The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-26
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gathered her mad stood stNring
lady throwing bones
up piping like tange picked themselves
up and stood waiting When the lady had thrown all
the meat bones, she threw a crust of bread
of bitter shook Mshka.
"Shes throwing bread around, the fool"
with Serioshka the fray
"You try grab and will too"
big, sturdy. He took after his uncle
Nkanor been fist fighting When that
you heard all through head
The lady the boy in the wide sandals and purose flung
with his right knocked down youngsters and
squeezing his throat though with pincers.
little of bread all uashed and covered with dirt
prize
Before he could get BREATH lady flung piece
With amazing strength, Mhka leapt for it.
"Grab it, serioshkaw
But handy legged boy with a big belly quicker
them He trippd seoshka who fell down right his
jumped him and struck with both
girl long bristng like polecat turned Mishka
who running him. Two other boys yelled
"Gve it to him, Vanka"
shifted his sack his shoulders pushed back
visor OF his cap, which had fallen over his eyes
Huh, do you think m afraid of you?"
Come on, come on, try
Again the lady tossed piece of
And at the time threw little packet out of the
ooh, the devil take you!"
Mhka would have liked divide himself halves, but
could not be done He flung himself toward the packet.
There be something in it,"
With trembling fingers he und the paernohng but
"Fui devis May bois your body!"
The game lasted long time.
Once Mishka threw two others, once they threw hmi
He had grabbed than of hem and he had not Jared
badly at their hands either
Maybe he would bump into another peacock like that All right
let her throw things around amused her Anything
get to Tashknt And bring back fifteen pounds of seed with him.
The tranquiordery visions of hubandman
through his mind filling his heart with quiet gadness The though
thin famshed body ached with the the
caught one tiny morse but vanka With the big bg
had wrenched out his hands, and scratched his face for him
They sat down together, back of the station
Mishka counted the crusts he had gathered and said
serioshka down the grew
"Mishka give more, m empty"
That's all for Well fill go sleep"
"Well just give me that tiny crumb there"
"There your knee"
Mhka had had enough either he fingered the bread
stolen from the peasant and pressed his lips together
a" 81 gave ": you the nut"
Mhka drew the nut he had of his
GO on, eat that if you don't want to be friends"
Neither spoke for long time
How pieces of bread do me?"
] "Three."
Count them up-then you'll That time stopped rest
two and just now gace you two fur Im not like
you, l don't reckon than there are
S ss0 iad began snrt to to g, cry y sohed
night station began to
with mujks and the Kissed campres
flew back and forth Some shouted through the
Bring along the overcoat!"
where is t?"
The traled
Only who left scoded
furously:
"Nikolai, Nkoa, where has the devil dragged you?"
For long while Mshka and ser0hka spashed along through
puddes foundered around in bitches When they the
last late there place to sit They
corridor
stomach began ohurt:
"Mishka, out in the yard"
"In the yard again? Run by the wall there quck"
You with
Mishka spat in evaporation.
What fellow Serioshka! You
There wolves there No will
Ten times Serioshka stranng bbng
said to Mshka in weak, frightened voice:
"Mishka, it's coming again :"
well, try not to :"
81 do, but it comes itself ;"
"Try t oswalow spit"
"My insides all upside
Mishka tired of boherng and
think diarrhea from
drinking bad water.
Seroshka tried to think about it.
He shvered pressed close to his omade little warmer
and closed his eyes,
"Tm cold!
In the dim light of the platform lantern big raindps falling
They plashd the puddes station
leather by his heels thudg along
corridor, and trod Serioshkas foot.
Seroshka broke into a wall
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