Children of Men
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Children of Men, by Rudolph Edgar Block
CHILDREN OF MEN
“‘ The sheep are coming! They’re coming over the hill! Watch, Liebchen; watch, precious! ’”
BRUNO LESSING
“ For He doth not afflict willingly
nor grieve the children of men. ”
NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMIII
Copyright, 1903, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
Copyright, 1903, by S. S. McClure Co.
Bruno Lessing
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CHILDREN OF MEN
CONTENTS
THE END OF THE TASK
I
II
III
IV
V
THE SADER GUEST
A RIFT IN THE CLOUD
OUT OF HIS ORBIT
THE POISONED CHAI
URIM AND THUMMIM
A YIDDISH IDYLL
THE STORY OF SARAI
THE AMERICANISATION OF SHADRACH COHEN
HANNUKAH LIGHTS
A SWALLOW-TAILER FOR TWO
DEBORAH
AN INTERRUPTION
THE MURDERER
UNCONVERTED
WITHOUT FEAR OF GOD
THE SUN OF WISDOM
A DAUGHTER OF ISRAEL
THE MESSAGE OF ARCTURUS
QUEER SCHARENSTEIN
THE COMPACT
A SONG OF SONGS
A WEDDING IN DURESS
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