Steinberg, Jehudah / 2008-07-15 00:00:00

EBOOK IN THOSE DAYS ***


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IN THOSE DAYS
THE STORY OF AN OLD MAN
BY
JEHUDAH STEINBERG

TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY
GEORGE JESHURUN

1915

IN THOSE DAYS
THE STORY OF AN OLD MAN

I
When the time drew near for Samuel the Beadle to let his son begin
his term of military service, he betook himself to the market,
purchased a regulation shirt, a knapsack, and a few other things
needed by a soldier--and he did not forget the main item: he ran and
fetched a bottle of liquor. Then he went home.
And there, in the presence of his neighbors, of whom I had the
privilege of being one, he drank a glassful to "long life," and
offered another to Rebekah, his good wife.
"Drink, madam," said he, merrily. At this Rebekah turned up her
nose, as if ready to blurt out with "How often have you seen me
drink liquor?"
Indeed, it was an affront which she would not have passed over in
silence at any other time, but she had no heart for an open quarrel
just then, when about to part with her son, and was satisfied with a
silent refusal.
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