son to one side and
placed an envelope in his hands.
1t was an order on Verne to turn
over thirty-two hundred shares of
Ross Consolidated Class B stock; a
little more than a million at the
market. They were street certifi-
Gates" Dad explained-he had al
ready signed them and left them
with Verne, in case they wished to
market them. "And now, son."
said the old man, "have a little
sense-this is pile of money, and
don't throw it away. Take your
time and be sure what you want to
do, and don't let yourself be
plucked by grafters that will come
round just as soon as they smell
It'll"
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