El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-09
The Wine.
By Geza GardonyL.

Ut Is Sunday morning. The sun is
shining brightly into the yard
\ where Aimeri Baracs enjoys the
heat A Hungarian peasant can enjoy
himself only on Sundays. The other
days are working days Perhaps he IS
not standing there merely to enjoy the
warm air, but also to look at people
going to church. Perhaps it is also
because he has on a new suit, for then
q peasant never sits down except at
dinner, so as not to wear it out too
soon. Baracs, indeed. is wearing new
broadcloth trousers as blue as the sky
itself. his vest is bristiing with bright
silver buttons and his boots, which he
has polished with his own hands. are as
brilliant as the eyes Of COW. His hair
is carefully combed and smoothed down
with pomade, and his mustache IS
vaxed and bent upwards and looks as
if il were glued under his big nose
Standing there he looks at the people
passing by and his dog, Wnlch IS s tatlo
ing next to him, initiates It's MASTER,
lacking at the paSserS-Dy through lnS
opening in the fence. Men dressed ~
hue women in VOlumlnouS SklTls anu
young girls in Sunday dress pass So, ~
me house The women are carry lls
heavy mass books under their al ms Us
Irbiis the Young girls carry smaller
hymn books - ~, man sa
Passing Baracs, some OF me men 50
lr1fe others don't but all the women
80 vo1Ine girls do, because they SIM
DIv can't keep their eyes OH sucn "a AZ
interesting individual as HfL-5 "
over" as they call a husoa ~, " -
wife has left him. DO they WaLt
see how he feels, enjoy his sadness %
are thew afraid Of seeing ms VIE az
his side some day ching
Divorce is very ull u u ,llf--1i-1e
among peasants, but they are DeglhLilu!s
to INITIATE the higher classes. as IAet+
women initiate them in drinking - -
fee and the young. girls IN ti,a-S3
shoes. The young girls AlLII 49, [-is5
as thew would with an uLiilal ! -
To71nr man. Baracs is after an oLlly
20 and since his wife left him ms mus nus
+ache is always careIully tIliIlLl - -
waxed. which shows that ne ldhes - -
seDaratiOn seriously be returns - -
e-reetinps dignifiedly with an aIIhost
imperceptible nod, and mere u an =
Dression of sadness IN ms eyes a ~
looks at the girls The "hole
is gossiping about him. ,.t, he
When ali have gone to churcn, ne
+rrou-s his SUR across his shouloeIs'
hicks UP his bag and cries 70 ms InOLn-
er IN the kitchen; Don seL ull1i -
ready too early; I am going over 10 see
'' M old woman, who doubts her own
cars draws her hands out OF the ooush
She is kneading and stares at MIN SUI
pi3ls7 You are going to see Jancsi you
say YES" he replies, my thoughts are
always with that boy -. -
Then why don't you bring nm nm P Tci1
here and make up with your WlIez = en-
her that It was all my IaulI- DaIaOS
shakes his head g. -.
'I am not going to run alIeI H9i'
and 7 will never make up
Then he goes through the garden
ana along the road between the Two
lone rows of acacias- HIS dog IolloWs
him at a respectful distance ~ Iii
verv well that if he sees II ne VIII
chase it back. ,,- ,.r,4,5
him; his thoughts are occupied WIZ
cher things. He reaches the top OF
the Mill where he may see the cnurcn
steeple in the next village, but ne does
ne renernbers how happy the sight
of This steeple used to make him while
he was engaged. They were married
in that church The priests blessing
brought them happiness for three years
until the devil got finger IN the PIE
Near the outskirts of the village
there are prune trees along the ROAD,
and he breaks off a twig and puts IL
down into his bag to the little white
rabbit with the red eyes Which ne IS
going to give to Jancsi.
THE village looks quite different to
him. The ground and the roofs nave
become more brown after the recent
heavy showers He has to pass through
fbe whole village for his wife lives at
tbe other end, but he prefers to walk
around along the back of the gardens.
Then he suddenly catches sight Of his
dog.
The dog lowers its tail and runs back
a little. then it stops. Does IT eNDect
its master to change his mind2 Who
knows the thoughts Of dog But
Barasc is ANNOYED because IT has fol-
lowed him dog should stay al the
house and watch things. Baracs turns
around and sees the dog standing still
He raises his cane threateningly- The
dog runs away and disappears.
Baracs continues on his way. 1t is
more than a month since his wife left
him. Yes it was his mothers fault.
She tied a big napkin around Jancsi, s
neck that the wind should not carry IT
off. OF course the wind did not carry