The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-03
THE CIRCLE OF uArFINgss
A Story.
BY ELIAS LIEBERMAN


flights of winding stairs leading froni
his top floor rooms on Forsyth street.
ON these occasions he never bothered
with changing his costume. lie felt
perfectly happy as he was Besides
having his sleeves rolled up, he per-
lnitted himself the luxury OF freedom
from collar A rusty collar button
dangled from the loose flap of the
neck band ID token OF tic fact mat
IL collar sometime formed II part of
his scheme of dress
Saturday night marked the climax
/ OF SANS pleasure hunting. Ordinar-
| lily he stayed home during the evening
and lounged about reading his favorite
radical daily His wife, Sarah, pour
! ed glasses of tea for him ad lib He
slipped the amber fluid uadibly, sigh
! ed with satisfaction as nc cracked
cube of sugar. nut fashion, with his
teeth, and cursed the bosses reundly
Tor being the oppressors cf the work
ing man He looked anything but op-
pressed. however. us he stretched him
/ self at his ease, stoclSiuged If not slip
rered ease. until the usuaI yawn warn
cd him that bedtime had cono.
Tea. however. did not satisfy the soul
OF sam on saturday nights. At MS
favorite. soda-water stand, after he
lad succeeded in threading his way
safely PAST the encumberaiees On stoop
and sidewalk, he ordered matted inills
concoction. chocolate flavor. with
this he always tool, four fig nevtons.
He had wealiness for sweets He
always drank the preparation slowly
Ills thrifty temperament rebcli-d at
the thought of ordering another glass.
Taking it largo Suited both his purse
and inclinations. Besides, whilt lie
slipped the nectar he always allowed
bis thoughts to wander to the plpechle
game in prospect at Harry Schneider
mans on Eldridge street. Sam on -
Saturday nights reaehed the high tide
Of his Epicureanlsm.
As he stood before file stand i';tulg-
ing himself he suddeuly turned uale.
1 coming stIdisht toMdluS MN was MS
Toss.
"Geod evening, Mr. Krnsowitzo said
sam genialIy.
Hello, Sam, leave some for me"
returned the Boss with a forced smile.
Sam watched the broau back sf the
Boss until it was lost around the cor
Hcr.
\ funny Though struck Sam.
Jake" he said to the proprietor Of
the stand, did you hear him? He
said should leare something 70 him.
10 you know sAssat that man makes
every yearg Tic book-1eeper tod me
and she said I Shouldn't tell any0ody
I know. But you're an old friend.
! That little shop gives him ten thc1sand
every year. No wonder he lives on
riverside Drive. / should leave, some
thing for him. 1t makes me laugh.
lie can have it ten times every night
in the year, even Yom Kippur.'
For the first time that evening Il
shadow crossed tlie face of Sam )uhin.
81 wish 1 could he like I<rakowitz'
lie sighed "Theh I'D be happr.n
Il Mr.. Karkowlta, stroiling lawly
along Second avenue, had anything but
pleasant thoughts.
For the third lime that year hil rent
had been. raised 1t had leaped sud
denly to more than twice the former
figure. When his family had lived
IN modest Harlem flat he WIS far
more at ease, aItho his shop Yielded
much less. His laughter, shirley, de-
planded the best in furs and dresses.
lie could not deny her anything. eth
ar. Competition was keen in the cir
cIcs in which she moved. y sirl could
not reappear in last seasons dcssses
without exciting comment.
He had saved as much us lie could
Ivy withdrawiae her FRI m tho eXprn-
sive out-of-town boarding school and
sending her TO a public high school.
1t was terrible blow to family pride
and required much explanation 10 his
affluent neighbors. Soon she wo,ild be
graduated. lie knew better than any
cne else. perhaps. how utterly unfit
Shirley was for anything but marriage.
He cursed himself for his short sight
edness in consenting to every 1ol-de-
rol suggested on Shirley's behalf by
a mother who was fond but indircreet,
The girl had II Il smattering of freneh,
could tat, embroider ana crochet lit
tie and knew how to massacre the us
hal classics on the sacrificiai piano.
His wife. Lille was becoming a seri-
Gus problem. IN the old days she had
put her shoulder to the wheel and
| nelped From very small beginnings
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