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And vy, tovarish? Because dey know vat it means ven capitalists come to make new governments for Russia. It means bonds de French, de British debt! You know?" "Sure, I know," said Jimmie. "It is billions, fifteen billions of roubles to France alone. De Bolsheviki have said, 'Ve do not pay dem so quick. And for vy? Vat did dey do vit dat money! Dey loaned it to de Tsar, and for vat?
But I trust you." "I'll not tell!" said Jimmie quickly. "You help me," went on the other. "You go to de American soldiers, you say, 'De Russian people have been slaves so many years; now dey get free, and you come to kill dem and made dem slaves again! Vy iss it? Vat vill dey say, tovarish?" Jimmie answered: "They say they want to lick the Kaiser." "But we help to lick de Kaiser! Ve fight him!"
Our plans had succeeded so well, however, that no supporting fire from the upper village came and the snipers in the forward part of the village seeing themselves abandoned, threw their guns and came rushing forward shouting "tovarish, tovarish," meaning the same as the German "kamerad."
And the little stranger put his arm through Jimmie's "You come vit me, quick! I show you someting, tovarish!" They threaded the dark streets till they came to a row of working-men's hovels, made of logs, the cracks stuffed with mud and straw places in which an American farmer would not have thought it proper to keep his cattle.
"I've been through it all," said Jimmie. "What can we do?" "Propaganda!" cried Kalenkin. "For de first time we have plenty money for propaganda all de money in Russia for propaganda! Ever'vere in de vorld we reach de vorkers everyvere we cry to dem: Rise! Rise and break your chains! You tink dey vill not hear us, tovarish!
But dey say, 'You must pay! And dey send armies, to take de land of Russia, to take de oil and de coal and de gold. So, tovarish! Dey vill put down de Soviets! But if so, dey must take ever' town, ever' village in Russia and all de time we make propaganda vit de soldiers, we make it vit Frenchmen and Englishmen and Americans, just like we make it vit Germans!"
"Vat you tink of it?" cried Kalenkin, eagerly. "Fine!" cried Jimmie. "The very thing they need! Nobody can object to that. It's a fact, it's what the Bolsheviki are doing." The other smiled grimly. "Tovarish, if dey find you vit dat paper, dey shoot you like a dog! Dey shoot us all!" "But why?" "Because it is Bolshevik." Jimmie wanted to say. "But it's true!"
Vy do we fight for de Kaiser, vy do we not be free like de Russians? I know it, tovarish, I have talked vit many German soldiers. It goes like a fire in Germany. Maybe it take time a year two years but some day people see de Bolsheviki vere right, dey know de vorkers, de heart of de vorkers dey have de life, de fire dat cannot be put out in de heart!" "Sure," said Jimmie.
The other turned upon him, his voice trembling with sudden excitement. "You got a red card?" "You bet!" said Jimmie. "Right inside my coat." "My God!" cried the other. "A comrade!" He stretched out his hands, which were bundled up with old gunny-sacking, to Jimmie. "Tovarish!" cried he. And standing there in the freezing darkness, these two felt their hearts leap into a hot glow.
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