Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-12-27

do you not know me, Rsbsccar The
light now fell on his face. and with . cry
Rabecca recognized the features OF her de-
funct husband
| at d ghostT she saspsd Il knew that
| he must b deadp
/ She was nearly fainting, and the ferry
beaded young man had to sustain her with
| his arm.
Il am not dead" said Nendele some what
shamefacedly, for be felt that he had not
| done what had been expected Of him. But
| have come back, Rsbecca The MALACHI
Hamovss was over long in appearing. and
was wasting my time over there consuming
the broad Of idlsness-"
You have come back-you have come
back aliva Menjels! Wal geschrieni Oh.
that should have lived to see this dayi'
cried Rebecca In piercing accents, as soon
as she had graspsd the fun meaning CT the
situation @And do you mean to say" shs
continued Indignantly. do you mean to say
s'.. -os' have forfeited the mart Of vouf
long pilgrimage to the Holy Cityi You win
aot sleep by the side Of your forefathers!'
! Il shall sleep in my own bed again" said
Meniels. dosssily. "wherefore should 1
pay 50 kreutzsrs a week for q filthy couch
At Jerusalem, while my place at home il
standing emptyF
And pray what do you mean to do now
that you have come back" said the still in
senssd Rebscce-
-What did before went shall 60 on
keeping my shop as before"
"Your shop!" now exclaimed the fresh
colored young man, who for many months
past had been accustomed to regard it as
his shop. and hs turned pals with a horri-
bic emotion
An.xR IN
Rebecca wildly, in O last desperate attempt
10 ward Of this dreadful nightmare which
lad coma upon her thus uneIps cite lily.
you are too olii Ssventy-onc you will be
autumn. and the prophet says: Thy
lays shall be-"
The prophet has made q wrong shot in
my cass. anyway" put in Mendele, dryly,
For feel q long WY further from death
than did two years ago. may live and
rejoice for Isany q day yet to come" But
the prospect contained in his words was too
much for ths sensitive Rsbecca, and she had
sunk down On the nearest chair, while
hysterical sobs shook her ample bosom
"Why do you weep. Rsbecca, my dove"
said Mendele Bluhdorn. "Have you no word
of welcome for your husband who has come
back to your
Il am weeping for your wretched soul,
Mendele." sobbed his high minded wife.
SOh! that q man with one foot in Heaven
should be base enough to return to the earth
againin
Next morning the inhabitants OF Blotatyn
were surprised by seeing thu discarded sign
board with the name OF Mendels Bluhdorn
hanging again at its former place over the
shop door, and the news that Mendels him.
self had coma back in the flesh spread liks
wildire through the town. The inhabitants
Of Blotatyn were not only surprissd-they
wers also aggrisvsd at this unexpected
to the drama Of the Polish
Elias He had cheated them out OF their
admiration and veneration under false pre-
teacs5, and this is sort OF cheating which
even q Jew cannot countenance. Loudest
Of all in his righteous Indignation was the
young man with the fresh color and the
aery locks for was he not the greatest loser
by this unexpected resurrection!
Stripped OF the halo which be had proved
himself so unworthy to wear, Msniels Bluh-
iorn sank back contentedly into his former
character. 1t is ignominiou,
to have to record that the prospects of
spen ling a few more peaceful years behind
his worm-eaten counter had finally out
weighed the proud hope Of securing a fore
most place on the judgment day.
The aged Elias had been right in saying
that he was q long way Off dying yet His
lengthy pilgrimage and the Pedestrian exsr-
cise it had entailei had freshenei up his
faculties and put renewed vigor into his
Hi, eye was brighter. his car
riags more erect and his hand steaiier than
it had been for year; previous. He had. in
TACT taken out a new lease Of life, and re- !
turned to Blotatyn twice the man he had
been before. He lived to the age Of 90. /
and it was his Rsbecca who preceded /
him into the land of shadows after all Nor
IVES this the only benefit Mendeis reapsd /
from his expedition to Jerusalem, which, il
It had turned out q failure from spiritual |
point Of view, was undoubtedly as great !
success from tho commercial as well as the 4
sanitary aspect. The branch Of trade
hitherto SO sorely neglected in that town
was now provided for by Mendele Bluh-
iorn's solicitude. and henceforward there
was q connecting link which bound the dis
lant Polish village to the city OF Solomon.
From time to time bulky cask was con-
seyed by the Blotatyn carrier to the near
sst railway station, and whosoever took the /
rouble to read the address writ en- thereon
n Mendele Bluhdorn's crampsd and
rooksi handwriting could assure himself
hat its destination was Jerusalem, and
alted butter its contents.