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of patches, sewing on of pockets, cutting out of "Tefillin-Sacklech" and "little prayer-scarfs," no more doing up of old dresses. Freedom, freedom he wanted one bit of work of the right sort, and that was all ! Ha, now he would show them, the Kabtzonivke cripples and householders, now he would show them who Yitz- chok-Yossel Broitgeber is ! They would not laugh at him or tease him any more ! His fame would travel from one end of the world to the other, and Malkeh the orphan, his bride, his wife, she also would hear of it, and

She will come back to him! He feels it in every limb. It was not him she cast off, only his bad luck. He will rent a lodging (money will pour in from all sides) buy a little furniture: a bed, a sofa, a table in time he will buy a little house of his own she will come, she has been homeless long enough it is time she should rest her weary, aching bones it is high time she should have her own corner !

She will come back, he feels it, she will certainly come home!

The last night! The work is complete. Yitzchok- Yossel spread it out on the table of the women's Shool, lighted a second groschen candle, sat down in front of it with wide open, sparkling eyes, gazed with delight at the product of his imagination and was wildly happy !

So he sat the whole night.

It was very hard for him to part with his achievement, but hardly was it day when he appeared with it at Eeb Binyomin Droibnik's.