The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-23
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first Mishka unwilling pay the high price asked for
bread went around pricing it from stall to STALL like muk pric
ing horse But the price everywhere the He ter
rby hungry and the sight of all the aves displayed the stalls
him ngrer He took last look at his
bought big of wheaton bread He ate half it, felt heavy
and swollen side, and thought anguidly:
"That's enough, I'll eat the rest tomorrow"
mujk carried by a stretcher.
blond beard the blue trousers the naked ackened
heels felt the burden of the others suffering his shoulders
grieved the dead
81 have dead, going the
mujiks, old men, young girls
herd of them Mihka tried start col
versation with two of the mujiks:
The mujiks made
Mishka got angry.
"Why don't you say anyhng?
Then of the muks said:
Don't bother boy We have troubles without p
And the other added:
days waiting around this damn place.
doesn't make you feel like chaeing :"
Then Mishka said like regular grown-up muk:
e waited around much stayed all night alone
the seppe, and 1 went verss and versts on foot"
"How did you happen to do that?"
81 did it because had TO-"
"You don't know what you're babbng about yourself"
Mshka Strengthened his old his head and launched into
how he had
the whole night alone the ppe and then another night in signal
engine driver Comrade Kondatyev He had taken him his engine
given him out of his kettle and piece of bread eat If there
men like that would reach his goal
Mshka spoke TRANQUILITY in firm confident voice that made him
bigger than The muks listened attenve Those sit
ting they speakers
The boy satisfied and at because the bread he had eaten
his stockings he talked and stood there the midst of the
mus like little preacher strengthening mems fath for their long
unending journey.
Carried away by general began brag
Now Pm going to sit in the engine" u
"In what engne?" Y
'Comrade Kondrayev's"
looked at mujiks thought:
"They all envy all right"
engines shunting around whising perngy
coupled the engines buffers changed The thin piping of the
swtchman whistles mingled with the noise of the engines Seeing
conductor standing with bottles his belt Mishka asked h
where's this engine going cOmrade?"
To the DEVILS grandmother"
"Nanu? Nanu?"
laughed standing
with Army
by and Mishka thought he would like have talk with him
we'll:
"whats the time now comrade?"
What would you like it to be-"
is" Red Army soldier 1.-TWO big ones and three little
with Mn em o Y ang bad sn a Ti n but
he had eaten and he felt better How fine would be if he had big
signal swtchman whistle in his
hand The whistle was polished and gterng and the swtchmn
not
Mishka up o him said, just to pass
Want to buy a knife: comrade?"
"What for?"
"NIaybe you can use it for something"
swell, let's have look at it."
Before he knife Mishk picked piece
of wood from the ground
Here cut it. just try 1t cuts like razor"
The switchman tried 1.-THE knife really was sharp.
Msha offended his knife that his father brought
back back from the war; And he weren't TO- he would nS
again. especially in these in Buzuuk couldn't
another :,
SIN
cts city-smaler than Samara"
They talked together for a long
Mshka did not sell his knife, but there hurry
Every then he would stretch his
drawing off his old hat and saying quietly all pteousy
"Give a piece of bread!"
They shouted at MIN:
go to the devle! You dogs don't minutes peace"
Before Mihka would have been furious But
asking out of hunger not because his nas
but just to the time. He still had small bread
pocket and everything all right car however, mend
displayed their goodness of
book threw him apple with big in it, and the other
him handful of ishka delighted with
seeds ate them shell and ALL felt full and heavy
about noticing how the a
Evening shadows began to fall lanterns lit.
Near Agitation Point a harmonica playing.
ITO be continued)