The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-30
HOMECOMING.
Translated by Brian Rhys

lagos and huts San sebaso along
the main road Here and there houses cumps He coming
of these little colonies 1t still three miles
his house.
figure the doorway of one Of the
houses, and seeing him, threw both
santander companion old days in suffering in tn.
close! knew your face! So s's you them"
Standing there moionless with the haste Of
his journey and by sort of bar that lay his replied
quite simply:
knew your shouted louder than ever You
haven't changed much Besides Cemence wife you
coming he added she here actually thinking
you'd be here But she coming she
And % few from the place where he had
for him there he would easily have walked minute longer
WHILE they talking times had come
they drew shouting chorus and their
sarthy bws They had tears their they hold
Women gathering round And the children
had stopped their play and were watching the
with him the old Father grown and fat
fresh butter He smiled hands, something es
sly and and unpleasant still fingered in his
drop wine Offered on such an occasion not thing Be
Yes But only glass, and I'll drink standing must
Eyes, yes they're expecting you at home"
None the yielded of his friends and sat
already covering this tink stretch Of road
and his body felt the need relax while santaner off
aconr o., Old ,,., ,,,+ ... more. .z Easslbt
Classes questions and EXPLANATIONS cnked together
"Thsrsi Now must be off" VI
Then he found he simply couldn't get
His head dizzy with the drunk
person put heart into him and life his poured
effect had Numbered down the back
and The ans wn ae s the nser 5
and were mysiedfor isn't all that understand
soaked nothing And the
four glasses he had drunk produced the effect him
oran seemed 10 De IN pulp and though ne was sitting down.
he had put out both hands himself from falling
and shoulders round him doubled and tebd
their mouths spread out and the horizon;
antsd and the people passing to and fro made zszass the all.
But the thing Of all that begin with
learheaded enough the
what gulf he had tumbed into.
FIT of fury yelled But the sudden
II outburst choked him and he fell back into his
Then he got head stranng towards the
road the look of damne dsOu in his
they were and vet thew to b d @
was DONE '''pp'N '"A ana '"'' was now 'ne h'r
Jose chung to the doorpost supported by Pablo.
"The air will him good"
But the air, its turn turned traitor all innocence
sted into the homecomers oversensive BRAIN only
flames within.
standing her doorstep other
She not Cemence but his desire go
that his friends helped him across the road
trembling; she would have liked run away but didn't dare
he talked long to her IN supplcatlng tones.
"A what don't me? Where kddies
tiny uns? Where they hiding? Let's
His friends tried to pull him together yelling OBJ
jurgans into his shook him roughly
him. not knowing which the wes The
ening {,
Father Leonte stood little behind group watch
ing it all with a wicked little smile /,
Meanwhile had down
tona Her all gathering
there her face brighter STILL herself
When she the wretched bear-eyed was
struggling there she daloud. I
The sound of that voice had
We have heard of the voice of the blood perhaps there
thing the phrase for he instantly Gained down and looked
her.
But the had tear-stained
hands, that the father could lingering
Saavas childish features looked the
little child ngng his mothers blue hiding
sudden fright. .
AND then kind of evil dream halucnaton
thought that he standing before door and
not for him. F4av s@t
"Open the darling it's he cried clasping hands,
Then collapsed boundary Roud rushed
and m literally knowing what do; they
his falling hurting himself But there
compelled work-were unable
condition.
when the individual travelled
with him and Swallowed him and explained