The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-25
CEMENT By FEoPoR
Translated by A. S. Arthur and c. Ashleigh
!. All Rights Reserved-Internatonal Publishers, NJ Y.

the Black Sea after the Civil Wars to find the great Dor
where he had formerly worked mechanic ruins and the life
of the disorganised DISCOVERS great change his %
Daha ho has for three She longer the
conventional e dependent him. but has become NTH
We OF her ow' leader among the Communist woen of the
THEY her down between bearded fellows and they searched
the dwelling until morning, ummaging and cv
in the closets and among the
"He got away in time the BASTARD"
task, they her Nurka villa There
sat with Nur crowd of strange people daed dsheveed
talked to her. but she did not remember word they said
At midday taken cellar young
deny anything Anyway we shant let you 90 until you tell us If
he's SAFE what about? Don't be pgheadd damn it.
it's
fearless, almost faning with exhaustion she repeated
who could say you've him to DEATH"
Someone behind her barked like dog:
ITO hell-let her Colonel Don't she's mad
But the cooners glstened, urously:
Don't know bitch that for Obstnacy shall have
play the simple innocent right through to the end"
"a rAll right shoot! And them And what them"
vibrated within her like thin chord.
Me and Nurka-! Me and Nurka . :"
balm pn s wss on the n u sun nsr ed
front of her the factory and there further the the
which her which had been empty the
And she again alone She became friendly with Motia
Savchuk and passed whole days with her in her house.
THE days and nights longer troubled
the v ringing like 3 e She woud hd n ae he Wr
he? Was he alive? Would he back
of the darkness?
One when mountains melted shmmering into
the sky Dasha sitting usual the doorstep darg
Near her Nua playing with kitten the asphalt
Gsshoppers played their combs the
the roof-lnes Of the works guls flashed in the air
his wrapped puttees passed BY always
passing by nowadays He the fence and stood
did not hungriy But this spoke
unusual stern and stealthy
"Dasha, of
has fallen down. At nighttime I'll Don't be
And he She noticed opy
and his eyebrows hung like of tow.
CHE paper soldier turned
disappeared with blood rush
ing to her heart her filled with red whrlng with the last
-, Com here to mu%n my darling Pick
Like baby peeked piece paper picked
Here mumm eaff Here rAGos sl BACK % Dasna
She lay her mothers lap and began legs
red whirlwind Daha's bursting
These were the words she read the these the
"Dasha, alive and we'll Take yourself
Nurka Burn this and Elm of the Mouahe will tell
Gb dear beloved Geb If still alive
to face then she Dsha also strong and full
with which to face life.
At night the mouachiOed Elm He smet the
woods not of the
the sky was feeked with moving saDha sat- side by id with
Elm trembling with joy and love for Gleb The mouachioed
hand at began to speak such words Daha could
understand.
"Now the first point Daha you help Firstly Geb is
dragging his through White Army If he's
lucky, he'll through. trap dnight But it
isn't about him"
Dasha trembling incoherently, sammered
"Then, is it's it possible. Tell Comrade
Could he perish such trampng life
among these human beasts"
"Now the talks him place The second
point word about yourself Glebs yourself
and be The times sight
of You'll be our Green friend This from Gieb
who's hand glove with Follow closely going it.
for Gb but for all brother being
band takes the place husband shall be
everywhere organize all the
Green widows band factory co-opera
tive into the food department We Well
that's all! Don't come out just slip the latch"
And how about my daughter What about little Nurka?"
PUT her in the Of good ny away
from you If you've got another word to it
nASHA mbed all she could not
y the needed word She only said
Perhaps Comrade Elm, it be that Geb
alone in the night And death lowering him.
him it should be for should follow has
followed" 4..e s4 #as &c
Elm smiled in the darkness and tapped softly
And he went out unhard though
ALL though he had passed like dark night through
Lroo-.