| Len's uncle
Rescuing a stranded woman
On one of those days while I was in Bremen, I was returning from a walk I took in the city. And coming back to the gasthaus, I saw in the yard a crowd of people standing around a woman, a young woman, and the woman was crying, crying bitterly. I walked up, naturally, and wanted to find out what was taking place, and the woman turned to me right away. And she told me a story.
There is a ship leaving for New York the next day, tomorrow, she told me. And she can’t get on the ship because she needs a hundred rubles. Otherwise she couldn’t get on. And the people were listening. Where was she going to get a hundred rubles? She doesn’t know anybody. And no one says a word about it.
I had a couple hundred rubles on me that I had left, maybe a little more tan 200. Two hundred rubles. So, I said to her right away, “Don’t cry. You’re going to depart tomorrow. I’m going to give you a hundred rubles. But I tell you. I trust you. I’m sure that when you get to your husband you’ll send me the money. And here is my address.” And I gave her my address.
She put it way into her bosom. She put it away so she wouldn’t lose it. She wore some kind of a purse on her neck. She took it out and she put it into that little purse, and she says, “I’m sure I’ll send it to you.” I took out the 100 rubles and I gave them to her.
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