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him the rights possessed by those of i
"No, just about two mile' further
different religious persuasions, yet
on," answered the schatchen.
him exacting services,
"Let me•drive," Raid Chayim Yitz- demanded of
is not a country one could enthuse
chok, eager to make an impression
over, and the Jews resented the fact
and for the further reason to dissi-
and dreaded the thought of army
pate all fear of horses having any
control or power over him, especially life.
Chayim Yitzchok was no exception.
since the rabbi's prophecy had not
To avoid trouble with the authori-
come to pass.
By EDWARD ELISCU.
ties,
hurt as the thought did, the
With the schatchen 'directing the
way, they drove into the so-called es- parents of Yankele decided to send
him
to
America.he kisses, the in.
Chayim Yitzchok grew and was tate. The schatchen alighted, while
It is in Moses' Song of Triumph
junctions, the p ises, the parting
that we hear of Israel's jubilation given the education of the children Chayim Yitzchok remained outside over, Yankele in ue course of time
over the fact that Paharaoh and hisl of the day. Ile was studying with until his presence could be an-
arrived at Castle Garden, a stranger
horse and rider were thrown igno- the Behusher Rabbi, where his repu- nounced. Voices of confusion reached in a strange land. He stood bewil-
the boy's ears, followed by subdued
miniously into the sea. •lld Oft have tation for absorbing knowledge was
dered as he saw thercrows of people,
whispers.
Hustle,
bustle,
commotion
I wondered wherein the horse was so marked that all looked upon him
hurrying, scurrying, here, there. The
responsible as to suffer for the sin as the one who would eventually reigned within.
relatives who were to mete him had
"Where
is
she?"
exclaimed
one
of man. As man, however, can ex- ear the Great Rabbis cloak. This
failed to appear or had missed him.
plain but little here below, just as news spread as such news will, and feminine voice. "Just when the
He had no difficulty in landing, how-
chosin—"
the
rest
trailed
off.
Chaim
the horses of Pharaoh and his host a trap was set by a wily schatchen
ever. Tall, slim, he looked older than
met a watery fate, the same power who entered the sanctum. Such a Yitzchok smiled. It felt good to be his years, and with money in his
fussed
over
and
the
guest
of
honor.
that he saw fit to use horses to—, hnd was well worth the picking and
pockets, satisfying the government
Oh, but that is the story, and if I the ensnared whispered the timeworn Tired and somewhat chilled, he got he would not become a public charge,.
out of the carriage, stretched, and
g
told it all in one breath there would story of a rich and pretty oslin.
whip in hand, strode about the he was permitted to enter.
ase,
for
be but little more to relate. The thought seemed to ple
A mounted traffic policeman, tired,
grounds, every now and then snap-
Strange though it be, have •you Chayim Yitzchok pricked up his ears
seeking to limber up a bit, left his
ever noticed how in the lives of some and paid attention. The schatehen, ping the whip in the. air. Ile wan-
dered towards some sheep and other horse near the park while he strode
individuals—shall I call it a klippe an adept at understanding emotion
about the incoming crowds from the
or will you understand it better if I symptoms, pressed his prey. Speed animals which he noticed tarryingg
say a barnacle or parasite—will at- was necessary; others were after the about a well and he could not help boat. It was only natural that the
but
wonder
if
his
romance
would
sight of so handsome a beast should
and
one
must
hurry;
aye,
even
tach itself to a body, and do what game
terminate in the same manner as did draw Yankele in that direction, and
this person may, go where this per. leave the morrow.
soon he' was rubbing the animal's
that
of
Jacob
of
old.
t
But he was only a boy, and grea
son will, somewhere, somehow, the
"Chayim Yitzchok," called the nose and the two were friends.
action will connect er terminate with as the study of the Law enthralle d
schatchen.
Chayim
Yitzchok
turned
Yankele smiled' What would his
him, human emotions seemed to en-
this klippe or barnacle.
Chayim Yitzchok was an individual gulf him. Still he was not so carried at that moment saw a girl hurry- father say if he heard that the first
singled out in just such a manner, away us to forget the seriousness of ing towards the house. lie gasped. to' greet him in the new land. was a
"Did you ever see su awkward—." horse? He smiled again, when he was
His particular klippe ((r curse, what- the step and Chayim Yitzchok
sought the advice of the Behusher The schatchen's hand stilled what- suddenly startled by a terrific din.
ever you wish to call it, was a horse.
ever
else was intended to be said.
Bells were clanging; the populace
Whatever he did, it mattered not Rabbi. Full of human compassion,
"Sh-h-h. Nut so loud. That's the stood still. Yankele knew not what
worldly as well as spiritually
how far fetched the enterprise, it yet
girl."
it all meant. He saw a man in blue
was bound to involve a horse. He wise., the man beheld the boy he
"That!"
uniform running here and there, di-
saw horses, dreamt horses, until hoped would become his successor.
"She's
rich."
a
"Be
not
in
haste.
It
is
not
a
mat-
recting the vehicles tee one side, the
horses became an 116SCOSSiOB and
"That! Did I have to conic all this people tee another. Clatteringly the
If it is not
ter of life and death.
bane to his very existence..
distance—."
In
his
anger
he
raised
tire engines dashed by when a shout
When did it all begin? Prenatal one, it will be another. It is cold;
the whip in his hand to emphasize filled the air. A horse, drawing a
influence may have accounted fur the snow Is heavy on the ground.
his remarks, and in doing so struck light wagon, had taken fright at the
e
part of it. His mother, while bear- Horses, you know, are shy
a browsing mule a resounding blow thundering engines and was running
nig him, attended a fair and was "Horses! But what have horses
frightened at witnessing the wild to do with it all?" queried the youth. between the eyes. The next moment wild.
Chayim Yitzchok was hurtling
The thought of the chase filled
antics and terrifying yells of a Cos- "Horses may be shy animals, but
the ride?" A through the air like a cannon ball.
Yankele's being and in a trice he was
sack doing capers astride a barebackwhat has it to do with b
From the beginning of creation to
smile flickered about the corners of
astride
the police horse and en pur-
horse. The scene affected her.
Kingdom Come, Chayim Yitzchok
But Chayim Yitzchok remembered the rabbi's mouth as he punctuated
suit of the fleeing animal. }low he
cursed the horse and its tribes, and
it as a boy. He had stolen an•apple his silence with a shrug of his shout-
avoided running into people no one
with them all inveigling achatchonim,
from a fruit wagon when the owner tiers. The audience was at an end.
knew, but the grace with which he'
and finlaly he cursed himself for not
rode his horse and the ease in cap-
suddenly appeared. Failing courage For a moment the old obscession
following the wise rabbi's counsel.
turing the runaway was commented'
to confess, he hid the apple behind seemed to envelop Chayim Yitzchok,
When he arose he found his left arm upon by all who witnessed the excit-
his back. Accused of theft, Chaim but he cast it Off with a laugh.
"Horses are shy animals—that's broken just where he wore his tep- ing incident.
Yitzchok denied it when he felt a
hillin. Again he was laid up and
tug at his hand, and turning, found nothing new. Uow—" and Chayim
"Say, young-un, where'd you learn
although he insisted upon being
a horse consuming the stolen fruit. Yitzchokallowed his thoughts to
taken back to the Behusher Rabbi, to ride?" asked a rather portly built
Of course he ran, but the incident float to pleasing visions.
Irishman,
dressed in a grey checked!
War! Peace! Peace! War. Ever he was finally persuaded to remain
made an indelible impression upon
at the house of the would-be bride. suit, hat to match, tilted to the side,1
his puny mind. Eer
while
encircled
in a black silk knitted
v after he always does the Jew—morning, day, night—
Aye, it's an ill wind that blows no
s held cry aloud for peace, but there is no
played away from where horse '
one good, and the parents of the girl tie, bedecked with a very large dia-
sway. Even his playmates became peace. For ever is there the con-
mond
horseshoe
pin.
took advantage of the situation to
aware of his weakness and in child- flict in this sphere twist soul and
Yankele looked at him. Ile had a
press every kindness on the boy, and
ish glee would cry our "Chayim body. The counsel of the Rabbi
friendly
face,
and
the broad smile set
also did they see to it that the girl
Yitzchok, a horse," and Chayim worked on his mental plane—the de-
tended and nursed him. Of course, him at ease, but what did the man
Yitzchok, startled, would run home. sire of the goslin on the physical. d. Chayim Yitzchok rebelled, but as he say?
Off in a •droshke they
Time passed and Chayim Yitzchok
lay in bed and realized that the best
Yankele gazed at him wtih his deep •
paid no more attention to his play- Chayim Yitzchok and the schatchen.
the of wines are kept in earthen and not brown eyes. A crowd had collected'
mates and their pranks, and soon The snow had hardened on snu g- golden vessels, and a good character
and he realized he was the center of
they ceased their anctics. In fact, ground and Chayim Yitzchok
and disposition is of more value in attraction. Ile shifted his weight
he had begun to call it all foolish- gled in warm robes, with only his
life than good looks, slowly, reluc- from foot to foot.
ness and was glad to see horses, eyes peering over the top. There was
tantly, he capitulated to the mystic
"What's your name?" queried the
especially when driven fast. And oft a happy gleam about them, and the
- merry tingling of the sleigh bells was charm of the female.
Irishman. Not understanding, Yan-
did he wish in the innermost tee sweet music to his ears, lulling him
Why prolong the description?
kele
did not answer. lie looked about
verses of his heart, because of th
They were Married, Chaim Yitzchok him when a Jewish lad in the crowd,
very tear
dreams.
a that once possessed him, into A rapturous
rabbit d arted across the path. and the girl, and the girl's parents realizing the situation, spoke to Yan-
to ride behind a Pegasus such as the
ell back on kept their word and gave them three
fell
kele in Yiddish.
world had never seen. But it was Frightened,
the and
horses
haunches
in another instant years "kest" and saw to it that Chaim
"Yankele ben Chayim Yitzchok,"
only childish fancy, probably a re.
current vision of what his mother I were running wild, reins dangling, Yitzchok kept up his studies with the
d control. Run! The Pegasus Behusher Rabbi, for they were ex- answered Yankele. The Irishman
b
• beyond
caught or imagined he caught the
of
their
son-in-law.
had seen.
he once had visioned had become a ceedingly p
first name, and before the interpreter
fact—but he was not the master. And the boy did not fail them, for
could translate it, he slapped his
With eyes bulging from their sockets, it was not long that his pr
he sat, every fiber, every muscle of earned him the title. of "Der Dov." thigh a resounding blow and uttered
his being tense. Astride the whirl- Great was the joy when the addi- a loud "liaw-haw."
"Can you beat that?" he chuckled.
wind he was being borne to his doom. tion of a boy was announced in the
Rov." There was "John Kelly! That's my own name."
Ilk mind paralyzed with fear, con-
scious only or the rushing winds household
of "Der
no containing
the parents in their Yankele looked from the Irishman to
droning, "Horses are shy animals-- happiness. The future predicted the the interpreter.
"Von lacht Cr?" The interpreter
horses--" A swerve! A tree! A , newborn—a prophet could not have
blessed one with more. So day by laughed and Yankele, receiving no
crash!
When he awoke he found himself day, week by week, month by month reply, felt he was being mocked.
"Well, John Kelly," continued the
in it bed. One leg was stiff and and year by year did "Der Roy" and
could not move. A hand soother his his wife watch the marvelOus young- Irishman, "you picked a good moni-
ker,
you picked a good ilierse, and
fevered brow, and as he opened his star grow. Every little move was re-
eyes he metthuse of his teacher. markable; every gurgle, wonderful, son, you know how to ride. How'd
you
like
to ride for me"
Each heaved a sigh—neither spoke. and how Der Rov awaited the day
"Gee whiz!" exclaimed a newsboy.
But youth is not su easily daunted;
it is not made of such mettle and all when Yankele would take up the "Ain't that the luck for yer—and
took to heal and study
of Yankele
the Law.
And
grew and, just like greenhorn. A jockey—right off the
the while his k r
men,
for Chayim
he had suffered
fracture all boys, he was mischievous and full bat." When the proposition was ex-1
of same
Yitzchok a
delighted
of pranks as all healthy boys should plained to Yankele, his heart filled to I
fact that the father was Der overflowing. America surely was the
in drawing mental pictures of the be
•
e Rov did not necessarily mean
land of opportunity. Where the heart
dark-haired, black-eyed lassie
schatchen had described. It was the son would be like him in incline- is, there is the will, and with the
able assistance of John Kelly, horse-
ions.
In
fact
he
detested
study
and
pleasing exorcise. In
4 part
pa and par-
a few weeks the bones had knitted.. if to purposely rub salt into an man, he soon become
cel of America and r ways. .
Again he became the apt pupil of , asp
the Behusher Rabbi and again did the light
, oen was
wound,
Yankele's
greatest
de-
John
Kelly
was
a
real
sportsman,
to be in company of horses.
a
Manufacturers
pussy-footed trailing Yitzehok
schatchen aze
coo Horses that were wild; horses that if ever there was one. He had
d
Retallers—Wholesalers
in c
limb had never been saddled became tame string of racing horses, but somehow
sweet les. Chayim
they were not accomplishing what
incapacitated
g
lim
at his ta recently
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and sighed. Again he laid the mat- and docile before the boy. Instinc- he had anticipated. He had more
o receive tively they knew the boy was their
and how he loved them—and faith in his horses, in spite of some
his master, only t
ter b efo
orses, yuu know, all
all the scolding and beating availed of their performances, than he did in
the same reply: "Horses,
A
naught.
Tic Der Nov it seemed that his jockeys, and the more he watched
are shy animals"
.
"Again horses!" exclaimed Chayim nature was taking its revenge for the Yankele, alias John Kelly, ride, the
more certain he was that he had
Yitzchok in anger. The nxet moment
curse.
picked a real winner from the tribe
he was sorry for what he had said,
Der Rov was angry, very angry.
of Israel and it was not long after
but the kindly man realized the im-
pulsiveness of youth in not having its To think that a son of his would he had taught his prodigy the finer
, sacrifice the study of the Law for points of the riding game that Yan-
desires
granted,
reproved
Whimsical
love of horses was more than he
kele was showing his heels to those
not. Chayim Yitzchok left fully de- .
termined on his next step. It was could bear. It was an eyesore; the that followed.
merely a coincidence before. The boy's attachment to horses was like
Of course Yankele was highly
and
rabbi had known of his weakness and a red flag before a bull, a constant elated at the turn of things, but his
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had played on his fears. Rabbi or' reminder.
What was Der Rov to do? What promises he had made to his parents. I
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still driving when he awoke. They
taken into the army. The thought Kelly, all excited.
had not yet reached their destination;
pleased neither parents nor son. Not
"Get your hat. John Kelly." (Ile:
the journey was becoming tedious
that the boy was afraid or a coward, delighted in calling the Hebrew by
and Chayim Yitzchok anxious
but a country which called one born
"Is it far from here?" queried the
(Continued on page nine.)
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