Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

cause it is not physical pain. We still
have the privilege of suffering, only
it is spiritual suffering
I'VE find our faith assailed in more
invidious ways. We see temptation
where We saw menaces in the old
times. And 1t comes to US under vari-
GUS guises. Sometimes it is a love,
Illicit according to our law. We must
learn to put temptation aside as our
fathers thrust torture aside
Think well, child, before you go
on the path you have chosen. Remem-
Der that, in gratifying your own de-
sires you bring down your fathers
head in sorrow to his grave and, not
only that. but you cut yourself off for
ever from your own people. In you
they suffered In vain, in you they
lived in vain; and in you they died in
vain"
He ceased abruptly and sat down
And now the ensuing silence was
broken by the heavy sobbing of the
girl in the gallery corner. Presently
the women near her began to weep as
well. and soon the little synagogue
was filled with lamentation which &C.
companied the rabbits intonations
And to the ears of Rabbi Tamor 1t was
not alone the women there present
who wept, but all who had lived and
died. 1t was Rachel weeping for her
children. it was the men and women
who had suffered torture and agony
and had endured and had held true.
Bertha slipped out of her seat and
left the synagogue She seemed to
be walking in a dream, for she was
hardly conscious of her surroundings,
and her feet carried her automatically
toward her fathers humble home
She would hold true, by all traditions
of her race, by all its memories. She
would forget herself and live for her
father
Fate has written upon her facet"
muttered an old woman who saw her
pass.
Rabbi Tamor had seen his daugh.
ter's face as she sat in the gallery
and he knew that the missionary was
beaten in the hour of his triumph.
Mingled with his rejoicing came a
pang of grief. Poor little Bertha,
How good she had always been un-
til that fellow came along! How good
she had been to him. and to his dead
wife-she. n lady, while he was only
common man! He would give her
everything in future. all that her
heart was set upon. He would show
that he appreciated her sacrifice in
thousand ways.
He hurried out of the synagogue
after her, meaning to catch her before
she entered their home.
But at the foot of the stairs Bertha
stopped and looked back toward the
little group that had silently followed,
awed by her strange expression.
Tell him that l." she began. and
sank down upon the ground. They
raised her in their arms.
That was the moment when Rabbi
Tamor perceived group of people
about the door. He saw them from
afar, and he hastened his steps, con.
scious that something inexplicable
had happened Might 1t not concern
Bertha!
So, hurrying. he came to where she
lay. They tried to push him aside, to
shield his eyes. But he broke through
them. He saw, he flung himself be.
side The dead girl
What was 1t that was to be told?
And who? Nobody knew. Bertha had
spoken no word Of her decision.
But the father, as he prepared for
the final rites of the faith. knew. for
he had seen the look of renunciation
In Bertha's eyes as she sat in the gal
lery corner. She had held true. And
once again the great peace enfolded
him.