The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-29

Every day Dad was getting long
kilograms from Verne, not coming
direct, of course, but addressed to
Mrs. Boiling, the wife of the trusty
young executive; they were signed
"a. H. Dory"--a play upon Dads
favorite formula, "All hunky- dory."
They were not the sort of kilograms
that doctor would have picked out
for soothing of his patients nerves;
no, they kept the patient in a fer
yer of anxiety-how many, many
times he wished that he had lis
tened to the warnings of his young
idealist, and kept clear of this mess
of corruptionl But of course Bun
ny couldn't say that now; he could
only read the news and wait and
wonder at what hour the thunder
bolt would descend upon them.
Annabelle's new picture was
done, "a Mothers Heart" and
there was going to be an especially
grand premiere, and Bunny was to
take Wee, of course, and Dad was
to take Aunt Emma, and every
thing would be all hunkydory Tor
that one night at least. Bunny
came home from reading the proofs
of the next issue of the paper, and
there in the entrance hall he found
his aunt waiting for him, her hands
shaking with excitement, and her
teeth chattering. ooh, Bunnyl
The most dreadful thing! They're
trying to arrest your father!"
ARREST him?"
"Men are after him-right in
front of the house! You've got to
get away without being seem
they'll follow you-oh, Pm so
frightened-oh, please, please, be
careful! Don't let them catch your
father!"
He managed to get the story, and
it was really almost as melodra-
matte as her wild words conveyed.
Young Boiling, the trusty executive,
had been to the house a few min
utes ago, looking for Bunny with
a message from Dad of the utmost
urgency; he had written it out, and
Bunny read it; he was to drive in
his car, and make absolutely GER
tain that he was not being followed
there would be men trying to fol-
low him, in order to trail Dad. AS
soon as he had shaken off these
men, he must leave his car, which
of course had his name on the Ii
cense he must go to some automo-
bile place where he was not known,
and buy a closed car under an as
sumed name; it must not be new
car, because they might have to do
very fast driving. Still making
sure that he was not being fol-
lowed, Bunny must proceed to the
suburban town of San Pasqual, and
at certain corner Dad would join
him. Mr.. Boiling had given Aunt
Emma five thousand dollars in
bills, and then had gone away, hop
ing that the men who were watch
ing the house would follow him.
Bunny said a few words to COM
fort the poor old lady. Nobody
wanted to put Dad into jail, they
just wanted to get him on the wit
ness stand, the way they had done
the "Petes," young and old. Bunny
threw a few clothes into an old
suitcase, that had no name or min
tials on it, and hurried out to his
car. Sure enough, there was an
other car just down the street, and
when Bunny started, this other
started also. Bunny swung round
half dozen corners, but the other
car kept on his trail. He bethought
himself of the traffic jam in the
heart of the city, which was at its
worst now, between five and six
in the evening. The traffic was
controlled by signals, with two or
three officers at the crowded cor
ners, and it would be possible by
lodging here and there to get sew
eral cars between you and a pur-
suing car, and sooner or later to
BcC dCIOeS JUST do Iuc DCll rang
and compelled your pursuer to wait.
his troubles to all and sundry. 1t
was curious to Bunny to see the
class-consciousness of these men,
an instant, automatic reaction;
every one of them was with Dad,
every one knew that the exposure
was the work of malicious political
disturbers, and that the leases had
been good bargain for the public.
The savings that intelligent bust
ness men effected always made up
many times over for what profits
the business men took.
When they got to Montreal, there
was palatial steamer waiting,
with several hundred wage-slaves
of various sorts prepared to serve
them in return for few hundred
barrels Of the stolen oil. They went
on board, and the steamer pro-
ceeded down the st. Lawrence
river; it stopped at Quebec, and
there were newspapers, and Bunny
read that Federal agents had raided