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I had come away from the Chaikins' under the impression that if I could raise two or three thousand dollars I might be able, by means of perseverance and diplomacy, to achieve my purpose. But I might as well have set myself to raise two or three millions I thought of Meyer Nodelman, of Mr. Even and his wealthy son-in-law, of Maximum Max.
Because otherwise you won't pay that Gentile and I don't want a good-hearted Gentile to think that Jews are a bad lot. That's number one. Number two is this: If you think Meyer Nodelman is a hog, you don't know Meyer Nodelman. Number three: I rather liked the way you talked yesterday. I said to myself, said I: 'An educated fellow who can talk like that will be all right.
It was not a year and a half after this episode that Chaikin entered my employ as designer I SAW other girls with a view to marriage, but I was "too particular," as my friends, the Nodelmans, would have it. I had two narrow escapes from breach-of-promise suits. "He has too much education," Nodelman once said to his wife in my presence. "Too much in his head, don't you know.
As to her attitude toward her husband, I subsequently came to the conclusion that it was a blend of affection and contempt. Nodelman was henpecked, but not badly so I called on them three or four times more during that spring. Somehow the question of my marriage was never mentioned on these occasions, and then Mrs. Nodelman and the children, all except Maurice, went to the seashore for the summer
The sight of his affectionate, melancholy face and the warmth of his greeting somehow made me think of the sentimental mood in which I had been left by that encounter "I do feel lonesome," I said, with a smile, in the course of our chat. "I met a girl the other day " "Did you?" he said, expectantly. "Oh, she is a mere child, not the kind of girl you mean, Mr. Nodelman.
"I wish I could, but unfortunately they did not take up dancing at my college." "Did you go to college?" Stella asked, seriously "I don't look like one who did, I suppose. Well, I should like to say I did, but I haven't the heart to tell you a lie." "Never mind," Nodelman broke in. "He's an educated fellar, all the same. He's awful educated. That's what makes him such a smart business man.
"Oh, you don't like me this evening, Mrs. Nodelman. You are angry witn me. Else you wouldn't talk the way you do." She burst into a laugh, and said, "You're a hell of a fellow, you are." "I know I misbehaved myself, but I couldn't help it. Miss Kalmanovitch is too fat, you know, and her hands perspire so." "She's a charmin' girl," she returned, with a hearty laugh.
Newspapers, magazines, and public speeches were full of her glory, and he who found favor in her eyes found favor in the eyes of man Nodelman scarcely ever left my place during the first three days. He would show visitors over the four floors with a charming pride, like that of a mother.
He ought to be given a lift, for most educated people are damn fools. Well, I'll tell you what I am willing to do for you. I'll get you the goods for that order of yours, not for thirty days, but for sixty. What do you think of that? Now is Nodelman a hog or is he not? But that's as far as I am willing to go. I can only get you the goods for that Third Avenue order. See?
By the way, Levinsky, how is the merchandise?" "This is no place to talk shop," I replied, deprecatingly. "Especially when there are so many pretty ladies around." "That's right!" several of the women chimed in in chorus Mrs. Nodelman, the hostess, who stood in the doorway, beckoned to her husband, and he jumped up from the table.
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