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