nounced, and Zalmen went through all its horrible details like a man. When again restored to membership in the congregation of Israel, he consoled his wife by saying, that it was God's will the secret should become public so that he might be punished and thus be cleansed of his great sin, which lay upon his soul like a vampire; and she received a lesson for her indiscretion, which taught her that “life and death are within the power of the tongue."

SHEEKA KLEZMER
NICKNAMED "MALPA”

"There is in souls a sympathy with sounds
And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased
With melting airs of martial, brisk or grave,
Some chord in unison with what we hear
Is touch'd within us and the heart replies.”

COWPER.

HEEKA KLEZMER, nicknamed "Malpa" (Ape), on account of his

extreme homeliness, made his entrance into this world unheralded by song or much ado. His father, Reb Hershele, nicknamed " Koza" (goat), because of the shape of his beard, was not only intrusted with the burying of the dead, but also with the exalted position of "Pod Shammes (under-beadle). For both functions he received a fixed salary of one gulden and a half per week from the congregation, besides the fees for digging the graves. The arrival of new members