HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF FRANCE

I

FATHER MOSES AND HIS FAMILY

Since you wish to know about the blockade of Phalsburg in 1814, I will
tell you all about it, said Father Moses of the Jews' street.

I lived then in the little house on the corner, at the right of the
market. My business was selling iron by the pound, under the arch
below, and I lived above with my wife Sorlé (Sarah) and my little
Sâfel, the child of my old age.

My two other boys, Itzig and Frômel, had gone to America, and my
daughter Zeffen was married to Baruch, the l...