The Jewish advance., 1881-08-26

trary effect. Instead of the softening,
mitigating influence which it formerly
had upon his disposition, it had to-day
imbittered, almost irritated him. He
had commemorated the death of his
father whom grief had sent into an early
grave four weeks after Magdalenas
apostacy, and this recollection to which
recent events had added fresh fuel,
famed into furious flame the sparks
of hatred and rancor that were hidden
in his soul
He had never loved this father, had
always been at variance with him; yet
Joseph kept the day of his fathers
death almost as holy as Tom Kippmr;
he never omitted to fast and do penance
on that day. Was it not Magdalena
who had caused his death?
What grief, be it ever so strong and
burning, does not yield at last to the
pressure Of the hunger and thirst?
When the three legal stars made their
appearance in the sky, Joseph felt very
eager to satisfy the inner man.
AS we mentioned before, the daughter
of the peasant Stephen Parzik was a
servant in Joseph's house. In her
tenth year she had entered the Jews
family and could almost be considered
as one of it's members. She had carried
Fishele on her arms, had brought him
up. since hi mofIer bad ##ed few days
after his birth and with touching
affection she Was a=lsah ~ sg'etilrs
| seionging to Joseph Iouse In the
course of time when she had been
thorougly Initiated in,o the manners
and customs Of the family, the position
of the 'deacon's' daughter had become
an enviable one. The love which she
had shown to the motherless child, the
tender care and solicitude with which
she had watched over him by day and by
night, was repaid with large interest by
Joseph's family. She exercised in the
house daughters authority: they had
the greatest confidence in her faithful
ness, intelligence and skill, for they
were firmly convinced that Anezka, this
was her name, would never willingly
cause any harm to her master Especi-
ally the grandmother loved her and, ac
cording to her own words, held her in
high esteem When old Miriam was
blamed for having given the whole house
in absolute charge of a Christian girl,
she would shake her head and say, God
has made mistake, he wanted to make
her Jewess, and only by accident she
was born as Parzik's daughter. This
girl has such heart and such head
that she could be the daughter of the
grand rabbi of Nikolsburg. My Anezka
is model of girl.
But for some time past, since about
the time when the new priest had come
into the village, sudden change seemed
to have taken place in the girls disposi-
ton. With somewhat dreaming alb
struction she attended her household
affairs; she no longer showed the grand
mother the wanted attention; her eyes
were often red from weeping. When
she was asked what allied her, she would
give peevish answer which was rather
insulting than explanatory In the
house they soon found out this change
in the girls life, for the family is a liv-
ing organism in which any dirturbance
is felt by thousands Of motor nerves
Joseph thought she must be in love, for
She was of age; but old Miriam strongly
opposed this opinion. When girl is in
love, thus she urged, she looks quite
differently. Such a girl would weep
great deal, but would laugh still more.
She, the grandmother, did not know in
the whole village one young peasant
with whom Anezka might have fallen in
love, But Joseph insisted in his
opinion that something must have oc-
CURED to Anezka, for she was quite
changed"
ITO be Continued.)