The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-18
TOOTHLESS WOLVES.

TooTHLEss WOLVES
THUS happened that with their heavy boots
the deck all whether they we're at
the Party Committees the deck ship
They forgotten: but these it would not be
possible to forget Never could forget these dreadful
of dreadful land.
corn gsst sowd v was to am%sd together sinking and
distinguish who officers and who soldiers grey
herd Heavy and silent stood this crowd of beings
Shdky who looked like Englshman himself, speaking
shbs, in favn leather looking figure was speaking
clearly and impassively
"offcers to the front! Let stand back"
The crowd shuffd noly, clearing space on the deck It
looked like the scene of an execution
RAGGED preserving martial bearing pushed their
through the crowd Their now
swollen with hunger and ngrained with dirt impossible tell
with what frenzy they they drunk
or with the the fury of
Poia smiled nsolenty And whilst shbis speaking
Look Geb people though they had already been
They used to kiss the hands of the ladies' Now they're
shbs gloomy like the mask of his face
You foes! You hate us You have
the thousand the wormen and the
hoping to find not death but life Why have Soviet
An old with lver-grey stepped per-
haps he wasn't old perhaps his face moudy?
~ b are not aIfad answer you On no. We are only
Have suffered less than you? We have
cursed accurdness expaon Let our country
even demand torture and death We ready; submit
While speaking proudly raised
shb him silently attentivey through net of
his eyelashes.
They exhaed a unanimous sigh
Everyone waiting for the when the would give
and then there would be outburst of cries
little officer suddenly began hystericay
"Tve been deceived! blind murderer Let
Justify my life. Even if die let vndicate
sigh of epressed agitation passed the shibs
essly waved down the cries of the little officer
very good But how will you your sincerity?
will that speaking the TRUTH"
THE up shb tearing open breast of his
tunc.
"shoot me now! snootw
Shibis calmly waved him back
Return your place you shore
but may return where came FROM Are certain that
The officer raised his hands His sleeves fell down his skinny
almost to the shoulder The red fists at the extremity of those
dead white did not seem to belong to him.
They took him by the and walked him away
screaming:
Pola frowned eyes big joy
What weak these sugs have Why the devil did they
Serge pressed hard Shibs shoulder His voice broken
words worthy Of It's always easy people
Shibis looked at him dsracedy like blind and said
through clenched teeth: AHSe
you at once comrade 1v.gn What's the
NATTER" .tNs
THE crowd was stamping and shifting and cody and silently gath
Dirty climbing upon the ven
ator shafts and others shoulders crawling rigging
like snals they were looking in stupid bewdment at these
trying whether dangerous only
ironically jesting They all expecting something terrible that
gloom suddenly explode bladder; some
crushing catastrophe upoar and then every
thing would sink ashes But then everything
simple and clear and their doubt would be gone
Gleb gazing the sinking human faces;
he did not pity anyonet just curious and laughabe
WOLVES Yes, there they were, the wolves with blood
had been the spaces of the Re-
public Three flaming years suffering In the fight against them
Gb had learned to hate them because death had
him. gale and temp the nights had been With fire. and the
poisoned with blood and smoke And they were these
wolves Their had dmmed and their jaws toothless
Gleb listened to shibs mlinsly wespoken enough
intense desire to burst out laughing and cursns.