U.S.A_ - John Dos Passos [505]
"That you, Jim? How did you get here?"
"We flew," answered Jim. It was a surprise to Charley that people could hear him, his voice was so far away.
"Everything's al right, Charley . . . you mustn't exert yourself in the least way. I'l attend to everything."
"Can you hear me, Jim? It's like a bum longdistance phone connection."
"That's al right, Charley. . . . We'l take charge of everything. You just rest quiet. Say, Charley, just as a precaution I want to ask you, did you make a wil ?"
"Say, was it peritonitis I heard somebody say? That's bad, ain't it?" Jim's face was white and long. "It's . . . it's just a little operation. I thought maybe you'd better give me power of attorney superseding al others, so that you won't have
-376-anything on your mind, see. I have it al made out, and I have Judge Grey here as a witness and Hedwig'l come in a minute. . . . Tel me, are you married to this woman?"
"Me married? Never again. . . . Good old Jim, always wantin' people to sign things. Too bad I didn't break my arm. Wel , what do you think about planes now, Jim? Not practical yet . . . eh? But practical enough to make more money than you ever made sel in' tin lizzies. . . . Don't get sore, Jim. . . . Say, Jim, be sure to get plenty of good doctors . . . I'm pretty sick, do you know it? . . . It makes you so hoarse . . . make 'em let me have some water to drink, Jim. Don't do to save on the doctors. . . . I want to talk like we used to when, you know, up the Red River fishin' when there wasn't any. We'l try the fishin'
out here. . . . swel fishin' right outside of Miami here. . . . I. feel like I was passin' out again. Make that doctor give me somethin'. That was a shot. Thank you, nurse, made me feel fine, clears everythin' up. I tel you, Jim, things are hummin' in the air . . . mail subsidies . . . airports
. . . al these new airlines. . . . we'l be the foundin'
fathers on al that. . . . They thought they had me out on my ass but I fooled 'em. . . . Jesus, Jim, I wish I could stop talkin' and go to sleep. But this passin' out's not like sleep, it's like a . . . somethin' phony." He had to keep on talking but it wasn't any use. He was too hoarse. His voice was a faint croak, he was so thirsty. They couldn't hear him. He had to make them hear him. He was too weak. He was dropping spinning being sucked down into
-377-NEWSREEL LXII
STARS PORTEND EVIL FOR COOLIDGE
If you can't tell the world
She's a good little girl
Then just say nothing at all
the elder Way had been attempting for several years to get a certain kind of celery spray on the market. The investi-gation of the charges that he had been beaten revealed that Way had been warned to cease writing letters, but it also brought to light the statement that the leading celery growers were using a spray containing deadly poison As long as she's sorree
She needs sympathee
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Just like a butterfly that's caught in the rain Longing for flowers Dreaming of hours
Back in that sun-kissed lane
TOURISTS ROB GAS STATION
PROFIT TAKING FAILS TO CHECK STOCK RISE
the climate breeds optimism and it is hard for pessimism to survive the bright sunshine and balmy breezes that blow from the Gulf and the Atlantic
Oh it ain't gonna rain no more
HURRICANE SWEEPS SOUTH FLORIDA.
-378-SOUTH FLORIDA DEVASTATED
1000 DEAD, 38,000 DESTITUTE
BROADWAY BEAUTY BEATEN
Fox he got a bushy tail
Possum's tail is bare
Rabbit got no tail at all
But only a tuft o' hair
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It ain't gonna