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Riley Tries to Get Football Tickets - A Foremanship Is up for Grabs (19

The Life of Riley · December 3, 1948 · 27 min · 4,240 words

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Every father strives to bring his son up to be a hundred percent American, but not Kesseray Riley. Riley strives to make his son a two hundred percent American. So now we find Junior Riley on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, being lectured on one of the fundamental principles of the American way of life.

As Riley sees it, namely that the man who gets ahead does so on his own merit. I'm shocked, Junior. I'm absolutely shocked. But I never thought my own son would act like that. But in this way, I brought you up.

You know, I don't do a thing like this. I'm sore, Junior. I'm really sore. I'm burning up. I'm speaking. But I did. I hear your excuse me. Oh, you're home, honey. Where were you all afternoon?

Never mind where I was. I guess you're somewhere he was. I'm so burned up, I'm speechless. Yes, I know. I could hear you being speechless two blocks away. Where do you hear this, Meg? And you always said that Junior is the kind of a kid I was when I was a boy.

Well, where do you think he was this afternoon? Junior, you went to the Burnless Show. Oh, no, Mom. I was over at my math teacher's house. Oh, well, what's so terrible about that, Riley? He was raking her lead and asked him what?

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