The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-16

fast compassion. Sarzh." ne urged.
Tnvu undsrsssn6est"
Presently she reopenet her eyes.
-Taou art not gone -" she naurmur-
81.
No: fhou seest am not tired of thee.
Sarah. my life Only
wit thou wash my skin and not
make me wet . she interrupted bitter
II. Go home Co home TO herr
II win not 60 home"
Then go under like Korah.'
He snufEied out That night her lone
iy heb was made lonelisr by the open
Ing OF peep-hole into PARADISE par
nxisse OF Adam and Eve and forbidden
fruit For days she preserved a stony
silence toward the sympathy Of the in
usates or what avail words against
the flames OF jealousy IA which she
withheld
He fingered about the passage on ts1s
Eext visiting day. vaguely remorSefs1i:
but she would not see him. So he went
away vaguely indignant, and his new
hcusemate cousforted him, and he came
no more.
When you lie on your back all day
and al night, you have time TO think.
especially II you DO not sleep. "A sttua-
ton presents itself In many lights from
dawn to dusk and from dusk to dawn.
One such light flashed on the paradise
and showed II to her as but the portico
OF purgatory. Her husband would be
damned in the next world, even as she
was In this. His soul would be cut on
from among its people.
On this thought she brooded TIL II
doomed horribly in her darkness. And
at last she dictated a letter to the ma
tron. asking Herzei TO come and see
her
lie obeyed AMI stood shame-faced at
her side. fdgering with his peaked cap.
Her hard face softened momentarily at
the siESt OF him. her bosom heaved.
suppressed sobs swelled her throat.
Thou hast sent for me?'' he muir
INJURED.
Yes; perhaps thou didst again mag
Inc was on my deathbed? she replied.
with bitter irony.
EFT IL not so, Sarah-I would have
come OF myseif-only thou wouldst not
see my face"
Il have seen h for twenty years-it
Is another's turn now"
He was silent.
1T is true all the same. am on my
dealhbed."
He started. A pang shot through his
breast He darted an agitated glance
at her face.
rs IL not sof In this bed I shall die
But God knows how many years
shall lie In TT
Her calm gave him an uncanny shud-
der.
'.And till the Holy One, blessed be
He. takes me. thou wilt live a daily
sinner"
II am not to blame God has stricl
en- me. am a young man.
Thou art TO blame" Her eyes fash
ed fire. 'Blasphemer. Life Is sweet
TO thee-yet perhaps thou wilt die
first"
His face grew hvid. IT am a young
man." he repeated TREMENDOUSLY.
Thou dost forget what Rabbi Eli
ezer said: Repent one day before thy
death'-that is today. for who knows ?"
What wouldst thou have me do?"
Give up"
NO, no." he interrupted. "It is use
less. I cannot. / am so lonely"
Give up she repeated inexorably,
''thy wife,"
What sayest thou? Ny wife, But
she is not my wife. Thou art my
WIFE
Even so. Give me up. Give me Gett
(divorce)."
His breath failed. his heart thumped
at the suggestion.
GIVE thee Gettr' ne whispered
Yes. Why didst thou not send me
a bill of enforcement when 1 left thy
home for this?''
He averted his face. II thought OF
| It, he stammered. ''And then"
And then?' He seemed to see a sar-
donio glitter IN the gray eyes.
IL was afraid"
Afraid She laughed in grim mirth-
lessness. Afraid OF a bed-ridden wo-
manr'
II was afraid It would make thee I'M
| happy" The sardonic gleam melted in
| 10 softness. then became more terrible
than before.
and 50 tfIou hast made ne happy
| insteadP'
Stab me not more than / merit I
did not think people would be cruel
enough % tell thee"
Thine own lips told me-
'Nay-by my soul" he cried,
startled.
Thine eyes told me. then"
II feared So he said turning them
| away. When she-came into my house,
IL dared not go to see thee-that was
why I did not come. though / always
meant to. Sarah, my Efe. / feared TO
look thee IN the eyes. / foresaw they
would read the secret In rnine-so was
afraid"
Afraid she repeated. bitterly.
! ''Afraid / would scratch them out! Nay.
| they are good eyes. Have they not seen
my heart? For twenty years they have
been my light. These eyes and mine
have seen our children die
Spasmodic soos came thiciSly now.
| Swallowing them down, he said: And
| she-&iid she not ask thee to give me
| Gett7''
''Nay-she was willing TO go without
| She said thou vast as one deadlock
/ not thou thus at me. II is the VIII OF
God. II was for thy sake. too Sarah.
1 that she did not become my wife by
/ law. She, too would have spared thee
| the knowledge OF her.
Yes, ye have both tender hearts. she
/ II a mother IN Israel and thou art q
/ spark OF our father. Abraham"
Thou 6ost not believe what I say 90
| Il can dsbeEsve Il and still remain
q Jewess. Then satire boiling over IN
/ 70 passion. she cried vshenentiy: I'VE
| are th-eshing empty ears. Thinkst thou
q go