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By HARRY SCHNEIDERMAN

11 " 1'1 1115 were assembled' They
Once upon a time. in a small vii- gat so terrified that he allowed his ling
were afraid because, guilty or not, if
!age in Russian Poland, there lived a praying shawl to slip from his d shoal-
in
its
the
Jewish
prophet would accuse any
d m., an d . becoming entangle
one of them as the thief the count
• s and humble lewish rabbi whose
name was 1(eli Moisha Schwarzwald. folds, fell in a heap to the ground. (unlid accept no denials.
His modest household boasted of two Before he could rise the squire was
On the way to the chateau Chaim
servants—a maidservant, Lieba, and upon him.
said to the count: "My lord, I will
"Get tip's" shouted Ilmis, h oig hing, point out the culprit to you on only
whose
name
was
Chaim
a Man,
him-
Schmid. I•iela was a simple-minded , Chaim Schmid di,iitatigled
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difficulty. . \v. h a t ‘,,,,, t, hi s
girl, about thirty years of age, ,tith . self - ,i'lli
"And what •is that?"
a nose like a small cucumber, and ',or rise, upon rising, tc see that Itoris
"This man has repented of his
large feet, which could easily be heard was leading a beautiful black horse mime and will restore the jewels to
in every part of the house ((lieu she h the bridle.
you. You must forgive him. He
- 11 . 11y. you arc a 101'1 , 1'1, 0 " said the was sorely tempted. Does not 'God
walked. Chaim Schmid, one of whose
duties it was to draw water from squire. - In another minute my fine command us to forgive the sinner?
the well as it was needeol, is as an racer would have been torn to pieces Only on this condition will I find
evokes. Yon are a wonderful
the thief."
imposing lookiim 1M, With 1. Laud-II) the
some face, adorned with a rich, black man! Ilere is a slight token of my
"Very well," said the count, as
People who did not know ! gratitude," and he gave Chaim a gold !gym., as the jewels are restored •I
beard.
him thought him a learned Talmud- niece.
o milling to fONIVe the thief. It is
" \\That is your na m e and w h ere d
enough for iny peasants to know
ical scholar; but he really was almost
.'“ continued Boris.
his
10-
yon
Ilse
that I have such a wonder ul plop ii
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as
I
ielia
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as .'"
The Jew 1 "h 1 him'
will always he able to expose
worker.
will
who
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"'Eonffir r,,,,r said B or i s.
The pious rabbi grew to pity and
to love these two faithful servants. It send hit' you. l'ou must come and their misdeeds."
When the 'mint a" 11 Cha im 'am'
was not long before he conceived the live on my estate. I need such a man in the garden a hush fell upon the
you are." And, waviim his hand gathering. Every face was pale.
Were
Well
:IS
brilliant idea that they
matched, and, after skillful negotia- cordially to Chaim, lie galloped olf.
marrying Lieba Chaim, bewildered by the wonder- Every eye was turned in
fear toward
the jeW, W110 now began to walk
lions, he succeedea it,
E
" Elie couple es- ful event, ran home and breathlessly slowly' down t h e line and to look into
. " - I " •I
to " •
tablished
themselves
a little
one- told of
Lielia
of his
good fortune.
room but
near in the
house
Reit
each
man's wii,,.1
eyes with a glance which
"Didn't I t e ll you ?. sa id his
seemed to see into their very hearts.
to shake yourself and Ile was almost at the end of the line
onl
y
Moisha, 'and Clniiin Schmiel sup- "You aced
E
the von will be rich."
Of
when one of the peasants stepped
ported hiniself and his wife out
The next day the steward of Loma
Chaim stopped and beck-
fifteen kopeks a they which he earned
forward.
as the rabbi's man-of-all-work. They Boris came in a beautiful coach, oned to the count to approach.
lived thus very happy and contented drawn by four well-fed, sleek horses.
"NI y lord," he said, "I beg of you
for several months. and took Chaim and Lieba away. to declare in the hearing of all that
One day, as they were eating their Filet, sere given a three-room house you are willing to forgive the culprit
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supper of bread and soup, Lieba said near the “oiiii's chateau. They did if he will restore the jewels."
to her husband: not have to work any longer; their
" 11 es,' an swered the count aloud.
et
(roilfthl‘,.
tn
"Reb Callitn, why do you have to food and cl.,thing were supplied to "I
given
be forgiven
work so hard for only fifteen kopeks them by the count. All the peasants t that
tothe
s all () rtd
i t Iv f ni
tle
alt m‘e
a day? Why don't you do what the on the estate held Chaim in great restores the casket"
awe, and when they met him they
Pointing to the man who had
rabbi does?"
choed would take off their caps and how stepped forward. Chaim said:
..D o w h a t th e rab b i d oe s?" e
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her husband, in surprise. almost to the ground. t halm did
"This k the man!"
Butt
"Yes," answered Lieba, "the rabbi malting but cat, drink and sleep. B
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Th e peasant fell to his knees and
does not draw water from the well; when he heard :tnyone approach the
he
does
not
chop
wood,
and
yet
Ile
is
house
he
would
immediately
put
on
cried:
"Mercy. mercy, Excellency. I was
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He has a house with timer his praying shawl and shake himself.
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rich.
;\ few months later a casket con- tempted. Pardon." You will not be
"Get up, dog!
ant Why
e has servs.
rooms in it,
tattling the countess's family jewels
The Punished. Where are the jewe"
what
don't you d o
and
h the rabbi d oes?"
ls? will
"What do you mean?" asked her was stolen from the chateau.
with grief at "Send someone with me and I
co u ntess Was Osercome
husband.
"What does the rabbi do?" said the loss, Inn her husband said to her: restore them," answered the peasant.
' Don't worry, Marie, I need only The count commanded two of the
"
Lieba. "Ile he
stands
all himself!
day with Why
a sid-
shakes
tell my Jewish prophet about it and servants to accompany the thief, who
went to his house and dug the casket
do n
th ief for us."
n't you shake yourself? You will he will discover the Chaim, told him up out of the ground which formed
The count sent for
get
rich, is too."
"That
a good idea," said Chaim of the theft and commanded hint to the This
door great
of his feat
hut. of prophesy was
Chaim was
rewarded by the count
Taking his tallis and his discover the culprit.
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Schmid. book, lie went into the woods panic-strieken and the count con- handsomely
prayer
surably increas
—4
e
ed thChaim
at the edge of the village, stood on a seined to give hint three (lays in and imme athe peasants for
Pie=
of
foot path which led to the which to find the criminal. Chaim sP
Schmid.
cere
narrow foot
sin
in in
For now addressed himself him
The count could not tire of boast-
next town, and shook himself.
this
to God to help
several hours he shook himself, ,bee
es . ing to all his friends of the wonder-
no
gold rained from heaven to make great emergency. He could not
, him rich, as the rabbi was. He was cape from the estate, as any move ful
Jewish One
prophet
was of
in the
his
service.
day a who
number
to give up his royal road to that he made would be easily noticed.
1,4 It about when he heard the sound of And so dining the next three days count's neighbors scene assembled at
)wontat...N.att!)
rapid hoof-beats coming in his dike- Chaim prayed and wept and called the chateau to celebrate the tenth an-
to help him. His wife was niversary of Boris' wedding. In the
1.11)011 GO(1
of dinner the conipany Ms-
o
tion. He was frightened and began
well if curse
ry which the count told
violently than confident that all woushake
store
ld be himself cu ssed the sto
toshake himself o
them about Chaim Schtniel—how he
In a few moments a sty- Chaim would only
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The peasant fell to his knees once
more, kissed the hem of Chaim's tal-
Its and almost crawled out of the
house.
1 he next morning Count Boris'
butler came 'to Chaim and asked him
if he had discovered the thief. Chaim
told him that if the count t•ould as-
semble all the peasants in his garden
he would point out the guilty one.
In the afternoon the count himself
came to Chaim's house to escort him
to the garden, where all the tretnb-

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horseman
on almost
a fine, enough.
I lishly
richly
caparisoned
steed
liming the last night, as Chaim had been instrumental in saving the
ran was swaying and beating his breast count's racer front being devoured by
rider
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and how be had restored the
The
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r appl. ea he open-
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jewels. Several of the co
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countess'
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excited
i a fine
and demanded
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black toffic
horse ing it he saw a peasant standing in patty were very skeptical. They sug-
the shadow against the wall of his gested that the first success of the
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without
rider?" was terror-stricken. house. The peasant fell to his knees, so-called prophet might have been
Chaim a Schmid
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incidenc
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His knees shook under hint as he and in a supplicating voicome
second was
"Master, please let me
swayed and mumbled evening prayers.
Chaim let him in. The peasant fell
The tone of the cavalier was familiar
to the Jew. He recognized count to the ground and embraced Chaim's

Boris, the squire of a large neighbor- knees.
"Save me, save me?" he prayed. "1
ing estate, who was notorious for his
know that tomorrow you will tell the
cruelty to his tenants.
count that I stole the jewels. Save
"Well, why don't you answer, Jew?" me, my lord, from the wrath of the
asked the squire, impatiently.
count."
With a trembling hand Chaim
Chaim's heart leaped with joy.
Schmid pointed toward the setting Drawing himself up to his greatest
sun and stammered:
height, he said in a severe tone:
"The horse--the horse is there.
"Yea, I know that thou didst steal
I The wolves are attacking it."
the jewels!"
1 Without a word, the horseman
The peasant burst into sobs, inter-
spurred his steed and galloped in the mingled with cries of "Save me,
direction indicated by Chaim Schmid.
lord!"
The Jew immediately took to his
"Rise!" said Chaim. "As thou !last
heels, feeling sure that when the
repented of thy sill, I will save thee.
squire would fail to find the black
Tomorrow all the peasants will be
'horse about which Chaim knew noth-
assembled in the garden of the
ing at all, some cruel punishment
count's chateau. I shall pass down
would be meted out to hint. He was
the line, and when I conic before
tel way homeward when the sotto('
thee do thou take one step forward.
!
of hoofs, coming toward him, caused
and I give thee my word that the
him to redouble his pace. He heard
count will pardon thee."
the squire shouting: "Stop, Jew" lie

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