Show r U It r 11 itt s REB SOLOMAN THE USURER 3 I I Interesting j Narrative Picturing the Persecution m of the Jews Jew at the 5 I Hands Hand of tho Christians An Event Evant Which Actually Occurred In the tho S 2 Little Village of Ber In Southeastern Russia 5 L l LM HIS lIE in following narrative written I 14 by h I Ithe wa read bo bt I IkI fore tore H n V l lod lodie e Mo No T J 1 41 4 I 1 I O 0 II 1 It In iii 1 H 1901 Th rue hl occurrences as nl n nFl de tle described Fl scribed are ur true tre to do 10 doM M till und send tiro If author wu WI pir acquainted with wih the Wener family On 01 th the honk banks of ot the where when thi th great groat Iret steppe of ot flu Hui luI ere are ae bv hy th the Caucasian mountains on an the tile northern and th Caspian ten ea to 10 the tho Ih Is located ed e edthe the via Me gained after family of Sf t the Printe Hera flen Heragin nent gin Is II the tha I I irant representative of ol lt family Ho lie l owns the II I surrounding ot of about acres acrea rel with vii vil villages vI lages Included I Th Fiu 11 per residence ot or the tha prince Is II I St HI t Petersburg where here II hee he lt Is II ii n t geat lt favor favorIto Ito 10 ut ctt it the Ihl curt 1 of oC the tI th At the southern end of ot tile the II village ale whore shore a I mountain train stream empties Into tho Volga tUnIS stands build buildIng Ihl a n long gray Ing rather ratler un Imposing compared oln Id with the tie little ISI huts hUls of ot the th lt who are aro almost thu tho sol Inhabitants of ot the Adjoining the gray I house houte and down dOlI hot II ft clone eIe to t the u II I another building ot of brown br l I It stone A wheel 1 Ing Into III the stream shows it to be te the null mill 11 The rhe houst hol 1111 mill he be 1 to the ut hut hit 11 ti leml to 10 lime hase hll a 1 perpetual lenno I on both hoth with ICO Oi wih 10 or about ICO CO nerea of ot land attached were re many trinny mi I to I this Ihl property for tor or larger rental hut but hil the Ilia Ihl laughed at It them h he would not purl lurt with Mr bet to nil ni ns fB Heli Heh Part of ot the gray Kry house houle Is Ic converted Into village kabak kalak a I dispensary of ot or 0 whisky In 11 one Cne of ot n a lot largo IUso go gloomy room I II the bar har where whee Mis a I lively little woman of ot about 15 1 lelh vo She lute has his strict orden from her thai thu no 10 more lore titan than three drinks be sold to any n of the villagers during one day a From Fron behind the tho bar lir a I door lends liui Into Inlo a IL small email A 11 I the of ot Heb lul I Holoman Here lere seated In 11 a I i abl Ihl IWI arm chair with Wih an In Immense folio of ot tin tl Talmud before him hll Hob Itoh ob Solo Soloman tolo man Ills hIs leisure hours bout About loul eight In II tho o he would step Into th the bar room to tl help hel his wife Hy that time would I grow ur brisk the tho peasants l returning rain thou theIr voik would drop droll In to spend the tho evening In lii 11 the Iro I 10 they to talk about their affairs anti and pollen tho Uw u of ot Hob Heb They know kno they Iho could nud rcy on 01 him as JH his hia jl was Wil always Bound and atul 18 hay also knew him to be 10 a It friend of ot the tho community having havilI proved H it to tl t thorn them b I his hl il actions roy for or the Ih past 26 2 I them YIH hs h I hail had hlll nettled among It was the father of ot tho the WIS lter present prince who brought him hll down dowl from ruin Humor had It that thai I t Heb Bolo Holo 1111 ut lit lt tho the risk r k of lt being tint to tn Si ill beria iteria prince hail saved 11 tho honor of lt the tho out old the th chosen use of o Hie ili h penult according to law 11 was W as 8 only a Itoh Hel Holo tolo Holoman man limo WI do Ie there was l anything to ask Ilk W n froni ruin the th or tho thu government Heb Soloman was the tho theone one OM to get gP t It I lId did 1111 not I n it I t hut but 10 t could cluM not lot help hiI himself always bore n a grudge the Jew He lie Iw 10 toll told toll Iho the peasants pe that tb tt I Jew I e was gutting getting rich on 01 tho the Interest he wag WIl tit get getting et ting from them thim for tM Illg money advanced lint hut they thoy had hud the experience of ot tho the the Christian usurer I I I Ile With horror they Ihl the Instances I 11 II whore i worthy lied hud hll mined ml ril scores of ot families lea how hol he Iw ha I taken taleen Implements and wagons ngone If It thoy Iho tilled failed tulNI to pay their debts doh II just on n time Ile Heb le never pressed them t ho hI demanded tho the money He te was Wil its satisfied to take It I In labor on Oi his fleida or In grain gril after theIr crops wIre were wI gath gathered ath ered cC During tho the great famine ho tie proved their real benefactor When Ids his hil own r became to 10 the Iho distress he lit hI to St tt and laid the matter mattor assistance the tho prInce who Iho ho thou than thol gave them 11 sonic some 1010 In n that terrible winter when as ni a II result of ot the tho famine the tho plague boko out among them two Ingel to tho thu froin frOn heaven In th the of ot lull and 1111 urn Heb olo two children taut had re rc returned turned turnell from tram lo co about tour four months before where she hUll hail received her he di dl diploma 1 ploma as 1811 nn nil M 1 I D train the Ihl great medi medical cat cal institution of ot that city elt lh ro she ho hio hohlt had graduated with wih high Honors lIeu lien was vas duet chief engineer In iii 11 the tho sugar fee tur tOY across tho 11 tt river to 10 the tho nail and Den Itoh 11 went among the and alel dying with wih n a I that on t the admiration au rut t ion of nf a ml 11 a It Thanks to tn their efforts almost lUlU the Ih population Hon tion of ot the village tums saved sad rd Kven I wh ro tho the village mug prisM priest rather hot lot t 1 his buck back In II horror her brother 01 ire re to lint t 10 those writhing In iii 11 agonIes of or pain amid giving words wortis of at love lova and 1111 hope hopu to tho dying Hen LICO 11 ami ith went werft in inho tho ho peoples high unit and Rob HIb Solo Soloman tolo man did not regret that he h reluctantly though t gh yielded to 10 the t a 4 l e of lt a f I ho he prince In giving his a n college education He lie le did thu 1111 not exactly nf or moth mode mut of ut life le Ills His sm s in WI was not the kind hInd of ft n a I Jot Jew tie lie wanted him to Il be hi b The Tha I dens 1111 his hil ioui MOi brought hoine le from rain college Ol RI Itch Keb Jt could not tnt Thel 11 nuh friction father ami Anel son sou lon and UI Hen flea Hel ni at 11 atVas Vas nys round found excuses for tor statin Hll 11 11 from front his hil is parents houi hOIM foi rOI ni weeks of ot leisure Irl lien Ills the Ihl spent pont with wih his hiM p rl pet t which he hud tot for the tho of the fac factory tory Tills Tl enraged Father It II kept kert the tIu people away front from chore went weil to tn the seat t of ot th the got gov government I unit and reported thus the race rase to the tho proper authorities A few days totem lutei an 1 of ot the secret leret service the most mOlt powerful and A ineRt dreaded tion of ut the th government at arrived rived at and in inthe time the Ile charge of ot being hl a 1 lit 11 was wan Wil away IWO to und tot for two kept In II solitary confinement conOn and ulc would have In had hadnot not the tha urine mell bin lii witT the tile highest I I I In iii HI HI Pet to II Koure curl his hil release This wee wal not lint III at itt t all ni to t the wily lest Knowing that 1 pi II did dil not like kt Ihl Jews Jets he hi hI t oat t II i Mm hIm to in how to tl get even cVen with t th thel m They rhy approached the 1 who 1111 1 tin Is s tile the rf r ft if f the Ihl government In 11 cecil village but hut that gentlemen receiving from Ith S lo loman man loan ft fl f monthly Ih II equal 1111 to tn hU tile hil Hilary 1111 tilt nil 11 the Ihl hi Ito h could drink I it ok which ti letu a I oil to In mme mOle than I hii ii his hl declined to participate ID In II th plot 1 I Me Is however hOlever hinted to ti tf them that If It thoy d Some como 1010 fun tin nut out of tho Iho Jews J ell I he hc would shut his lila S eyes tel amid ami oars onn onnI It I was WI night the eve 0 of ot if falter 1 Sunday the thu gie tc t holiday of tt the Ih On 00 sl ut ii the t lit people are In lii 11 rehi front from trull enil ell 1 owning till 11 I III the lie 1111 of ot morn lug lel no visitors nt at lt Veli IIII hll tiou Ne tel ltd I I it had J iii Mt t finished 1 ii the t Ii o I I Rie lii hut it ii I ceremony In 11 I ii parting ng with wih ti I ft the lie t holy holy mII II flu and 1111 ii ng the th u new neu lP 1 and 1111 cua chant hUlt t hI lug I tho about hout lib poor Ui ls limn who won iM l by the Prophet Elijah After the III chanting was vae Wil avci 11 Mis ui Ir is ei a birg bidding i iii g tier her Ii and hinti tOugh tet good night ii t is I I r it Heb Holoman his hIM daughter 1111 to tu piny 11 something He I 10 t loves music anil 1111 his hil daughter wits 1111 an all 11 excellent pianist n a favorite rl fit von to pupil pu of o t til I I netel a Him picked up ii p a 11 shoe sheet t of ut U music lU and 1111 a nit It I t hap happened ha p to bo be wonderful fan sin tussle the II ce he h mm Lout d before li tie ha nB sent to the lon hey When Whon ii composed this piece ho he must have felt Colt that the tho hand of ar Kiu was soon Moun to ruin 11 his hIl l The he of or this Is II full tul of ot I I d with wih It ft d outcries and soud then It I sties dies away aWI In soft adagio like lee some solute 1011 echo cha Icho re repeating renting from frol remit tar far tl away aI ava train from heights arumn Illi player that sho he Wil the spirit of ot the composer el ansi and excelled d herself In II ren rendering sittIng dering It ItHer I tier Her soul oU watt wan troubled her heart henrt heavy she slid did till not net know Itlo why AH As Al hOI her fingers swept the kp hp exacted rota tho the instrument rum Inc ii t such lii ug sobs and 1111 a deep for something unknown that even OVI old Itch nel u it t tear ar flOI toni his ble hil eye Finishing the tIme c she hu UteJ led tier her eyes CI unit whispered The old man knew that In such moments It was WIS best beet est to heave her alone so II s kissing her he gout Bood night he tie left lett the tho roc stepped to the t Ie window miJ I pressing IUT hur h r forehead against the tile wits win window wil dow da vane nho ho he fell cli Into sleep deep thought ler whole life before h ft Ir r mental eye 00 the hl saw paw 11 herself n us lIttle girl of or nine playing In the park of at tho palace from front where the old alit to dining dui lag the Iho uler months took tonic great groat in ill interest I terest In II tier her and With ith a I apang pang nt of lt remembered how ho holS as lS a I elitist child She Hie he us 11 d to II Compare that beautIful luly lal hid with wih her own simple mother mothr and 1111 ho hum hOI love hove 10 gnu gradually ally Ily untIed drifted from ruin her mother tho tile Then Ihen the princess with wih the of the tho prince inurE prevailed on 01 her hel parents to 10 o Kund Until And ni her to II Moscow In order artier to tn get a 1 proper rol I education eil lout thc She visited vi HI led nor her pa 11 patents tents only 11 once a 1 year yoI during locO tIon lon and oven even then slip she spent Client most mOlt of or that thaI t Time 11 1111 nt It t I lie tho t palace with w lh I thu the lue I prin princess p r in cess There she he played with Iti little Pc Ie t Ir r the only n I child of ot lieu her benefactors Itie i how often ren the Iho proud Impulsive I o boy b y used lill ii sod to tell tel lur tor hol Ito a hu lie hated list her Iel the tho governess go unit and hits his hl mother always tutu told toll him that the tho little Jewish Jets left girl wan fur far ahead of l him himIn III him In lii their studies although he was WI three years ears her tier senior Then hll ne no II used to run rqn to 0 lieu her grasp her herby herby by hy the thc t arm shake her ii u U call cu II her dir dirty ii It Itty 1 ty I Jewish pig tig lint Hut when she site nt at tutu him with wih her large huge dark duirk eyes 6 full fullor tul or sir he hI would t outs fall all on In hits hi kiss kt H hurt her a mid beg b 1 her Thi Ihl wint on al for or several yeats NII ull Peter 1515 Wil sent 1111 to lii the thic military school nt nl Ht Bt and nn ceased coming coining to ler gina glnn for or his hil liI The Tho time when she graduated from rain tie the preparatory anil was as to enter elI th medical college She he was then thel c n eurs tUrC old tush fh That summer cumuli her troubles trust hul commenced coin Thu Ihl princess told toll her tint thud site she 1111 he be n a I fairy faIr because tier her hll strange c beauty was tIts Wil tint not lot The fair tl golden hair tiny lY nose host ii liti rosy ro lips 1111 I I she Ih Inherited Gd from her herot mother ot her while thi lIe this tha sleep deep III dink ii melan melancholy 1111 a choly hsih y the th Iii thoughtful I bough t rut brow with wih hi hit the lie t expression cx of ot 1 t Intelligence I at cli slit sho hud from her noble lather lit titer No 0 wonder Iut 10 tot tor fell Il In iii II love lorr with II ills h hep hi i at sit It sight after Ir r live lve j ears l Irom early tarl childhood PrIer Peter had hn every one niI of If hi hi is wishes vIshue grunted and Illel ii nil he III could coils Id not ito o I comprehend why II t h she clue would not tiLl t listen t I stems to his hili ii Is WOOl tICS Kho him himI alil I him hi I in that thu t could u ic vei be Ise hits the he th I its in thin that t lay Iny iii y between hue them t could it never be IJ tilled hIlled In tile his passionate lovo for or her he lie assured roil roii her luer that hut he lie had strength Ni hi und a wit will 11 I I to lu ayes avei till she clue IsIs bin Wife This went Cut on Oil for a it 1 haItI month and slit M t to fear her huer own henrt UP 10 II was vai s 8 iii manly and nil III ii II he un h asked asok ed for 01 will vuis a us word giving gt V him ii I in some Scott hopp for or nr the future Hut know linow Ilif lui III the between thrust them 1111 i ii tu ide she else not a a t grant gee ii iiIi him Ii I in cen 1111 a it word nf fir if liaise hope l herself herH tr she took look lone heave from the an 1111 l tilt to 0 her but bill Iet r would follow list her she asked her lui th Ih the privilege ege egi of some In irs a ti far tilT off town tOSS n fl It U wr t rs granted and she de tie departed parted 10 tIll the seine same day lIa Ider lt her went nl to 10 anti after nHe be lie being ing that she Ih had gone ho hn got tUl tI himself bat boil will power hs r rI i nough ghi to 10 t a coat ml himself hut inset f slid and abide aft mile his hili ft ha haI iline I Time passed Viter Ills his regiment nil III Until wont to 10 Moscow entend c cullI dl ie shi then thun 1 hov ho in Moscow loRow Ii hot hei fet ho iv I a HIP hI t I with the poisonous Inex I mica ii f I nihilism III It h II Ih e did Ihl it lit nut b bi he be i nino a 1 slave Iap K n I tb hi 1 nf ot If thou thula lr but that 3 II I list her rather fattier her gradually fadd awn alII at sly until ills Ii sho set coi nothing m n It hut hul a ut code It of ot on Out one itt side they spoke to in h hr r of ot live sIt II I and l on th Ih the other ut love loveit l it i tiu of ut o f nil ni I men nion aini it owl am lie t Ion IonI I the hue predominating races race In her and distress dl Ih rote roll to 10 tier her mother In hit St He lie answered her list t It it I hum a could COti hI b lie be good nail and right tIll MiU without religion at nt nil all at AI least he hI hemis hea mis II a II itS tryIng It and lund succeeded I fairly 1111 It While hIte thus limits struggling to 10 hind the th truth truths she h he Will was ti by h a R visit of lelet 1111 He Tie 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