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at times I felt courage enough
to laugh at them, but my past
observations gave me better judg-
ment and I refrained.
I felt no destructive pain.
:sical torture of this kind no
A-;er contracted the body; this
1/#4 a mild suffering.
I closed my eyes and many
thoughts and incidents of the
past raced quickly through my
burning brain. Strange that now,
of all times, I think of my cou-
sin Eleazar—he who left for Pal-
estine. The friends and family in
the village of Wasilkov mocked
him. At least, they pleaded, if
one leaves for France or Amer-
ica — "but to Palestine, of all
places!"
"Now, my son," pleaded the
father of Eleazar, "when you
have reached my age, and upon
your death you wish to be inter-
red in holy soil, that would be
understandable. But you, so
young!"
"That lad was always intracta-
ble," said uncle Noah, "surely no
example of our family traits,
which founded this community
with the hope that it be perpe-
tuated forever."
Alas, Eleazar had his way. On
the day of his departure all and
sundry bade him a tearful fare-
well, accompanied him as far as
the bridge that bordered the vil-
lage, showered him with delica-
cies for the long journey, and
that was the last seen of Elea-
zar.
I presume that I weakened in
my ordeal or my dream was too
realistic, for suddenly I was lift-
ed forcibly and admonished to
stand without disturbing the
operator. I caught a swift glance
at my arm and the needle search-
ing the flesh beneath the skin,
and the fat hand that guided it.
Giddy laughter and unrestrained
remarks came from all about..
Upon my arm appeared several
marks—numbers they appeared to
be — 1,000,
In my mind I determined to

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pay slight attention to the pro-
ceeding and to continue my re-
trospection into early incidents—
clearly unimportant, like whiling
away the time. But again it
searched out Eleazar, in the mys-
terious intricacies that enshroud
the mushroomed human brain.
Now I see the family intently
listening to the reading by his
father of a letter from the "fool"
that went to Palestine.
"Yes," writes Eleazar, "here
we are not many in numbers, as
yet, but each does the work of
ten. We have only plans and a
lowly beginning, but it is a firm
foundation.
"Believe me, dear father, in
this new-old world of ours I have
no apology for being a Jew. Can
you portray such dignity? We
are all equal and all aristocrats.
No one reviles us.
"Our work is for our own fu-
ture, for our children and for
those who will follow.
"With horror I remember how,
on Sundays, all doors and win-
dows were bolted, for fear. On
holidays the soldiery joined the
peasants in revolting pogroms. I
still hear the cries of the chil-
dren, the screams of mothers and
the groans from your throat,
when they broke into our home
and left us all but dead."
At this point aunt Sarah broke
in: "Eleazar was alway4a little
bit of a liar. Jews in 'Palestine
safe, happy? What fiction! Did
not the Rabbi quote from some
Holy Book, only last Sabbath,
that we are ordained to be the
saints and sufferers for all man-
kind?"
"Only in other countries,"
heatedly answered our young cou-
sin Israel, fired by the contents
of the letter, "but not in Pal-
estine. That is our home."
"But," said Samuel the wool
maker, "I now have a factory
with three looms, a house, a per-
manent stand in the synagogue
which I paid for, my own. I
worked all my life for it. If we
have a country of our own the
government here and elsewhere
will tax us out of our funds and

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some inconstancy in his former
idea of Palestine. "Both of you
may be right. Who knows? If
only the Messiah would come to
guide us on our dark road!"

"Messiah—Messiah?" came from
Joseph the tailor, who was now
one of an assemblage of towns-
men, uninvited, who had heard of
an amazing message from Pales-
tine and came to hear it. "Mes-
siah? Just give me a few zlotys
and some needles and thread, in
case there is a shortage of it in
Palestine, and I will get there."
"Unbeliever!" screamed the fa-
ther, without thought, but more
out of the fears and problems
that overwhelmed him. "Only the
Messiah—"
This recurring scene, or per-
haps it was a special jab of the
needle, induced a sharp cry from
my throat. The simple act of lift-
ing me bodily a foot off the floor
steadied me.
My eyes wander unconscious-
ly to my arm. The line of num-
bers was longer:

1,000,000
Ah, I mused, it is nearly over.
I made a mental determination
to stand erect. After all, death is
staved off for a while. Who
knows? But the frail body and
paralyzed brain failed me and
strength ebbed away. From then
on I knew nothing.
But my reminiscences con-
tinued, and my dreams returned,

possessions."
"And what do they now, in this
place," interjected Benjamin the
carpenter.

now somewhat confused and de-
tached one from another. So did
the face of Eleazar. I streaked
through the air, to Palestine and
was met by my good cousin.
"Welcome, my good cousin,"
he said.
"Am I in Paris, London, New
York?" I said, bewildered.
"No, in Tel Aviv," was the re-
ply. "Never heard of it? Look
about you. See a rejuvenated
land, a free and happy people.
That bunting? It is a Jewish flag,
lines of blue on a field of white!"
I moved uneasily in my bunk
and struck my head against the
planking. I woke with a shudder.
I looked at my arm:
1,000,000,1
blue numerals, inflicted by Ger-
man Ilerrenvolk, on the blood-
less, white arm of a captive Jew.
Eleazar did speak of lines of
blue on a field of white!

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"And they will eject us," con-
tinued the wool-maker.
Benjamin snickered, but it was
filled with implications and un-
spoken retort, and, for a carpen-
ter, he had "answered back" to
the "capitalist" once and that was
sufficient for the day.
"Be still," pleaded the father
of Eleazar, who began to show

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