The teachers decided that we remain within the walls of the Heder
most of the time, and show ourselves outside as little as possible
during the period of danger. But a decree like that was more than
boys could stand, especially in those beautiful summer days.
Meanwhile the Catcher came to town, and set his eye on the
son-in-law of the rich Reb Yossel, peace be unto him. The name of
the young man was Avremel Hourvitz--a fine, genteel young man. He
had run away from his home in Poland and come to our town, and was
spending his time at the Klaus studying the Torah. And Reb Yossel,
may he rest in peace, had to spend a pile of money before he got
Avremel for his daughter. From the same Polish town came the
Catcher, to take Avremel as the recruit of the family Hourvitz due
to the Jewish community of his city. When he laid his hand on
Avremel, the town was shocked. The rabbi himself sent for the
Catcher, and promised to let him have, without any contention, some
one else instead of Avremel. Then they began to look for a
household with the family name of Hourvitz, and they found my
father's.
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