The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-09

&ue0oeQ 0oroW0ly ~ the cause OF the
outrage. This man Dimitri Marko-
vitch's fierce oppression had caused
revolt among the Jewish peasants.
The Poles. needing only the slightest
incentive to An outburst. had taken
immediate advantage Of the opportun-
ity and fallen on their neighbors like
wolves ON Q dock Of sheep. Red ruin
was the resuIt-and still the nations
shut their eyes to the doings Of these
despots. Would the time never come?
Ell Strassky Joined his family with
blessing. How wonderful his daugh-
must have spent hours In getting the
little rooms to look their very best.
Gregori would be there soon. and
but why anticipate.
On the table lay q cloth of snowy
Wilderness. A double portion Of white
bread. little fish. a small decanter of
raisin wine. with a couple of lighted
were placed upon 1.-THE latter to sig
nifty the number Of his children.
Later they had eaten. Ell broke
the silence with his story. of the mas
sacre.
$50 many Of our friends must be
there" he said. "Gregori. too. but he
thank God. he had left before this
happened"
Ruth. a finA handsome girl of TWEEN
ty-fve. shuddered slightly.
HE will be here tomorrow" she
said. az II this was news. "Oh father.
you cannot tell how glad I am"
Leah. Ellis other daughter. sighed.
It was = little sigh, just audible. but
nobody seemed to notice 1t.
Ell explained at length the details
of the terrible calamity that had be.
fallen his compatriots. They were a.
children to him. and the thought OF
the awful fate that had overtaken
them almost drove him to madness.
III only we had the power" he said.
"he would deliver his countrymen
from the hand of the oppressors ~
Moses of old delivered his forebears
from the tyranny Of the Egyptians.
The seven plaques should not satisfy
his thirst for vengeance; justice
should be dealt them, swift and
sure" Then he paused. This was not
his usual spirit. The event had over.
wrought his high strung nerves. He
would be patient, waiting for the hand
Of God.
On the following day Ell and Ruth
went down to the alien immigration
onices In Great Tower street. the girl
tripping for JOY all the way. Every.
thing now was ready for her lover: a
feast had been prepared. their home
had been made to look its best-ev-
erything was ready to receive the i'm
migrant as soon as the general inspec-
tion should be over. Ruth waited
anxiously, her heart beating wildly all
the time. They saw patches Of fellow
countrymen going away with their
friends. watched happy reunions and
noticed the light stetp with which
each stranger reached the street. Yet
Gregori came not An hour passed.
and still there was no sign. Then Ell
proposed that they should make In.
quiries. A terrible shock awaited
them.
u1O8Ol1 Z/01W Hull u6u OCCu O0VVIG
ed" the oficer said. from failure to
comply with the necessary demand
that was all.
Two or three months later, Ell
bought . Newspaper and sat down to
read the news. In . prominent posi-
ton there he found q paragraph to
! to this effect:
Serious anti-Semitic riots have
again broke out In the district of Suk
bona, In Polish Russia. General Mar
kovitch. the governor of the district
has been assassinated by . Jewish
peasant named Gregori ZarmofR. whs
declared that the former had i'll treat
ed his mother. The Polish peasant
slew ZarmoR without mercy befor,
the eyes Of his own parents.