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

that lie In the grave Whom thou reuern-
berest no more. and they are cut OF from
thy band. Thou fas, laid me n the low
est pit. In dark places. Ia the deeps Thy
wrath iietin hard upon me. and thou hast
aflleted nae with ali thy wavez- Thou
has tsft mine acqEa4nt&nce Ear from
me. thou hast rnade me an abontnation
unto thea. ! am shut up and i cannot
come forth. Nine eye waSfetS away by
reason OF affection. / have called daily
upon thee, O Lord. have spread forth
my hands unto thee. Eighty-elghth
Psalm.
There was a restless air about the re-
fuge. In few minutes the friends OF
the patients would be admitted. The
incurable~ would hear the latest gossip
OF an. Ghetto. for the world was sui
very much with these abortive lives,
avid OF sensations, Jewish 20 The end
II Was an urpretentious institution
two corner houses knocked together
near the east lung OF London: support
Ell mainly ~ the poor at a. penny a
week. and scarcely recognized by the
rich so that paraplegia and vertigo and
rasailtEs and a dozen other hopeless dis
eases knocked hOpelosxsly at its narrow
portals. But IL Was a model institution
all the same. and the patients lacked
for nothing except freedom from pain.
There was even a miniature synagogue
for their spiritual needs. with the wo-
mems comrarsme7st rallied off from the
mems, as II these grotesuue ruins OF
sex might still distract each others de-
votfons.
Yet the raDlss knew human nature.
The spris1tiy hydrocephalous paralysic,
Leah. had had the chair she inhabited
carried down into the mems sitting room
90 beguiie the moments. and was smsl-
Ing fascsnatingiy upon the deaf blind
man VINO had thu Brailie Bible at his
fingers ends. ard read on es stolidiy as
st. Anthony. Mad No had strolled
vacuousiy into the iadiss' ward, and,
Indifferent % tho pretty underground
Christian nurses. was scatering by the
side OF weird. hatchet-faced cripple.
WITH a stiretfo-shaped noss supporting
big spectacles. like most OF the pa
TENTS. shs was up and dressed. Only a
few II the white pallets ranged along
The walls waS o-cchp4sd-
Leah nys she'd BE- quite happy IL
fhe could walk Iiks you." said Mad Mo
T. complimentary tonea she always
sys Milly walks 90 beautiful. She says
ysn can walk the whole length OF the
rarden-" Nifty. huddled In her chair.
smiled miseznhay.
You're crying again. Rachel" pro-
tested dark-eyed. brigsht-faced dwarf.
IN excellent English. e. she touched her
friends wtttered hand" You are In the
blues AGAIN. Why. sf1at page Is all
bllssered."
''No. feel 50 nice" said the sad-eyed
Russian. In her quaint. musical accent
You sail not tink cry because am
not happy. When rad sad sings--nke
my iife-den only am happy"
The dwarf gave short laugh that
made her pendant earrings oscilhate. ct
thought you were erccding over your
love affairs." she said.
'MeT' cried Rachel. II lost too young
my leg 20 be In lowe. No. Il Is Psalm Sc
stFst I hrrpf over. 7 am afflicted and
ready 70 die frosn my youth un.' Yes.
was only gsrl when I had - so 90
koniwsberw 70 find a doctor 90 cut OF my
feg. Lover and friend hast thou put
far from me. end mine acquaintance
into darkness
Her face shcne ecstatic.
'Hushr' whispered tire dwarf. WITH a
direction Of a nesssAsoring waterssed. on
which pale. rigid. uliddle-agcd woman
hay with shut. sleepless eyes.
Sc cannot uuderwtsrd Eng,is." said
e.e Russian girl proudly.
Don't be 80 sure Look how tss
NURSES here have picked Up Yeadlshf'
Rachel ssook her head snc-cdulousiv.
''sars IS Poiis' woman" she said.
'.For years dsy are in England and dey
aearn nssiing.
''rch bin k~anki Rrsnki Krsnk-'
vstatessis- s=saea<=a =sA4=s+-ellAle7aa EEaz.l=A
ersndmothe~. a. n 70 corrooorate the
girls eouterltisn. Sa~ was squaftirr
nr>nkey-7ike on her he'd. every rlcry and
swasn nnarfuu-nx her eueralous burden
% sickness. and tssnering a. the nurses
- shut al the windows Fresh air 80.
Objected 60 az veAervntiy as ~ /. were
butter or ecgn- ussler heteroacx cain,v.
Hard upon he~ crccnlng came blopa-
rurdiing screams from TIE room above.
Sounds that rwnr ntei ire visitor ne was
rot IN a Raruuxn show. tN>t the non
s'sswtttes wvr- renssfnA Pretty Sister
sfargaref--fros yet indura.es-t4srillsi
with pity. es oeTcrs nsr finer vision
49, ths asaen. psrSvsrsnw face CT ere
ra'sief sufferer. VITO SAT qusverTrr al
tNe day 'cnR IN an easy CHAIR. her
we-ol1en. feiiv-Exe HANDS resting on cot
ts's-u esoi pals an air pillow between
Aev knee. her w4cse frame racsea at
o. Went irsrv1ss By nercs srusgns az
rssn, her only 6sversscn fstnt Injured
reflections of episodes Of tire street IN
sne glass ct frarxet picture: yet NOR
= fiy suspicious % slow poison in he-
Sr.ns. snt Cursed win "a fncuranie Vi
snsEty.
Ncsntisn- saraa lay silent. bitter
thoughts moving beneath her white. TN
passive face ike salt tides ss.asatn n
fruzsa surface. n was a st~orw. stern
80. telling Of present az rafn ana
tslnsly htnting 81 PAST CT prptt.rs~Ss.
eNe seemed alone On che populated
vaFsa. ana. Indeed. tAe vNo~lf was bare
foT hsr, NoSt 81 her life had been
srent Ia ire Warsaw Ghetto. where she
was married at is. nineteen ycars BE-
fcre. Sfer oaly Surviving soa-s youth
ws1ozu THE English atmosphere had not
Improved had sailed away 20 trade
VIA shs kama An4 kar eazaaaa bad