The Denver Jewish news., 1919-05-14

ready second trustee. Who knows !.
Perhaps in time he could lave be-
ocme president? And nov. II, IL with
ore snip of the fateful shears. his re-
In tions with the synagog were severed
completely.
Soon after his Installation in the
new residence. moveO.er. he liscov-
cred that the loss OF his IffIr, was
hot Ills worst bereavement. Ii was
his former life in general, the inter
csts and intrgues of tie congregation.
its friendships and rivalrics the daily
services. and deyotionS that he missed
most keeiily. The nearest Synugog
was some thirty blocks awLy 10 the
south and east, and then Father in
il I. The men and the women sat to-
gether: the cantor. a smooth Shaven
young man. with a red. smiling. i'm
pudent face. sang and chaurcd con
tinuously. while the worshppcrS sat
and stared. Here is Il "shulc" for
you.
Time became AN increasingly heavy
Iurden to Mendel. In the morning
after his lonely prayers. he wodid sit
at the parlor-window for long time
and look out upon the opposite side
of the street. lined with a long row
cf exactly-similar twO-story brown
stone houses. the shutters all carefully
closed. and having the air Of dwellings
whose inmates We're in deep. undis
turbed mourning. In the afternoon he
would go thru "A chapter of the Psalms
il, his low. droning clia,it. walk for II
while forlornly in i;n long and al
most deserted streets. and rcrIun I"
gaze again at the mOnotOnous low of
cIose-sluttered buildings.
children he announced one night
as the whole family sat at supper.
lit seems to me ] ought To hep sup
port the house. The expenses here
must be awful. Now. if knew my old
boss. l am sure"
The children burst into laughter,
and poor Mcndel stopped in confu
sion.
What ridiculous notions the old
man gets the Young man remarked
TO his sister.
One day after his customary survey
ci the street lie entered the i.itchen
where his, wife was scrul'biag the
clothes on the washboard
Leah" lie said. removing mis- coat
you are working too hard, l.csa. You
wash the clothes and II viii wiring
, them and hang them on die lirc.'
'ii leah stopped washing aud looked
ut her husband. mouth open.
''All dark dreams on my enemies
heads" she finally gave forth; are
yoIi becoming crazy"
Come. come" Mendci implored. ''let
me help you: you work 50 hard =
Leah could hardly contain herself,
''Sincc when are you 50 kind heart
ed. bread-winncr of m:nc:" she said
Get out of the Kitchen, do you hear:
You 20 where you belong :"
And poor Mcndcl rctrcated mourn
fully to his seat by The parior window
to dream of the dairy gatherings
around the stove in the synasog on
Pitt street.
.Ah'' he sighed to himself. ''ios-
sci Kulkin. that brigand, now he must
bc i'll the saddle
In the course of one Of his daily
nonotonOus strolls, Mendell discover
cG the site where the foundations
were being laid for II large structure
Thenceforth he visited that sp"i daily
He found 1t intensely interesting to
watch the men drilling and shorcllins,
and mixing mortar aud lnying the
stones. and he niaryeled ut The cN-
actitudc with Which the derrIckS were
made to place the huge stones. one
On top of the other Every morning
about ten O'Clock. he could he seen
slowly shuffling in hat direction.
taking his station in some spGt where
lie would not he in the way. ami
stumbling thus for hours, all huddled,
his hands on his heavy cane con
lemplating the hum and hustis.
One hazy September day, hendel
was at his station as usual; but in
view of the approaching Holy Days