Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-24

"Ihave the very thing for you, said
the great marriage broker.
''Is she pretty?" asked Leibel.
Her father has a boot and shoe
warehouse, replied SugarmAn enthu-
siastically.
Then there ought to be a dow-y
with her." said Leibel eagerly.
Certainly dowryl A fine man
like you"
"When could 1 see herr"
81 will arrange for you to call next
Sabbath afternoon.
You wont charge me more than a
sovereign"
"Not groschen more Such pious
maiden, And. of course, five per cent.
on the dowry?"
"H'mi Well, ! don't mind"
On the Saturday Liebel went 10 see
the damsel, and on the Sunday he went
70 see Sugarman the Shadchan.
But your maiden squintsr' he cried
resentfuily.
IAN excellent thing said Sugar
man. "A wife who squints eau never
look her husband straight In the face
and overwhelm him. Who would quail
before a woman with a squint2"
why, the girl is a hunchbackt" be
protested furiously.
MY dear Leibel," said the mar
riage broker, deprecatingly Struggling
his shoulders and spreading out his
palms. You can't expect perfec-
tionr
Nevertheless, Leibel persisted in
his unreasonable attitude. He ac-
cused Sugarman of wasting his time,
Of making a fool OF him.
This gave Leibel pause. AID he de.
parted without having definitely broken
the negotiations. His whole week was
befogged by doubt, his work became
uncertain. his chalkmarks lacked theil
decision, and he did not always cut hi;
coat according TO his cloth. His aber
rations became so marked that prett,
Rose Green, the sweaters eldes
daughter, who managed a machine il
the same room. OWNED, with all wo
mans intuition, that he was in love.
What is the NATTER" she said il
rsllying Yiddish, when they wer,
taking their lunch Of bread and cheese
They are proposing me a match,
be answered sullenly.
"A match" calculated Rose
''rhoul" She had worked by his sid
for years, and familiarity-bred III
second person singular.
with whom?" asked Rose
with Leah Volcovitchr'
Leah Volcovitchr gasped Rose
Leah, the boot and shoe manufac
turer's daughter?"
Leibel hung his head-he scare,
knew why.
"And why dost thou not have her?
said Rose.
Leibel did not reply.
us il that thou ikest me better?
she asked.
Leibel seemed to see a ball G
lightning in the air; il burst, and h
felt the electric current strike RICH
through his heart The shock threV
his head up with a jerk SO that hi
eyes gazed into face whose beaut
and tenderness were revealed to hil
for the first time. The fa-e c
his old acquaintance had vanished
this was a cajoling. coquettish. smi
ing face, suggesting undreamed-,
things.
Nm, yes, he replied, without PEI
ceptible pause.
''Nu, goodl" she rejoined
quickly.
And in the ecstasy OF that momel
of mutual understanding Leibel forg,
TO wonder why he had never though
of Rose before Afterwsrd he remeI
bered that she had always been his s
cial superior
Before he left that night Rose sa
to him: ''Art thou sure thou would
not rather have Leah Volcovitch?"
mot for all the boots and shoes
the world" replied Liebel web
mently
The landing outside the worksh
was so badly lighted that their Ii
came together in the darkness.
Nay, nay, thou must not yet
said Rose. Thou art still COURT
Lean volcovitch. For aught tn
knowest. Sugarman the Shadch