El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-17
By Stefan Grossman.

0LD ELI Strassky was tired ard
worn out with his long day
~ tramping. As he turned into the
bystreets of the Ghetto his steps raj
tered and a heavy Ugh came throusht
his heavy patriarchial beard.
Still there is no relief from the
merciless hand of the tyrant, he NUT
tered. as he passed along the narrow
deserted thoroughfares- Are my peo-
ple to be forever the serfs and foot
stools of these God forsaken despots'
Are they never to be released: he
shook his head mournfully, and a tear
started to his failing eye It's lmpoS-
sible to believe that God has abah :
dcned them" he said. Some day
and yet"
Presently he paused at the door OF
one of the houses in a dark street close
by. Raising his hand to a long, narrow
piece of metal nailed to the doorpost
he touched 1t reverently, then raised
his fingers slowly to his lips. with
that he passed through the doorway
A venerable God-fearing Hebrew, Ell
Strassky, was one of the best known
and most respected jewellers in that
wide and denseley populated district
of East London which is known as
the Ghetto He was an alien; driven
from the ldIlU VI iiS OAA III NAAA NO -
the bitterest tyranny and oppression.
exiled by the might of his socalle6
masters, he had sought freedom and
refuge in the land of liberty, the land
to which so many of his forbears had
been driven. He had not come as
poor man, for he had been thrifty and
of fairly high position in the country
he renowned. With him he had
brought his wife and daughters, the
latter two handsome girls with Won
derful dark eyes and raven black tres
ses. They had settled among their
compatriots in the Jewish City of the
East" had lived and thrived there, and
become respected for their generous
assistance to new arrivals from the
land of oppression.
Eli had only one Wish now. His
daughter, Ruth, had left behind in
Poland the sole joy Of her life-oHe
Gregori Zarmoff, an overseer OF ner
fathers late property. Eli had not
known of this attachment when he
left for England, as Ruth had bean
afraid to approach him on the subject
Since he had learned the truth. the old
Jew longed in his own way. to see
them come together. There could be
DO objection to the attachment; on
the contrary, Gregori was tall, lip
right, honest young man. with every
right to ask for his daughters hand.
The young mans father, too, had saved
old Eli from wolves in the forests OF
Sukhona, and they were the staunchest
friends But Gregori had had to wait.
In order to come to England he must
have money, and only hard work could
win it for him.
After many years Of waiting Gre
gorf was at last on his way to London
to London-that great city of the
uroppressed, the free! What joy for
Ruth there was in the prospect of re-
union only lovers know. She had
waited long and patiently, and now
Gregori, her loved one, was leaving
Poland, with its cruel despotism, its
tyrannical masters, its pitiless slaves,
for England would be with her on
the morrow, when the great ship sail
ed up the Thames and emptied its hui
man freight upon the docks.
That evening Eli had bought his
newspaper and learned thereform that
another massacre anon, the Jews had
taken place at Sukhola- Homes had