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With his eyes shut he could put his finger upon those advertisements which ran without change and occupied set places on this page or that; such, for instance, as the two-column display of J. Wesley Paxon, Livery Barn, Horses Kept and Baited, Vehicles at all hours, Funeral Attendance a Specialty; and the two-inch notice of the American Pantorium and Pressing Club, Membership $1.00 per Month, Garments Called For and Delivered, Phone No. 41, M. Pincus, Prop.
Pincus came running from the office and reassured his uncle, who, under the ministrations of the doctor, grew rapidly stronger until he was sufficiently recovered to be placed on a chair. "Keep him quiet while I attend to the other fellow," said the doctor; "and don't let him talk." He went at once to the office, where Harkavy sat on the edge of the lounge. "Here! What are you doing?" he cried.
He's Jacob Berkowitz, what used to run the Up-to-Date Store in Seattle. I sold him goods when me and Pincus Vesell was partners together, way before the Spanish War already. Who's the other feller?" At that moment the subject of Abe's inquiry looked across the street and for the first time noticed Abe and Morris standing on the sidewalk.
Abe seized the glass of ice-water and flung its contents into Pincus Levin's face. He gasped and sat down suddenly. "The old man," he murmured, "he's Yosel's father." "Yosel who?" Morris shouted. "The old man's only got one son and he's dead." "Yes, I know," Pincus answered; "he is and he ain't. I always thought so too, Mr.
Perlmutter, but this feller here is Yosel Levin which he got blew up in Harkav two years ago." "What d'ye mean got blew up?" Abe asked as the doctor worked steadily over the two prostrate men. "How could he be blew up if he is here now?" Pincus shrugged his shoulders. "How should I know?" he said weakly. "I ain't lying to you. This feller here is Yosel Levin and my uncle there is his father."
Levin, to Steuermann, y' understand and then, maybe I am only saying, Mr. Perlmutter, you might forget the other part ain't it?" "You mean you want your twenty-five dollars in advance?" Morris asked. "Why not?" Pincus replied. "If I wouldn't took Mr. Levin to-day yet to this here Steuermann's office, Mr. Perlmutter, you could stop the check " Abe shrugged his shoulders expressively.
I got my stomach full with Pincus Vesell already, and if Andrew Carnegie would come to me and tell me he wants to go with me as partners together in the cloak and suit business, I would say 'No, so sick and tired of partners I am."
"Do you mean to told me that the old man's son ain't dead at all?" Morris demanded. "Seemingly," Pincus said; "aber this is the first time I heard it and I guess it's the first time the old man heard it too." Harkavy moaned and tried to sit up. "Easy there!" the doctor commanded. "Two of you take him inside and put him on a lounge if you have one."
Abe and Morris followed Pincus and the head cutter as they supported the half-conscious Harkavy into the firm's office. Ten minutes later the old man was restored to consciousness. "Wo ist er?" he murmured. "Mein kind!" "It's all right," the doctor replied, and then he turned to the office. "Come out here, you, and talk to the old man."
After a refreshing draught he passed it on to Pincus, who returned it empty to the crestfallen cutter just as a physician dashed out of the elevator. "What caused this trouble?" he asked Abe as he knelt down by the side of Harkavy. Abe looked helplessly at Morris and turned to Pincus Levin, who commenced to tremble violently. "Hold on there!" Morris shouted. "He's going to faint too."
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