The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-16
/ see that Won hate her, as she said you

did " w. - 49, -
You and she are both mistaken in that
l am not in love with her. aud | have
| ceased to be her friend As for my interest
| in you, it does not even pretend to be
friendly--it is that which any man may feel
| for fellow being, and what any man would
| feel who had seen what | nave seen this
| afternoon"
/ The calm bearing and speech of the ex-
| perienced man of the world carried weight
| with II in the e.'es of the young Morayian,
| whose hot blood knew little of restraint
! and less Of caution with the keen instinct
| of his race in the reading of character, he
| suddenly understood that his companion
| was at once generous and disintereSted. a
| burst of confidence followed close upon the
| conviction
If l am to lose her love l would rather
| lose my life also, and by her hand. he
| said, holly. You are warning NE against
| her l feel that you are honest and | see
that you are in earnest. thank YOU. If
am III danger do not try to save me. | saw
her face few moments ago, and she spoke
&c me, l cannot believe that she is plotting
| my destruction"
The Wanderer was silent. He wondered
whether it was his duty to do or say more.
Unorna was L changeable woman She
might love the man tomorrow. But Israel
hafka was too young to let the conversation
drop. Boy like ne expected confidence for
confidence, and was surprised at his com
pdnion' taciturnity.
What did she say 10 me when l was
asleep" he asked after a short pause.
Did YOU ever hear the story OF Simon
Abeles - the Wanderer inquired, by way
of answer.
kafka frowned. and looked round sharply
Simon Abeles! He was a renegade He
brew boy. His father killed him. He is
buried III the Teyn church. What of him
What has he to do with Unorna. or with
NE! | am myself 4 Jew. The time has
gone by when we Jews hid our heads. [
am proud of what l am, and l viii never be
i Christian What can Simon Abeles have
to do with me-"
Little enough, now that you are
awake
And when I was asleep--what them
She made me see him, perhaps"
She made sou live mis- life. She made
you suffer all that he suffered"
'What?" cried Israel Kafka, in loud
and angry tone.
What l say returned the other,
quietly.
And you did not interfere2 You did not
stop her! No-Of course-I forgot that you
are a Christian"
The Wanderer looked at him in sur
prise 1t had not struck him that Israel
Kafka might be man OF the deepest
religious convictions, 4 Hebrew of the
Hebrews. and that what he would resent
most would be the fact that in his sleep
Unorna had made him play the part and
suffer the martyrdom of a convert 10
Christianity This was exactly
what took place. He would
have suffered anything at Unorna's
hands, and without complaint even
to bodily death. but his wrath rose fGri-
ously at the thought that she had been
,,lY h l,l hot
that she had forced from his lips the
denial of the faith of his people and the
confession of the Christian belief, per
hapS the very words of the hated creed.
The modern Hebrew of Western Europe
might be Indifferent in such case, as
though he had spoken III the delirium of a
fever, but the Jew of the less civilized East
is l different being, and in some ways a
stronger. Israel Kafka represented the
best type of his race, and his blood boiled
at the insult that had been pat upon him
The Wancerer saw and understood, ami at
once began to respect him. as men who be
lieve firmly in opposite creedS have been
known to respect each other even in a life
ana death struggle.
Il would have stopped her if ! could he
said.
Were YOU sleeping, too?' asked Kaflsa,
hotly.
Il cannot tell. I was powerless, though
/ was conscious. | saw only Simon AbcleS
in it all. though seemed to be aware that
YOU and he Were one person. | did inter
fere, so soon as was free TO move. | think
I saved your life. was carrying you away
in my arms when she walked you'
Il thank you-I suppose it is as YOU tell
me. You could not move, but you saw it
all, you say. You saw me play the part of
the apostate, You heard me confess the
Christians faith2'
-'Yes-I saw you die in agony, confessing