The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-28

tny voice and sent me TO make an end &c
thy troubles. Take this cup of water and
with it Quench the thirst of the child and
his fever will be gone. Furthermore, &c
TO the next city; there thou wilt meet two
lien in the marketplace-one is selling
property, the other would be the buyer
thereof. He will offer six thousand dlnars
give HIM seven thousand and the property
Will be thine"
But she said: "How can | buy any
thing? have no money" Elias handel
her over bunch of keys and said to her
There are seven keys, which open the
apartments of the property. ne selier
Will trust thee on seeing these Keys 10 my
hands, and thou shalt go m the house ana
make careful researches. Thou Wilt ma
there treasure which will be sufficient to
10 pay the price of the property, and TO
furnish it richly and live largely upon the
rest. Continue to keep open house for all
strangers and poor people as thou dl0st
when thou vast in thy fathers house" 30
she did, and everything happened as the
prophet. Elias. had told her,.
Some years after her husband left the
college and returned hOmeward. APP
preaching his fathers house his heart
beat joyfully with the hope he would very
soon see his beloved wife coming out oil
the house to receive him with the great
rove treasured up for such long time.
lie would also embrace his dear child,
youth. But alas! Neither wife nor child
appeared at the threshold Nearer and
nearer he approached the house, but moth
Ing appeared there.
Dark clouds rose before his eyes. Sim
lster thoughts crowded his mind. Some
tn!ng lnausplcious must have happened TO
tnem, thought he. and he ran like crazy
man into the house without regarding his
parents, claiming his dear ones. His pa
rents were thrown into CONSERVATION.
Ihey showed him for an excuse the letter
which they had received. The truth be-
came manifest to him. He became then
aware OF his great misfortune, more hOrri-
BILE than all that which he could have im-
agiped before. He then accused himself
of being the cause of 1t. as he was the
dupe of bad woman, the wife of his
master, to whom he had contided the story
OF his happy marriage. The letter had
been written by that demon in his name.
he then made VOW TO take neither
rest, food nor drink except sufficient to
keep his soul and body together till he
should have found his wife and child. He
travelled from hamlet to hamlet, from city
to city, always inqulring, until he came to
the town wherein his wife lived. AS he
asked people about caravansary, he was
told that there lived wealthy woman
who was exceedingly charitable, whose
house was open for all strangers; he had
Portable home during his stay. He went
in and found a well-served table sur
rounded by many people. a boy of about
10 years Of age showed him seat at the
table and fine meal was served. but be
ate only bread and drank only water. The
boy went 10 his mother and told her that a
man had arrived who did not touch any
thing but bread and water.
The mother said. That man NAV be in
trouble; 90, my child, and ask him about
it," The child replied. Il am afraid
NAV offend him. Then said he mother,
I'VE will go to ask each one of them to
narrate the most pitenus story of their
lives" So they did. The new arrival
when his turn came told bis horrible story
by which the mistress of the house recog.
nized in him her usband. Their griefs
were changed then into bliss and happi-
ness. She also told him afterward her
own story. When Rabbi Akiba knew of
all that which had happened to his daugh-
ter through the machiavellian Vaccinations
of his wife he remonstra ed with her Sc
yerely. and the reproacbes OF her conscience
tortured her to death, where ends the tale.