The Jewish advance., 1880-09-10

you are right" called Rachel, If you
become his wife, he will be punished
enough but you Afra, what fate will
you meet in the yoke of matrimony ?"
Whenever | demand it. he will give
me the writ Of divorce, ,-rejoined
Afra coolly i shall force him to
do it.
At this moment Feuerstine entered
... When he returned to the room
where his guests were seated he sighed
and said : You must not be offended,
Wiseman Goldrich. but neither of my
daughters feels inclined for marriage :;
they will not yet sacrifice their freedom,
as they say ; but there is Afra Rabino-
witch, an orphan, who is my ward, a
handsome and intelligent girl, and richer
than my daughters. She would take
Eliam."
That will answer" said Goldrich
somewhat reiieved~
But Afra does not seem to be jew
ish name
Yes, that is it." continued Feuer-
stine sighing. The young lady is high
ly cultivated and enlightened, she bears
a Christian name, dresses like a Chris
tian, and like all intelligent women, she
has peculiar notions"
"Eliam will teach her manners" said
Goldrich good -naturedly, Il accept the
bride. Can | see her ?"
"Afra thinks 1t unnecessary"
so do | find it unnecessary, inter
posed Eliam-, if it only pleases my
father but when shall the wedding take
place Z"
Thus the whole matter was settled in
the regular old Jewish manner. Eliam
returned to Kolomea with his father and
did not care in the least about his bride
Goldrich furnished one of his houses for
the young couple, and in Feuerstine's s
house great preparations were made
for Afra's trOSseou.-She herself was
making entirely different preparation
for her welded life. She had received
an education which left nothing to be
desired, and was, in every way, better
informed, than her bridegroom only in
the study of the Talmud and the Thora
her knowledge was deficient. She then,
with ludicrous zeal, commenced the
study of the Talmud and Thora. No
one but herself could tell to what pur-
pose.
The wedding, according to an old GUS
tom, was celebrated midway between
Kolomea and Stanislaus, in Redwerna
Here both parties met. The bride
under canopy and closely yelled was
conducted to Eliam he put the ring
upon her finger with the solemn words ::
Il devote myself to thee for eternity"
The Rabbi had given his blessing to the
couple, and the cup, from which they
had slipped was broken into fragments,
as token that the tie could no more
be served than this cup could be made
whole piece. Eliam soon after the
ceremony stepped into a sleigh with his
young wife, ready to start for Kolomea
without yet having seen her face
"Would you not take off your veil ?"
were the first words that he addressed to
her.
NO = she answered briefly but de-
cidcdly, and veiled herself still more
closely.
1t was evening when they arrived, and
Eliam conducted Afra to his home.
She retired to her room and locked the
door-"Will you not take supper with
me ?" asked Eliam YES, I will, she
answerod,-When the cloth was laid and
everything ready, she entered the room
with the air of a highly cultivated lady.
Her grey silk robes and sacque of red
velvet lined with costly fur, showed the
tall, slender and we'll proportioned figure
to the best advantage From the beau
tiful, smiling face a pair of la~~o dirk
eyes sparkled mockingly n r.u. and
the diadem, set with costl GEMS ca 5gh