El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-10
YEAR % PUBLICATION
N.Y. First LoUe
BY Oloritz saphir.

~ RUMETEL was II and was 10
years old.
4 L was the AIcibiades Of LOvas-
Bereny. the dandy among my com
rades and the Caesar Of their fights. In
deed I was well pleased with myself
save that for long time I had sighed
for a blue suit
At last, when a peddler passed
through the village with his samples,
my wish was gratified. Unfortunately.
however, the same peddler did not have
enough goods of the one color and nv
uncle did not see any reason why my
suit might not be light blue IN front
and dark blue behind Thus seen from
the front I looked like the sky in May
and from behind like the -sky5in 'SOvenl-
Der.
unique suit / wore as GROWING glory
a cap of green velvet trimmed with
white lambs skin This cap was
pressed deep down over my forehead
and almost touched the corners of a
linen collar which arose about my
eyes like the blinkers on a horse.
Thus attired 1 appeared at the syna-
cog convinced that my charms would
prove irresistible to Frumetel and
read, indeed, Immediately in the ex-
preston Of her eyes that the ar uired
me and that her heart belonged 0 me
Our love affair was difficult 10 ar
range but we succeeded in meeting in
the COrnfleld which separated our
houses, and there sWOre one another
to eternal love
It was a terrible blow to US when
the time to harvest the corn came, 50
that we could no longer hide IN it.
The evening before it was TO be cut
down by yandal hands Frumetel and
met for the last time to cry over our
misfortune, for there was near Lovas-
-Bereny not another suitable. place in
which to meet Our unhappiness was
bOundless when we recognized that the
only thing we could do now was TO ex-
change letters
must write, I had soIemnIy prom
ised TO do so and Frumetel trusted my
word Ny cOmrade Sanels was to be
our messenger. To perform this duty
he eXacted from me every day half
of my lunch which consisted OF a big
slice Of bread with prune jam It was
not without many signs that-I. consent
ed to pay this eXtOrtiOnate price And
7 had no idea what I was TO write to
FrumeteL At last ] had a divine In
spiratiOn- Rabbi Lebisch was in the
habit Of writing to his wife, who lived
at Palota, every five or six weeks.
decided to copy his letters ard, sue
ceeded in getting hold of one ofCthem
written in his pompous HebreW-Orien-
To the excellent and pious dame
Chantel, the pearl among women and
the treasure Of her fireSide, the fer
tile wife, the beloved of my soul. the
joy and pride Of her children. whose
memory shall last for centuries, greet
ing"
After this long preamble came the
following short letter:
Il write you to tell you that 1 have
absolutely nothing to write about.
Praised be the Lord. an in excellent
health and nope you are the sane
sometimes suffer from my old pains
and remain Your faithful husband
Your Little Rabbi Eeblsch."
7 copied this letter verbatim merely
writing Miss Frumetel~ instead OF
Dame Chantel"
Tire days later the answer Gaze It
looked very strange I hurriedlyi l--a
the seal Of cheWed bread ImaF
I could not read a single "
lets letter to Romeo was a yer
Kattegat of ink spots and a few con-
vulsed lines
How was TO deeipher these signs Of
love? I simply could not, but. after all
what did it matter, these were the
signs her hands had made and was
happy Nevertheless I constantly tried
to decipher them and that was our
ruin One day when rabbi Lehlsch as
sisted by his irresistible stieE was
demonstrating the Inability. u Tai
mud / was deeply engrossed in study
ing my letter which was lying on my
5--s-cs underneath the table
uddenly, like a furious hyeua, rabbi
I.sDisch came down upon me, tOOkFhOid
Of my curly head and grabbed the
corpus dict. Frumetel's sweet letter.
He read it, though how he did it,
IS puzzle 10 me and then. while al
most tearing out my hair, he began
bowling and roaring like e wounded
boar and the stick came down merci-
lessly on my back, hailing a shower
of blows
But love, powerful love. did not de-
sert me I seemed to see my redhaired
Frumetel looking at me full Of re-
proach- This vision made ne az herO-
I was no longer myself, but a 3 nd
throwing myself upon the rabbi =
the stick out of his hand, broker
threw it out OF the window.
The dreadful catastrophe had
pened, rabbi Lebisch and I stood -, -
rooted TO the spot in nameless horror
Sanele started bowling like pig, ran
out and called my uncle and aunt. who
found US both still standing paless7T
mOtiOnless. -
At last rabbi Lebisch recovers
power Of speech and the mats
cleared up, while I sought refdg
hind my auntS Voluminous skirt
As for my uncle-When he
the letter, whatever its cOnte
have been, he looked at me sew
said I was to be sent 10
school at Buda Pest And so ] IS he
very next day. Thus ended zIy first
love affair. never saw F-rumetels