The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
SOLD A KISS ~FoRADOLLAR.
THE BUYER WAS a FRIEND OF
HER HARD-WORKING HUSBAND.

suspeeiihR uer because or Neishbors' Talk.
the Husbana Gave the TemptinG Friend =
Marked nnI-Gst n frsra her by Pretend.
Ing 10 Need ~CbanEe-Now wants . Divorce.
Max Rappaport married his sweetheart in
Poland in 1896. and. after they had struggled
along for six mpnths. their united earnings
hnrdly paying for the food they ate. he made up
his mind TO come to this country. His wife
kissed him farewell as he set out for the sea-
board, and a yoar ago he landed here, strong
and willing TO work hard to get the money to
pay his witc's passage. He was bred in the
trade Of a harness maker and no found work
a-plenty here. An excellent workman, he la
bored early and late. 90 that in July he was
able to buy q ticket and send IL to his wife, who
promptly came over to Join him.
They took rooms at l91 Orchard street, and
during the summer Max worked harder than
before to pay for the furnishing of their homo
and for the new clothing that his wife desired,
because she wanted TO look like an American.
To earn the money the husband spent most Of
his time at his employers shop, at 206 Division
street, whore he sewed diligently away on
bicycle saddles from dawn until within an hour
Of midnight, interrupting his work only to 60 to
his homo to eat. For his wifo's sake no was
willing to go without recreation. and all the
other tenants Of tho teneme t in which they
lived epvied her.
Max's wife. having become an American,
found that the men whit lived in the house cast
admiring chances at her. At first she paid no
attention to them, for her time was occupied In
arranging her home. But after she had got
things In order. she had more time to think Of
herself, and to be lonely. With her husband at
work day and evening. she found that time
hung heavy. and before long she viewed with
more favor the men who stopped to look at her.
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called on her while her husband was not at
home.
Her circle of acquaintance widened rapidly.
and the other tenants talked about her and her
callers. None of their talk rea ched Max's cars.
and on each pay day he emptied his pockets into
his wifes apron and set out to earn some moro
The talk in the tenement grew. and SO a week
Sissed i his Wife so'' Max ' would not beiieve It.
Within a few minutes another man stopped him
as he was hurrying to his work and said that on
the day before hi wife and another man had
been seen walking arm In arm on the street.
Max hurried back to his rooms and asked his
told him he wac simple. So he went away.
He thought of what he had heard, and rs
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vIsed. David would not advise, and Max finally
wife and try TO buy a k 'ss from her. David had
no objection, to kissing Mrs. Rappaport. and no
bill to pay to his vile FOR the Kiss. 49,"
Accordingly David started early from the shop
on Wednesday and walked TO the tenement
where Max lived. He did not know Mrs. Rap
paport. but he saw a young woman who fitted
Max's description OF her. and to her he bowed.
She smiled back at him and they began to talk
together. David pleaded for a kiss and said he
would buy It, and Mrs. Rappaport closed tho
bargain.
Then David went away and told the story to
Max. Max went home. He told his wife that
he had four silver quarters and wanted to &c, a
81 bill for them. He asked her II she had a bill.
She said she had and gave the marked note to
him in exchange for his silver. Then there was
q family meeting.
Yesterday Max was at the Essex Market Po-
lice Court when it opened. He laid the bill on
Magistrate Cranes desk and demanded a d-
voroe. The Magistrate told him that another
court must care for his case. Max went away.
He told Gottesfeld that he was going to run to
the river. Gottesfeld dissuRded him from this
and Rappaport went home. Then he went out
again, with. as Gottesfeld said. "his heart with
IN hrokenp