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A COMMON STORY

By Sholom Asch.

And suddenly, in a transport of af-
fectionate confidence, they began to
talk, talk, talk—of many things,
eagerly, familiarly, world without end.
The darkness of the night descended
upon them, veil upon veil. Under this
sacred cover they drew nearer to-
gether—a tremor went through lier
body as they touched hands—joined
bands under cover of the night's dark-
'less. He bent over her in tremulous
boldness and kissed her. A bird
passed them fluttering overhead, as if
in fright at this daring. She released
her hand, shivered slightly, and stif-
fened momentarily as if in anger. It
was nothing—nothing--he knew it--
they rejoined hands and walked on in
happy forgetfulness.
Henceforth they met every day at
seven, and their hearts drew them for-
estward, every night. Then Elieser
began to call upon her parents, first
under some transparent pretext, and
odd job for Voegele. That gave a
chance to call again, to see the job
finished. Voegele decorously dis-
owned all knowledge of him and bade
hint primly to be seated.
In good time, Elieser dropped all
pretence; he frankly made himself at
home with her parents and called at
all hours, comfortably aware that no
insincerities were needed.
Voegele's parents knew him by this
time for a decent youth and a good
workman, capable of earning a compe-
tent living. They knew perfectly well
on what errand he was bent, but
wisely affected ignorance; let the chil-
dren have their chance to get ac-
quainted!
Night—narrow dwelling—with
chase of shadows on the walls. A new
table, a modishly bright lamp thereon,
Voegele sewing at the table, with
Elieser near her reading Schoner's
"Schund." A curtain screened off
half of the room, and behind the cur-
tain slept Voegele's father and
mother, both stupefied with overwork.
Presently he broke into laughter, and,
taking her around the waist, pro-
nounced her name affectionately,
"Voegele I"
"What wooldst thou, sillikins?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing."
And Voegele went on with her sew-
ing, thinking. I hold thee in my palm,
little bird, secure enough—only don't
think you can pick me from the pave-
ment, barebacked—there are still
eighty roubles lacking of the three
hundred needed for a dowry—and she
proudly shows him her wedding gear,
chemises. and bedding, all nearly fin-
ished and stowed away in chests and
drawer.
As they drew nearer to each other,
they became known in time as a pair
of lovers, and every one of their kin
expected to be hidden ere long to the
celebration of their betrothal.
Voegele's mother was in a noiseless

Voegele, after the Manner of young
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girls all the world over, was fond of
of Care."
"dressing up" and adorning herself to
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On work days there is little time
for such maiden folly. There is pleny
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of work to be done—unbeshrcie !—and
girls must do their sewing. Rent is
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nspAecRtIon.
sinfully high and times are bad. Her
father earned very little and there was
a good deal lacking yet of the three
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for a befitting dowry. Besides, when
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money in the house was scarce, her
mother would make petty inroads
upon her hoard to pay for holiday-
making on Shabbas.
This thought was often flitting
through Voegele's brains: "Wooers
there arc enough—like dogs in the
street—but every dog wants a tneaty
bone." For all that, she didn't worry
much why she—a young girl like her
--and good-looking—this she could
not help admitting in all modesty, as
she stood before the mirror, where
a pleasant girlish face, rosy-checked,
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black hair, smiled hack at her. She
would have liked to stand before the
mirror for hours, had it not been for
her fear to beshrei herself.
On Shabbas, to he sure, there is
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time aplenty for "dressing up," and
"When Better Automo she can scarcely tear herself away
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Will Build Them."
"Enough of this, Voegele!" her mother
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finery, though art good-looking
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enough without all this foolery!" But
what do old women know? They
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But a maiden knows better than to
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leave the house without first getting
into her Shabbas best—for "he" is
20 miles to gallon of gas
waiting on a park bench to see her
Instead of 10.
pass—he, Eliescr, and his friends,
20,000 miles to set of tires In
ready and waiting for a chance to
stead of 10,000
ogle her. lie fancies himself unob-
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served, looks at her aslant from out
of the corner of his eye, and nudges
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his colleague: There now—do you
see—a bit of all right, eh?—and she,
I
Voegele, makes naught of them, passes
by, coldly indifferent—let them stare
—All Sloes-
after me—drown themselves—what of
it?"
Dost mind thee, Vorgele, dear, how
once he
heart-sore thou wart,
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not look your way, but stared at
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Malkah in her newly-bought finery
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that becomes her like a veil on a
collie dog? He eyed her for a long
time, but in the goodness of thy heart
thou givest him another chance by re-
passing his bench, ignorant, to all ap-
pearances, of his presence, casting a
stealthy glance behind thee—how
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heart-sore thou wert to see him still flutter of delight. What a piece of
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intent upon her, with her face aglow good fortune for her daughter to have
with pleasure—how valiantly didst won the affections of such a "golden"
thou repress thy 'tears when he young man!
Jainkef, the girl's father, is getting
nudged his friend. "Did you notice?"
To be sure, when he became aware on in years—an outworn village pack-
of thy presence at last, Malkah dia. man. all day long on his weary feet,
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appeared into nothingness. Forth- huckstering old clothes. Thank God, a
with he rose from his bench, dragging piece of good luck comes his way at
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his friend with him in thy trail—both last—such a "golden" young man for
following you like shadows. Once his daughterl
All are rejoiced and Voegele most
they passed with a decorous "Good
Shabbas"—a slight nod was all they of all. Her face was all roses and
got for their pains. And secretly, thou lilies, and a new luster sparkled and
didst rejoice. "If I turn into another flashed in her black eyes. Behold her,
alley. they'll follow, just the same." sitting all day long at her machine,
Sweet halm upon thy wounded vanity the "stub" resounding with her cheery
—heedless of him and his friend with voice, the wheels of the sewing ma-
firm step. head erect and eyes disown- chine are whirring—Voegele keeps on
ing thy secret, thou passeth on, with singnig; nightfall brings her Elieser.
S "hint" and his friend in thy wake, and
"How goes it, lass?"
"All's well that ends well—let me
then knowest—sweet thought to think
—that he would follow them into the show thee something."
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"A rarer?"
of the world!
She rises from her seat and goes to
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Once, after many such passages, on her chest of drawers, rummaging
a Shalthas evening, Voegele went to among her treasures, hiding a find be-
the park with a girl friend of hers. hind her shawl.
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Ile laughed. "What are you hiding
"hint" in hot pursuit. The girls sat there?"
down on a park bench almost hidden
"Not so fast, my lad!" She snug-
from sight by a leafy tree—and he gled comfortably into a seat right near
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took his seat on the same bench. snug- him and disclosed her treasure, an
gling away in a corner. with the entire embroidery on canvas, "Adam and
length of the bench between him and
Eve."
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"See—a girl friend gave me this—
The night drew near, and a fine wil- for me—for Its—to be hung on the
derness of leafy boughs overhead shel- wall in our bed chamber—only wait.
tered these three children of men, in a Elieser—I'll put a room to rights for
sweet-smelling darkness, hiding them then—for us—a beauty of a room—
in obscurity from the looks and everything resplendent with neat-
speeches of the world without.
ness—"
A slight evening breeze brought de-
"And there we'll sit," said he, "every
licious coolness. Voegele and Elieser
evening
after work, close to each
both thought that it was good to be
alive and young, Their hearts beat other, like this"—his arm encircled her
waist.
wildly in the darkness, both thinking:
"And you will tell me everything,
I who will speak first?
He gave a modest cough. to make everything!" She laid one of her lit-
his presence known—it meant: I am tle hands upon his shoulder and
here! She tried to look blankly un- stroked his face with the other, look-
conscious of his presence—to look her ing deep into his eyes. And both felt
that this world is a good place to use
unconcern.
A moment's silence that seemed an in. Everything in the room seemed
eternity. The evening breeze. so it to he in partnership with their happi-
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seemed to them, began to tell their ness—the walls, the little table—they
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heart's secret in an ironical whisper seemed to wink at her like old
friends, to whisper words of kindly
to all the world.
"Pray, do you know what time it cheer • • • and both seemed to
give an attentive hearing to these old
is?"
"No, I don't"—meaning to say: "T friends in their momentary silence.
"There now—look at this." She
know what's the time of day with
thee, my lad. but easy, not so fast?" took her bank hook out of a drawer.
"Two
hundred and forty roubles, and
Her chum nudged her: didst see? She
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resented this a little—there was really there will presently he three hundred
won't have thee say, 'I took her in
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no call for meddling—she meant to
rise from her seat, but fascination her clothes, as she stood!'"
held her spellbound.
"Go to, Voegele, I am sore!"
A fine evening, is it not?" "To be
"What for? Because I am telling
sure a fine evening." Small talk about thee the truth, straight to thy face?"
break through frozen conventions. She looked into his eyes, smiling. He
The two young folks bandied ques- turned away, as if in anger. "Why,
tions and answers, first shyly, and sillikins, I was only jesting—cause
with hearts beating out of time, then take a joke?"
easily and freely, drawing nearer to
They talked until a wrinkled face ap-
each other on the bench, and feeling peared from behind the curtain, bid-
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ding them to be done—time to go
When she rose to go home—which asleep. They kissed and parted.
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was none too early — he saw her down
Reb Jainkef, Voegele's father, fell
the lane. They shook hands.
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They met for a second, for a third
It was at the time of year when
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ward—through those chances—not —then a spell of sunny weather—
altogether blind chance, perhaps— melting snow and mud and endless
that throw lovers together, they met
at the house of friends—in company
In the midst of this unwholesome
that became more and more distaste- season the old man fell ill. His feet,
ful to them, as they felt, more and his weary feet, gave away, and he took
more. that they ought to meet where to bed.
third parties couldn't meddle. In the
His earnings gone, there was no
end, they secretly agreed to meet money in the house for either food or
alone.
fuel—no bread, no coal—and Voegele
They met beyond the border of the had to lend from her little hoard.
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town and walked toward the woods, •
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in
that silence that is more eloquent
The bedridden old man groaned and
he ooe of the best
than
words.
coughed, until a hectic redness flushed
In the country, pos-
Sundown and golden radiance upon his withered face, until the blue veins
sessing every Po*
the corn fields to the right andleft of stood out like cords from his temples.
alble facility for the
their happy road. A happy road, and
They sent for the feldsher, who pre-
most sanitary manu-
a long road. with a breeze fanning scribed a medicine. Mother wanted
facture and bottling
their
foreheads—a
breeze
whispering
to
pawn her bedding. but Voegele
of soft drinks. Our
their secret to the harvest.
would not let her. She turned over
machinery is
Nightfall
and
darkness—but
no
her
entire wages, and to raise more
eat in this respect.
gloom went with the darkness. It money pawned her jacket, an as not to
only veiled the joy of their young touch her dowry. God forbdI Elieser
hearts.
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"It's been my heart's desire these old familiar table, under the old fa-
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