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  Brian Junior�此�Dark hair�察�looks more like Papa。 Rising young capitalist。 Has a newspaper route which he bines with lighting gas streetlamps。 Has a contract to deliver advertising handbills for the local moving´picture theater which he farms out to his younger brother and four other boys and pays them in tickets to the theater and keeps some ´ for his own use and sells the rest at a discount ��four cents instead of five�� at schooL Has a vending bar for soda pop ��a sweet�察�bubbly drink�� on the corner in the summers but plans to franchise this to his younger brother this ing summer�察�he has another enterprise lined up。 ��As I recall�察�Brian got rich quite
  
  young。��´ ´
  
  Let me explain something about our family。 They are prosperous by here´&´now standards´but do not show it except that they live in a large house in a good neighborhood。 Not only is Papa a successful businessman�察�but
  
  ´also this is a time when the Howard endowment of babies is substantial in terms of buying power´and Mama has had eight already。 To all of you�察�being a ;Howard; means a gene´tic heritage and a tradition´but here´&now it means cash money for babies´a stock´breeding scheme and we are the stock。
  
  I think Papa must be investing the money Mama makes by having Howard babies�察�they certainly are not
  
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  494spending it´and this accords with my own dim ´ memories。 I don't know What was done for my siblings�察�but I received getting´started money when I first married´money I had not expected and which had nothing to do with the Howard endowments m´y first wife earned by being fertile and willing。 Since I married during an economic stalemate�察�this made a big difference。 Back to the kids´ The boys not only do work�察�they have to work´or they have nothing but clothes and food。 The girls receive
  
  very small cash allowances but are required to do housework and to help with the younger children。 This is because it is very difficult for a girl to earn mOney in this society´but a boy who will get out and try has endless opportunities。 ��This will change before the century is over�察�but in 1917 it is true。�� All the Smith kids work at
  
  ´home ��Mama hires a laundress one day a week�察�that's all���察�but a ´boy ��or girl�� who finds outside cash´money work is relieved of housework to that extent。 Nor does he have to ;pay back; this time off�察�he keeps what he earns and spends it or saves it�察�the latter being encouraged by Papa matching such savings。
  
  ´ ´If you think Papa and Mama are ´intentionally making moneygrubbers of their offspring�察�you are´ right。
  
  George�此�ten T´years old�察�Brian Jr。's junior partner�察�shadow�察�and stooge。 This will end in a few years with George busting Brian one ´ in the mouth。
  
  Marie��eight and ´a freckled tomboy。 Mama is having a difficult time trying to make a ;lady; out of her。 ��But Mama's gentle stubbornness´and biology´will win。
  
  Marie grew up to be the beauty of the family�察�with beaux underfoot´and I hated them as there had been a period
  
  when I was her pet。 Marie was the only one of my siblings I was close to。 it is possible to be lonely in a large family�察�and I was´except for Gramp�察�always�察�and Marie�察 � for a short time。��
  
  Woodrow Wilson Smith´still short of five by several months and as offensive a brat as was ever allowed togrow up。 I am appalled to be forced to admit that this
  
  stinking little snot is the weed which grew up to be ~humanity's fairest flower�察�namely�察�01' Buddy Boy himself。 So far he´ has spat in my hat when it was presum
  
  ´ably out of his reach on the cloak rack in the hall�察�referred to me with various disparagements�察�of which
  
  ;Here's that dude in the derby again� ─�is the mildest��
  
  495kicbd me in the stomach when I tried to pick him up ��my error�察�I ´didn't want to touch him but thought I should break myself of irrational queasiness���察�and accused me of cheating at chess when in fact he was
  
  ´cheating。´he called my attention to something out the window�察�then moved my queen one square�察�and I caught him at it and called him on it。 And so on�察�ad nauseam。
  
  But I continue to play chess with him because�此 � ��a�� I am determined to get along with all my first family for the short time I will be here�察�and ��b�� Woodie will play chess at any opportunity�察�and Gramp and I are the only chessplayers around who will put up with his poisonous ways。 ��Gramp clobbers him as necessary�察�I have no such privilege。 But if I were not afraid to find out what would happen�察�I might strangle him。 What would happen�拭�Would half of human history disappear and the rest be changed beyond recognition�拭�No�察 �paradox; is a null word�察�the fact that I am here proves that I will keep my temper long enough to get shut of the little beast。��
  
  ´Richard�此�three and as affectionate as Wbodie is difficult。 Likes to sit on my lap and be told stories。 His favorite is about two redheaded twins named Laz and Lor who fly a magic ;airship; through the sky。 I feel a tender sadness about Dickie�察�for he will ��did�� die quite young�察�assaulting a place called Iwo Jima。
  
  Ethel��a heavenly ´smile at one end and a wet diaper at the other。 Short on conversation。 ´
  
  That's my ��bur�� family in 1917。 I expect to stay in K。C。 until Papa returns´soon�察�now´then leave�察�some of this is a strain on me�察�pleasant as most of it is。 I may look them up when this war is over´but probably not�察�I don't want to crowd my wele。 ´
  
  To make the above clear I shoul4 explain some of the customs here。 Until Papa gets home�察�my status has to be through Gramp as a friend he plays chess with�察�it can't be anything else even though he´and perhaps Mama´ believe that I am Uncle Ned's son。 Why�拭�Because I am a ;young; bachelor�察�and by the local rules a married woman cannot have a young bachelor as a friend�察�particularly when her husband is out of town。 The taboo is so firm I don't dare give even the appearance of violating it 。 。 on Mama's account。 Nor would she encoukage me to。 Nor would Gramp permit it。
  
  So I'm wele in my own home only if I go there
  
  496/to see Gramp。 If I telephone�察�I must ´ ask ´ for him。 And so
  
  on。
  
  Oh�察�it's permissible�察�on a rainy day�察�for me to offer
  
  a ride home to members of´ the Smith family at church。
  
  I am permitted to do almost anything for the kids as
  
  long as I don't ;spoil; them´which Mama defines as
  
  spending much more than five cents on one of them。
  
  Last Saturday I was allowed to take six of them on a picnic in my automobile carriage。 I am teaching ´ Brian
  
  to operate it。 My interest in the kids is considered understandable by Mama and by Gramp because of my ;lonely��; and ;deprived; childhood as an ;orphan。;
  
  The one thing I must never do~ is to be alone with Mama。 I don't go inside my own home unless publicly acpanied by Gramp�察�the neighbors would notice。 I am meticulous about it�察�I won't risk causing Mama trouble with´ a tribal taboo。 ´
  
  I am writing this at my apartment�察�on a printin�拭�machine you would not believe�察�and must stop in order to take it downtown and photoreduce it twice�察�then etch it and laminate it and seal it for Delay Mail and deliver it to a drop´which kills a whole day�察�as I must use a rented lab and destroy intermediate stages as I go�察� this is not something I dare leave in an apartment to which a janitor has a key。 When I get back from South America I'll make my own lab setup�察�one I can carry in an automobile。 Paved roads will be more mon this ing decade and I expect to travel that way。 But I want to continue sending these letters and by as many Delay Mail
  
  ´drops as possible�察�in hope that at least one will last through the centuries and reach you。 As Justin put it�察�the real problem is to get one to last through just the ing three centuries´I'll keep trying。
  
  All my love to all of you��
  
  Lazarus
  
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  MARCH 3�察�1917�此�KAISER PLOTS WITH MEXICO
  
  AND JAPAN TO A~FACK USA´ZIMMERMANN
  
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  APRIL 2�察�1917�此�PRESIDENT ADDRESSES CONGRESS´ASKS WAR
  
  APRIL 6�察�1917�此�AMERICA ENTERS WAR´CONGRESS DECLARES ;A STATE OF BELUGERENCY
  
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  Lazarus Long was as taken by surprise by the date of the outbreak of war with Germany as he was unsurprised by the fact itself。 He was caught so flat´footed that it was not until later that he analyzed why the ;hindsight; he ´´had relied on had proved even more myopic than foresight。
  
  The resumption of unrestricted U´boat warfare early in 1917 had not surprised him�察�it fitted his recollections of his earliest history lessons。 The Zimmermann telegram did not disturb him even though he did not remember it�察�it matched a pattern he did remember´again from history�察�not the direct memories of a very small child´a period of three years�察�1914 to 1917�察�when the United States had inched slowly from neutrality to war。 Woodie Smith had been not yet two when the war started�察�not yet five when his country got into it�察�Lazarus had no firsthand memories of foreign affairs of a time when Woodie had been too young to grasp such remote improbabilities。
  
  The timetable Lazarus had fixed on�察�once he discovered that he had arrived three years early�察�had worked so well that he did not realize that its ;clock; was wrong until the event slapped him in the face。 When he was able to take time
  
  498to analyze his mistake�察�he saw that he had mitted the prime sin against survival�此�He had indulged in wishful thinking。 He had 'wanted to believe his timetable。
  
  He had not wanted to leave his newly found first family so quickly。 All of them。 But especially Maureen。
  
  Maureen´ Once he decided to stay on till July 1 as originally planned�察�after a long night of wrestling with his troubled soul´a night of indecision and worry and letters written and destroyed´he discovered that he could stay and
  
  treat ´ Mrs。 Brian Smith with friendly but formal politeness�察�avoid any sign of interest in her more personal than the mores permItted。 He managed to shift to his celibate mode´ happy to be near her when it was possible to be so without
  
  causing Mrs。 Grundy's nose to twitch´or the even sharper
  
  ´nose of his grandfather。 ´
  
  Lazarus had ´ indeed been happy。 As with Tamara´or the twins´or any of his darlings´coupling was not necessary
  
  ´to love。 When it was expedient�察�he could bank the fires and forget it。 He was never for one instant unaware of the tremendous physical attraction of this woman who had been his mother more than ´ two thousand years ´ago ��in some odd direction��´but´ the ´matter was shelved�察�it did not affect his manner or lessen his happiness when he was permitted to be near her。 He ´believed that Maureen knew what he was doing ��or refraining from doing�� and why�察�and that she appreciated his restraint。
  
  All during March he sought approved ways to see her。 Brian Junior wanted to learn to drive�察�Gramp ruled that
  
  ´he was old enough�察�so Lazarus taught him´picked him up at the house and returned�察�him there´´and oft�n was rewarded with a glimpse of Maureen。 Lazarus even found a way ��other than chess�� to reach Woodie。 He took the child to the Hippodrome Theater to see the magician Thurston the Great´then promised to take him ��when it opened for the summer�� to ;Electric Park�察─�an amusement park and Woodie's idea of heaven。 This consolidated a truce between them。
  
  Lazarus delivered the child home from the theater�察�sound asleep and with no more than normal wear and tear�察�and was rewarded by sharing coffee with Gramp and Maureen。
  
  Lazarus volunteered to help with the Boy Scout ´ troop sponsored by the church�察�George was a Tenderfoot�察 � and Brian
  
  was working toward Eagle。 Lazarus found being an assistant scoutmaster pleasant in itself´and Gramp invited him in when he gave the boys a lift home。
  
  ´ 499Lazarus gave little attention to foreign affairs。 He continued to buy the Kansas City Post because the ne*sboy at Thirty´first and Troost regarded him as a regular customer´ a real sport who paid a nickel for a penny paper and did not expect change。 But。 Lazarus rarely read ´ it�察�not even the market news once he pleted his liquidations。
  
  The´ week starting Sunday the first of April Lazarus did not plan to~ see his family for two reasons�此�Gramp was away�察�and his father was home。 Lazarus did not intend to meet his father until he could manage it naturally and easily through Gramp。 Instead he stayed home�察�did his own cooking�察�caught up on chores�察�did mechanical work on his landaulet and cleaned and polished it�察�and wrote a long letter to his Tertius family。 ´
  
  This he took with him Thursday morning�察�intending to prepare it for Delay Mail。 He bought a newspaper as usual at Thirty´first and Troost�察�after he was seated in a streetcar�察�he glanced at its front page´then broke his habit of enjoying the ride by reading it carefully。 Instead of going to the Kansas City Photo Supply pany�察�he went to the Main Public Library's reading room and spent two hours catching up with the world´the local papers�察�the Tuesday New York Times where he read the text of the President's message to Congress´;God helping her�察�she can do no other� ─�and the Chicago Tribune of the day before。 He noted that the Tribune�察�staunchest foe of England outside the German´language press�察�was now hedging its bets。
  
  He then went to the men's toilet�察�tore into small pieces the letter he had prepared�察�and flushed it down a water closet。
  
  He went to the Missouri Savings Bank�察�drew out his account�察�went next to the downtown office of the Santa Fe Railroad and bought a ticket for Los Angeles with thirtyday stopover privilege at Flagstaff�察�Arizona�察�stopped at a stationer's�察�then on to the monwealth Bank and got at his lockbox�察�removed from it a smaller box heavy with gold。 He asked to use the bank's washroom�察�his status as a lockbox client got him this favor。 ´ ´
  
  With gold pieces distributed among thirteen pockets of his coat�察�vest�察�and trousers Lazarus no longer looked smart´he tended to sag here and there´but if he walked carefully�察�he did not jingle。 So he walked most carefully�察�had his nickel ready on boarding a streetcar�察�then stood on ´the rear plat
  
  500form rather than sit´ down。 He was´ not easy until he was locked and bolted into his apartment。 ´
  
  He stopped to make and eat ´a sandwich�察�then got to work on tailoring�察�sewing the yellow coins into One´coin pockets of the chamois´skin vest he had made earlier�察�then covered it with the vest from which it had been patterncd。 Lazai~us forced himself to work slowly�察�restoring seams so neatly that the nature of the garment could nof be detected by anyone not wearing it。
  
  About midnight he had a~other sandwich�察�got back to work。
  
  When he was satisfied with fit and appearance�察�he put the money vest aside�察�placed a folded blanket on the table where he had been working�察�placed on it a heavy�察�ta
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