The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-17
scopyrieht 1887 b. Frederick Brittsu Austin,

young short-bobbed girl student, the
same as all the rest as far as I could
see save that she was a bit younger,
her face all thick with paint that they
didn't know how to put on-comes up
to him. Don't you dance, comrade?'
she says in perfect English. Most of
the the x ga5tls spoke = * ns a little t5 Engl i a,. but It
said Porter. I don't think this is a
time for dancing. All these people
ought to be outside Madrid digging
trenches
"'You're quite right, comrade,' she
said. Most of these people are miser-
able exploiters of the Revolution. But
She, showed him her hands, red and
rough and calloused. 7 fight for the
Revolution she said, not merely talk
about it,
THAT was quite enough for young
Porter. He pulled up a chair for her.
Won't you sit down?' he said with a
politeness that made Us grin. We'd
never seen him fall for anyone before.
elbow comes it that you speak En-
glish 20 well?' asked Harry.
ct was at school in England she
said. Afterwards I came back here to
the university. I was n of the priv
LEGGED classes. My father was an aris-
tocrat.'
-, ":g s9t,1 now 9 WYE you are on the side of
always I have been on the side Of
the proletariat. Since I was a little
girl: Now I am 49, .s
"'Conchita. And yours, comrade?
"rHarry.'
"It is nice to feel that you really
belong to us, Comrade Harry she said.
These other aviatorS are only mer-
cenaries. They'd fight just az readily
for the other side if they were paid.
But we are glad to have them: The
Revolution must utilize all possible in
StrumentS.'
though + don't like the idea:'
cts quite true she said. Lenln
taught US that. It is the beginning, of
revolutionary technique. We turn the
capitalists weapons against themselves.
"Suddenly I heard Jacksonville fel-
low who was flying on the other slde
in the Chaco-in a violent argument
with young Porter. He'd had a few
have said something which touched
him on the raw.
"sYou and your fool principles! You
make me tired shouted jackson. 60
and wipe the milk off your mouth!
You think you're grown up just because
for the first time in your life you've
had the nerve to pick up a skirt! The
Revolutions just an excuse for these
- well, he used a word that wasn't
nice.
young Porter dashed a mugful of
beer straight in his face. jackson
sprang to his feet and started pulling
his automatic from the holster. I wasn't
going to have that kid hurt. For a
moment, it looked as if it were going
to be a free-for-all shooting match
Then Jim Lawrence spoke, n when
Stop thatH he said. No quarreling in
this unit! We've got to hang together
or these Bolshie crooks'n be pulling
something on us separately!
young Porter was white with rage
"I won't have this comrade m
sulted!' he said and his voice was shak-
ing. She's a lady!.
II thought that was so darned fun
nv that I burst out laughing. You
worse than by calling her a lady.
"The girl, Conchita, was on her feet
too.
""That's all right, Comrade Harry,
she said. We don't have these class
distinctions now. But you meant II Wen.
I like you ever so much. Let's get away
from here and go around to my place.
"Young Harry hesitated, kinda shy
all of a sudden.
"'But what would your family say?'
he said. He really didn't know much
about what was going on in Madrid
"She answered as coolly matter-ot-
fact as if she'd said they were away
on a holiday.
my family is all shot. I told you
they were ariStocrats. I'm alone in the