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Quote #1
In 1919 he was traveling on the railroads in Italy, carrying a square of oilcloth from the headquarters of the party written in indelible pencil and saying here was a comrade who had suffered very much under the Whites in Budapest and requesting comrades to aid him in any way. (1)
The story's opening sentence immediately clues us into the comrade's group of belonging: He's a communist-in-need. Do you think the comrades would help him if he weren't identified as belonging to their international community?
Quote #2
He had no money, and they fed him behind the counter in railway eating houses. (1)
Apparently the "ticket" works: The commies have a heart for their fellow commie, and our protagonist survives his travels thanks to their good graces.