Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

He looked about him In bewilderment.
1T is all right" said the rabbi. rub
bing his hands. You are safe now.
You are among friends. My people
stoned you-my people shall take care
of you till you are we'll"
The young mans eyes fell upon
Bertha. The rabbi. following his
glance. saw that his daughter was
watching the missionary's face breath
lessly. But SO keen was his glance
that her eyes fell and blush over
spread her face.
At that moment the shadow of q sor-
row to come fell upon Rabbi Tamor's
heart.
1t had come, that which he had fore
seen and dreaded. The young man
and Bertha were in love with each
other. And he had asked Rabbi Ia
NOR for his daughters hand.
The rabbi sat In his study, an open
volume Of the Talmud in his hand, but
he was not pretending even to himself
that he was reading it. He was recall
ing the incidents Of the past few days.
There was, at first. the caring for
the sick man.. A woman was needed
there. Some intimacy had been in
evitable. But when he had chidden
his daughter she had looked at him SO
innocently-poor Bertha! He hoped
be had not hurt her too badly. She
had not known her own heart.
There had been fascination in the
l. 4
ing with fire, eating the forbidden
fruit The rabbi realized that he had
felt too sure of the impossibility of
such thing to be on guard. Still, If
her mother had been alive 1t could
not have happened. A woman would
have understood better than he.
He did not blame Bertha. He
blamed the young man. He was re-
membering his own bitter words:
you ask to marry my daughter?
You. Christian? A missionary-one
of those who would turn us from the
faith of our fathers? And now you
| want to corrupt my daughter. all that
l have, and take her from me, in re-
turn for our hospitality! Be Off
Leave my house and never show your
face here again!"
A violent scene had followed Both
the rabbi and the missionary were
ashamed of themselves afterward.
The young man went away, but he saw
Bertha that evening. He met her out
side the tabernacle. where he had
resumed his services.
1T cannot be right, dear, that we
should be kept apart" he said, 'if we
care for each other. Be my wife. You
owe duty to your father, but he has
no right to stand between you and
your happiness"
The girl wavered. Her heart seer-ed
| torn asunder between the rival claims.
She had not been strong since her
mother died. six months before; she
had worn out her strength nursing
her. and this new sorrow seemed more
than she could bear.
Il will marry YOU" she said slowly.
But l shall tell my father l shall
not run away"
So she told him, and Rabbi Tamor
knew that the great peace was broken
AT least you shall learn the mean
| Ah6 "a youA oStiOho, AC CIIcu TOuku-
ly. You shall know that you have
cut yourself of forever from your peo-
pie. Tonight is the beginning of the
Day Of Atonement, when every one of
our people, whether he have lived we'll
or i'll, makes his prayers for forgive:
ness for the shortcomings of the year
And II he does not. his name is struck
out from among the congregation
You know that? You remember SO
much? Then come with me. GOMEZ"
Frantic with wrath and humiliat. ,n,
the rabbi strobe toward the synagogue.
his daughter at his side.
III.
May her name be struck out from
among the roll of the living! May
she"
Stop"
The younger rabbi, who was pre-
siding. held up his hand. and at the