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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
- WITH DOWNCAST EYES
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her: "A princess!" She paid no heed.
At the synagogue she took her place
near her mother-in-law, lowered her
silken eyelashes, opened with her
tittle white hands the silver clasps of
the gilt edged prayer-book and her
lips began to tremble She
had a scorn for jewelry, so they all
said: "What need has she of jewels?
She herself is a jewel." To her
oung husband she was the very apple
of his eye. A beautiful being out-
wardly, but within her?
Within was her father's inn with
its songs and dances and games. Be-
tween her and the outer world stood
always the picture of the young noble-
man. When she closed her eyes her
blood ran .riot .within her, and she
saw herself .dancing with the young
nobleman at the inn, or riding with
him—galloping on his milk-white
horse over fields afar. And when
her ! husband leaned over she would
shut her eyes and would embrace
and kiss—whom? The young noble-
man. Her husband, who loved her
beautiful eyes, would plead with her:
"Dear life, open your pretty eyes-
plose gates of Paradise." But on no
account would she do so—nor would
she let him withdraw, but held him
in her arms as in a vice
I think it's the duty of all
merchant. to use every knowl-
edge they have of their bus'.
ness for the benefit of their
customer..—Ben Berke.
In other words—if a merchant can use good buying
sense to make money for himself he ought to share
part of the profits he gets from "smart" buying with
his customers—
My entire stock was ordered one year ago in April.
Other shoe merchants could have done the same—but
DIDN'T. Most of them WAITED till July or August.
Result along !come's "Mr. Raise" and they had to pay
their respects to him. But not so with 'your Uncle
Dudley." I BOUGHT RIGHT—AND I'M GOING
TO SELL THE SAME WAY—instead of pocketing
the "extra" I'm going to give you the benefit.
And thus the childless Malkali
lived year after year, a stranger to
the husband she held in her embrace
—a beautiful apple, worm-eaten at
the core
Very different was the lot of Ya-
chiel Michael's older daughter, Na-
choma.
After the sumptuous wedding feast
of his younger, Vachiel Michael left
Prague for home with just a few coins
in his pockets. At the border line of
his village he saw all his household
goods, the bedding, the tables, the
benches of the inn, lying twit-melt un-
der the open sky, with one of the
squire's peasants keeping watch over
them. The watchman did not allow
him to enter the village.
His wife and daughter began to
weep and plead: "Let its at least enter
the village to talk to the squire!" But
the peasant lowered his firearm and
threatened to shoot. Vachiel Michael
understood that it was all over. He
could not return to Prague because
he had no money—just a few florins
left over after the wedding—and then
Ile did not wish to disgrace his newly
married daughter by his poverty. So,
with his wife and daughter, he betook
himself to another village, where he
begged and obtained permission to
sell all manner of petty ware. And
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there, after a few years of bitter
poverty, the old couple died and Na-
choma became an orphan—all alone
in the village, with no one to befriend
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her. She earned very little because
her stock of goods was scanty. Be-
sides, the peasants disliked her be-
cause she, the Jewish pauper, would
not permit any coarse, familiar ap-
proach.
Ske kept writing letter after letter
to her sister in Prague, but this sister
of hers, as we know, lived in a world
of guilty dreams, and she read no
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other provision than a crust of bread
in her hand, and upon reaching a
forest, climbed up the nearest tree,
intending to stay there among the
branches until dawn. As she sat there,
saying her evening prayers, she heard
the barking of dogs and the pattering
of their feet. The sounds grew louder
and she understood that a party of
noblemen were hunting for game in
the forest. She tried to hide herself
among the branches, but the dogs
gave mouth, barking tip-tree, and two
riders approached in haste to see
what was the matter. The two riders
were both young noblemen, and they
climbed up the tree and took the girl
down by force, and built a fire to look
at her in its glare. They beheld a
Jewish girl, a very pretty one, though
half starved. They assured her they
would do her no harm—God forbid!
They told her that she shone in 'the
darkness like the morning star. All
that was necessary was to change her
clothes. Then she would be as bright
as a queen and as fragrant as a rose.
Her heart sank at these words.
Then she heard the two quarreling
about their prey—each one wanting
her for himself, each claiming that
she belonged to hint, that his dog had
been the first to scent her.
Finally, they decided upon a duel
to the death, and whoever would re-
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wandered forth, trusting to God that
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no answer. So one night she got up,
abandoned her empty stall, and left
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draw lots. This they did, and the one
of them who won immediately drew
nobleman wondered at her, but re- • mg dote to the holy heavens. She
her up im his horse and galloped
mained silent.•
stood before the gates for a while, in
at•ay to his castle.'
And Nachoma, in the squire's cas- trembling hesitation, but God's mercy
tle, led a life which was exactly the went out to her and opened wide the
. . . Iii the morning she came to reverse of the life led by her sister gates; and comforted her, and wiped
her senses in the' nobleman's castle, in Prague. Both shut their eyes and the tears from her eyes.
and found herself 'on the young man's walked about dreamily. But whereas
The community at large knew
lap. He was•kissing her, and she un- Malkah sinned with her soul in a pure nothing of there things. The rich
derstooethat site was lost—that she body, Nachoma, on the contrary, !woman of Prague had a grand funeral.
could no longer save herself—and she with her body defiled, kept her soul She was given a place in the center
akked for just one favor. "Squire, .1 s ure .
of the graveyard. amidst the pious,
When the squire approached her
am in your hands. You are too
.and a splendid tombstone proclaim-
mighty for me to Withstand you, so she would shut her eyes and think: ing her many virtues.
I fig just one thing of you. You "My mother is kissing me. My
When the nobleman sent the body
have sullied my body—that is over mother is embracing me and teaching of the older girl to Prague for burial,
and done with. Do not sully my soul. me my morning prayers."
! no member
of the Burial Society
"Blessed be God!" she whispered,
Let me retain my faith and my
cared to touch her sinful body. So
thoughts. Let me thick and pray in hardly daring to titter the holy words they hired some carriers who buried
with
her
sinful
lips..
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the olden way."
her in silence.
IX.
The nobleman liked the girl and
Alen only sec the surface of things.
!granted her wish, thinking to himself:
Life does not last forever—both sis•
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‘Vhat harm will it do to me? I ters died young. And when their
don't intend to marry her, anyway." souls left their bodies, the soul of the
Some
years
thereafter
a part of the
Once he even bought her a prayer- younger one, Malkali, emerged like
'Prague cemetery was annexed to the
book from a Jew in Prague, and a black raven from her white
body,,
city
for
a
street
opening.
So the bod-
brought it to her as a gift. She ac- and was immediately
lost somewhere,
cepted it with joy, but soon let it drop in the eternal darkness. The older, ies had to be disinterred and placed
elsewhere.
The man who opened
from her hands on the table.
sister's, Nachoma's, white, clean soul, Nachoma's grave near the gate found
Malkah's body, on the other hand.
was found almost intact, fresh, with a
sweet smile on her white face. "Thus
fares it with the piobs," the people
reverently said. "Even the worms
have no power over them
after
death."
But people sec things only on the
surface. They do not know the
hearts of men and women, and what
is going on in their immortal souls.
The Polish authorities have refused
to comply with the request of the
Jewish Deputies and prohibit the
posting in the streets of Black Lists
of Christians who sell houses to Jews.
The authorities argued that the Black
Lists do not incite people against
Jews but against certain Poles.
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The Orthodox Jewish congregation
at Natchez, Miss., has selected for its
spiritual guide Rabbi William Acker-
man, of Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Acker-
man is a graduate of the Jewish The-
ological Seminary, New York, and
prior to going to Pensacola, he was
"My hands," she said, "are not as soon as it was released from her:
nothing
but
a
parcelful
of
decaying
the rabbi of the congregation at Lake
worthy to touch this holy book." The sinful body, rose gently, like a flutter-
bones.
Ch ar I es, I owa.