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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
!“THE JUNGLE” PICTURES HOW PACKINGTOWN
GRINDS ALL THE GOOD OUT OF ITS TOILERS
j BEATEN BEFORE THE BATTLE IS BEGUN, KNOWING THE WORK WILL KILL THEM, THEY STRIVE ON HOPELESSLY
CHAPTER XIV.
(Continutd.)
were beaten; they had lost the
w _..fthey tm iwipl aside. 1
I sot lbs tragic* because it was so Bor
I--. aiiM that ii !iad t.» d-> w il li
wage and grocery bills and rents.
Theyjhad dreumed of freedom; ot
3 to look about them and let
hlng; to bo docent anil clean,
ielr children ffrow up to be stronf,-
And/now It was all «.me—It would
f be! They had played the frame
.... [they had lost. Six more years of
toll they had to face before they could
let the least respite, the cessation
he payment.* upon the hnuse; and
cruelly corluln it was that 111•
fid never stnnd six years of such n
os they were living! They were
jolt, they were going down ami there
♦Is no deliverance for them, no hnjv-;
all the help It gave them the vast
in which they lived might have
n ocean waste, a wilderness, n
ert, a tomb. So often this mood
no to Ona, lit tho night-time, when
, nothing awakened her; she would lie,
tfrsld of the beating of her own heart,
■fronting the blue-red eyes of tha eM
primeval terror of life. OnctTshe cried
'aloud, and woke Jurgls, who was tired
| and cross. After thnt ahe learned to
weep silently—their moods so seldom
came together nowl It was as If their
hopes were burled In separate graves,
Jurgls, being a man, had troubles of
his own. There was another spectre
following him. He had never spoken
of 1t, nor would its allow any one else
to speak of It—he had never acknowl
edged Its existence even to himself.
Tet the battle with It took all the man
hood that he had—and once or twice.
alas, a little more, Jurgls had dlscov- ■from which she sintered; she would
ered drink. have frightful headaches and fits of
He was working In the steaming pit aimless weeping; and sometimes she
of hell; day after day, week after week would come home at night shuddering
and moaning, and would ning* herself
—until now there was not an orgnn of
body - that worked without
pain, until the sound ot ocean break
ers echoed in his head day and night,
and the buildings swayed and danced
before him as ho went down the street.
And from all the unending herror of
this there was a respite, a deliverance—
he could drink! He could forgot the
pain, he could slip off tho burden: ho
would see clearly again, he would bo
master of his brain, of his. thoughts,
of his will. His dead self would stir
In him, and he would And himself
Isughfng and cracking Jokes with his
companions—he would be a man again,
and master of hie life.
It was not an easy thing for Jurgls
to take more than two or three drinks.
With the first drink he could eat a
meal, and he could persuade himself
that that that was economy; with the
second ho could eat another meal—but
there would come a time when he could
eat no more, and then to pay for q
drink was an unthinkable extrava
gance, a defiance of the age-long In
stincts of his hunger-haunted class.
One nay, however, he took the plunge,
In his
and drank up all that he had
pockets, and went home half “piped,"
as the men phrfise It. He was happier
thun he had been In a year; and yet,
because he knew that the happiness
would not last, ho was savage too—
with those who would wreck It, and
with the world, and with his wife;
and then, again, beneath this, he was
sick with the shame of himself. Af
terward, when he saw the despnlr
of his family, and reckoned up tho
money he had spent tho tears canto Into
his eyes, and he began the long battle
with the spectre.
It was a battle that had no end, that
never could have one. Hut Jurgls Uhl
not realise that very clearly; he was
not given much time for renectlon. He
simply knew that he naa always fight
ing. Steeped In misery and despair as
he wns, merely to walk down tha street
was to be put upon the rack. There
wns surely a saloon upon the corner—
perhaps on all four corners, and some
In tho middle of the block as well: and
each stretched out a hand to him—
each had had a personality of Its own,
ailurementa unlike any other, doing
smi ctnlng—before sunrise and after
dark—there was warmth and a glow of
light, and the steam of hot food, and
perhaps music, or a friendly face, and
a word of gpod cheer. Jurgls develop
ed a fondness for having Ona on his
arm whenever he went nut on the
street and he would hold her tightly,
and walk fast. It was pitiful to have
<ma know of this—It drove him wild
to think of It: the thing was not fnlr,
for Ono had never tasted drink, and
so cold not understand. Sometimes,
In desperate hours, he would find hlm-
«*!(.wishing that sho might learn
shat it wee, eo that he need not be
ashamed In her presence. They might
drink together, and escape from the
horror—escape for a while, come what
would.
Ho there came a time when nearly alt
the conscious life of Jurgls consisted of
a struggle with tho craving for liquor.
He would have ugly moods, when lie
hated Ona and the whole family, be
cause they stood In his way. He was a
IT hav « married: he l\ad tied him-
eelf down, had made himself a slave.
"1 all because he was a married
man that ha was compelled to stsy
f. yards; If It had not been for
1 might have gone off like Jonas,
the deuce wjth the packers.
were few single men In the fer-
• III. ' • ’ IHVII IU UIB IVI •
II r .'"III—and those few were work-
»," n . ly for • chance to escape. Mean-
'inic. too, they had something to think
•hoot while they worked—they had th*
memory 0 f the last time they had been
ere to
ami children did not dlo
or me measles—at least, not often.
New and then Sotrina would Hnd time
to sob over Ills woes, but for the
greater part of the time he had to be
left alone, barricaded upon the bed
The door was full of draughts, and If
ho caught cold he would die. At night
lie was tied down, lest he should kick
the covers off him. while the family lay
in their stupor of exhaustion. He
would lie and scream for hours, almost
In convulsions; and then, when he was
ou V h f w< mld He whimpering and
railing In his torment.
Yet all this was not really os cruel
as It sounds, for. tick as he was, little
Antunas was the least unfortunate
member ot that family. He was quite
able to bear his sufferings—It was as
If he had all these complnlms—to show
what a prodigy of health he was. He
was the child of his parents' youth and
Joy: he grew up like the conjurer's
rose hush, and all ths world was his
? y,t ?t;- In general, ho toddled around
the kitchen nil day with a lean and
hungry look—the portion of the fami
ly's allowance that fell to him was not
enough, and he was unrestnilnable In
his demand for more. Antanas was
but little over a year oil, and already
no one but his father could innnnge
him.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
meut i(m**t I griffon fufu ttw mrffiods tinplojed i»y tin*
In on act on l rarklugtoiro ruiuaurr.
A ootnrle of Llthuanlnus arrlrc In Chicago. tefficlug «‘iup!«'Yment.
nnd nn» romliirted to rnrklngtowu l»j* it friend. Junrix. «» jclniit in •tmnftti. In
uetrutbM to Ona. nnd the Unit chnptor ♦••Us of the wimI-IIuk in nil Its tfnxcaquo-
ne» After taarb tribulation the entire fnmllv otitnlu* work In the atock
yar*l®-o!l but 0*0* whom Jnr?U *ntd ahnutil sever work.
lire terrible title fit the nhtughter boun* U told with thDOtt ivroltlag detail,
the filth, the overworkluf of bunds. the Mtnnrcle to keep up with the parrtuakrra.
la nil
Ona wn» visibly j;oln? to piece*. In
the first place she Wm developing a
cough, like the one that lm<l killed old
Dede Antanas. She hod had a trace of
It ever since that fatal morning when
the greedy street car corporation had
turned her out Into the rain: but now
it was beginning to grow serious, and
to wako her up at night. Even worse
than thnt was the fearful nervousness
down upon the bed and burst Into tears.
Several times she was quit* beside
herself and hysterical: nnd then Jurgls
would go hslf mad with fright
IClzbleta would explain to him
that It could not be helped, that
a woman was subject to such things.
But ho was hardly to bo per
suaded, and would beg nnd plead
to know what had happened. She
had never been like this before,
would arguk—It was monstrous
and unthinkable. It was the life
ehe had to live, the accursed work she
had to do, and.that was killing her
""I S.HW , M1U. " ItllllllH lift
by Inches. She Was not fitted for It—
no won»An wss fitted for It, no woman
ought to be allowed to do such work:
If the world could not keep them alive
once and be dope with It. They ought
not to marry,, to have children; no
workingman ought to marry—If he,
Jurgls, had known what a woman was
like, he would have had his eyes torn
out first, bo* he would carry' on, be
coming half hysterical himself; which
was an unbearable thing to see In a
big man; Onu would pull herself to
gether and fling herself Into hl.s arms,
begging him to stop, to bo still, that
she would be better. It would be all
right. So shjB would He and sob out
her grief upon his shoulder, while he
lorn l'*» into
MnrIJn dWemera that Ihe fnivUdy I« rkeaitQg kff, hr faking mnrrr trbJrJj
hiimjl'l Imo K«'i •• fit tli<- uorkor Mi" pr “ i !<>1oi tly, nii-i Is tllwlm i gr.l I’ltuii*
Nho ••MiiIiis n linin'® work of half thr pay of n Hint*. A baby « oui**«* to Onn nn.l
Jurgln. hut tbf* little knotb* r can tukt* only a week off. fearing tbo loaa of her Jo'*.
Juflt •• Onn and Jnrgia pay Mnrljn what tb**y owe her. Jural* turn* hi* nit-
kle ntitl Is bid up for months. Ilia nature !*#*gln* to * Inngo. il** becom*** cyuaa
nnd snvago with pain. Stnrrnllnn starra tin* family In tho face. The smaller chil
dren are eeet wjt Into the atxnr to aril i*n|>-r**.
Finally Jurgla hrglua work In tho f**rtlllx**r plant—the fiend Meat of all-and
hnuda clenched tightly au*l bin lips not. Ida
mind in a tnnm>U- Then hr went hum**
and eaterrd.
As bo opened the Utar be saw Klihictn,
he cried. I ItBgbtee.
h«fi a No l*e**u looking lor Oua. mad
b id rotue home again. hh»* tree jtow on
tiptoe, and hnd a ilmr«*r ou her linn. Jur-
gia waited until ahe was rlOfc to liltii.
“Don t make nny uoiee." ehe wU imred.
it'ii. < <il.
“What's the mattery be asked.
“Ona la usU-rp. atu* panted. * Hhr*a l»«*en
vrry 111. 1 m ntmhi her mlad'a l«ceu wan
dering. Jut i;l<*. Kbr tree Inat oo the street
“ ght, auii 1 re only Just ipcvtwlul In
fomlly
_JBTVi
nizlllots »lav, h 111 tllf M
lly lenrn to »wi.r, ,1 rlnk nnd .iiickr
Into finiHtant niti|Htr. Tb.y talk Itltl.
can. and work. It H,.,*ins to thorn, nlnrays.
TliurKtlnj's lu.tslliiicnt tokl of ill- nlimwt Incndllilc conditions In the fertilizer
plnnt, nnd ,t,.«>por tsfo tdc rrltnlu.il trrn!turnt of rntplmr--*, nnd ffcr .ilult.rs-
tlon of the •■nirst.'' Ths future lien dnrk, lt»]u.|m.. i«*rnr. tusiii. tmtv dnMl run
l>c ssm nt the end of tbs vlsts. And tlic rtrsttgth of tin- nhols fnt.i lj is ttsint;
snrt-ly sttppsd.
Ctpjrlghl, 1900, by Upton Sinclair. All rights reserved.
Jurgls sat up with a start. Msrlja
was crying with fright and the chil
dren were walling In sympathy—lltt(p
Btanlslovas In addition, because the
terror of the snow was upon him. Jur-
gis had nothing to put on but his shoes
and his coat, and In half a minute ho
woo out of tho door. Then, however.
hr r< .ilr/i'd t Ini' thru- u .1 . n . I .if
im-1r, 111." It" hud in. Idl'd V lirtr ", K I
It was still dark as midnight, and ths
thick snowflakes wero sifting down—
everything was so silent that he could
hear the rustle of them as they fell. In
tho few seconds that he stood there
hesitating he was covered white.
He set off at a run for the yards,
stopping by the way to Inquire In the
saloons that were open. Ona might
have been overcome on the wny; or
clso she might have met with an acci
dent In tho machines. When he got to
tho ptaro where she worked he In
quired of ono of tho watchmen—there
had not been any accident, so far os the
man had heard. At the time office,
which he found nlready open, the clerk
told him that Ona'e check had been
turned In the night before, showing
that she had left her work.
After that there wns nothing for him
to do but wait, packing back and forth
In the snow, meantime, to keep from
freeslng. Already the yards were full
of arttvlty; cattle were being unloaded
from tbe cars In the distance, and
across the way the "beef-luggers"
were tolling In the darkness carrying
two-hundred-pound quarters of bul
locks In the refrigerator cars. Before
the first streaks of daylight there came
the crowding throngs of workingmen,
shivering, and swinging their dinner
palls a* they hurried by. Jurgls took
up his stand by the time office win
dow, where alone there was light
enough for him to see; the snow fell
so thick thnt It was only by peering
closely that he could make sure that
gazed at her, as helpless as a wounded i Onn did not pass him,
animal, the target of.unseen enemies. 1 Seven o'clock came, the hour when
the great packing machine began to
> CHAPTER XV.
things was. In. the summer; nnd each
time Ona would promise him with ter
ror In her voice that it would not hap
pen again—but In vain. Ench crisis
would leave Jurgls more and more
frightened, more disposed to distrust
Elzbleta's conxolntlnns, and to believe
that there was some terrible thing
about all this that he tvas not allonvd
to know. Onco or twice In theso out
breaks . he caught Ona's eye. ami It
seemed to him llko the eye of a hunted
animal; there were broken phrases of
anguish and despair now and then,
amid her frantic weeping. It was only
because he was so numb and beaten
himself that Jurgls did not worry more
about this. But he never thought of It.
like a dumb beast ot burden,
knowing only the moment In which ho
was.
The winter was coming on ngaln,
more menacing ami cruel than ever. It
was October, and the holiday rush had
begun. It was necessary for tbe pack
ing machines to grind till late at night
to provide food that would be eaten at
nnd the hope cf the time when
<ne wouw be drunk again. Ae for
.HI '• h ® wm expected to bring home
*’* penny; he could not even go with
me , » n at noontime—he was euppoeed
o? ■ * at hie dinner on a pile
°r . rtilisaf dust.
T'ls
"illxer dost.
not •' w *U r * hie mood, of
?*!**'• still loved his family. But
Ju* now was a time of trial. Poor lit-
’ * tor Instance—who had
id. f . a,,ed to ^ hlm *Kh * «•!!•—
a ... - VIM IIUI ■II1IIIIIK JUKI
n w hemg a mass of Aery red pimples.
I.' J’* 4 al < the diseases that babies
i.. , r tn < ,n flutek succession, scar-
« S r " *nd whooping cough
»tt l h *.v r * t y ** r > * n< ' now h * "as dowfi
lo sitSfii There was no one
L* *H*"d him but Kotrtna; there was
no doctor to help him, breads- they
— i 1. ■ L
Christmas breakfasts; and Mnrija nnd
Elxbleta and Ona. as part of the ma
chine, began working fifteen to sixteen
hours a day. There waa no choice
about this—whatever work there was
to be done they had to do. If they
wished to keep their places; besides
that. It added another pittance to their
Incomes, so they staggered on with ths
awful loed. They would start work
every morning at seven, and eat thelt
dinners at noon, and then work until
ten or eleven at night, without another
mouthful of food. Jurgls wanted to
wait for them, to help them home at
night, but they would not think of this;
the fertiliser mill was not running
overtime, and them was no place for
him to watt save In a saloon. Each
Would stagger out Into the darkness,
and makeher way to the corner, where
thev met; or If the others had already
gone, would get Into a car. and begin a
painful struggle to keep awake. When
they got home they were always too
tired either to eat or to undrrss; they
would crawl Into bed with their shoes
on, and Ue like logs. If they should
fall, they would certainly be lost; If
they held out, they might have enough
coal for the winter.
A day or two before Thanksgiving
day there came a enow etorm. It be
gan In the afternoon, and by evening
two Inches had fallen. Jnnris tried to
watt for the women, but went into a
saloon to get' warm, and took two
drinks, and came out and ran home to
escape from the demon: there he lay
down to watt for them, and Instantly
fall asleep. When he opened his eyas
again he wss In tha midst of a night
mare, and found Elsbleta shaking him
and crying out. At first he could not
realise what sha was saying—Ona had
not come home. What time was It. he
asked. It wee momlag—time to be up.
Ona had not been home that night!
And It was bitter cold, and a foot of
snow on tbe ground.
Our Lamp Room
ls impressively attractive just at present by reasorf of the
■irtistie new specimens displayed. Such wealth of color
■ind sheer beauty- of design and combination are rarelv
scon.
move. Jurgls ought to have been ot
his place In the fertiliser mill; but In
stead he was waiting. In nn agony of
fear, for Ona. It was fifteen minutes
after the hour when ho saw a form
emerge from ths snow-mist and sprang
toward It with a cry. It wns she.
running swiftly: ns sho saw him she
staggered forward and half fell Into his
outstretched arms, .
••What has been the matter?" ho
cried, anxiously. “Where have you
been?"
It was several seconds before she
... r. „j
could get brenth to answer him. “I
couldn't get ■ home," she exclaimed.
"The snow—the care had stopped
"But where were you then?" he de
manded.
"I had to go home with a friend,"
she panted—"with Jadvyga."
Jurgls drew a deep breath; but then
he noticed that she was sobbing nnd
trembling—as If In one of those nsr-
ous i rles tbst he dreaded eo. "But,
ihat'e the matter?" he cried. "What
has happened?"
"Oh, Jurgttr I wae so frightened!
she said, rllngtng to him wildly. "
have been so worried!"
They were near the time station
window, and people wera staring at
‘ led her away.
, We invite you to call and inspect these lamps. You
" 'll he pleased, we are sure.
Maier & Berkele
I them. Jurgls led her away. "How do
|you mean?" he asked. In perplexity. |
I wss afraid—1 was Just sfraldl”
sobbed Ona. "I knew you wouldn't
know where I was, and I didn't know
what you might do. I tried to get home,
but I was so tired. Oh, Jurgls, Jurgls!"
He was eo glad to get her back that
he could not think clearly about any
thing else. It did not seem strange to
him that she should be so very much
upset; all her fright and Incoherent
iroteetatlons did not matter since he
tad her back. He let her cry away her
fears; and thea because*tt was nearly
t o'clock, snd they would loee another
hour If they-delayed, he left her at the
packing house door, with her ghastly
white face and her haunted eyes of
terror.
Thera was another brief InttrvmL
Christmas was almost come, and be
cause the enow etlll held, and the
searching cold, morning sfter morning
Jurgls hslf carried hie wife to her post,
staggering with her through the dark-
ness, until at last, one night, came the
end.
It lacked but three days of the holi
days. About mld-nlght Marija and
Elxbleta cams home, exclaiming In
alarm when they found that Ona had
not come. The two had agroed-to meet
her; and, after waiting, had gone' to
the room where ehe worked, only to
find that (he ham-wrapping girl* had
quit work an hour before snd left.
There was no snow that night, nor was
It especially cold, and still Ona bad
not come! Something more serious
must be wrong this time.
They aroused Jurgls, nnd he sat up
and listened crossly to the story. She
must have gone home again with
Jadvvgn. he said; Jadvyga lived only
two blocks from the yards, and per
haps ahe had been tired. Nothing
could have happened to her—and even
If there had, there waa nothing conld
be done about It until morning. Jurgls
turned over In his bed, and Was snor
ing again before the two had closed the
door.
In the morning, however, he was up
and out ntarly an hour before the
usual time.’ Jadvyga Marclnkus lived
on the other aide of the yards. beyni<\
Habited afreet, with her mother urn)
sisters. In a single basement room-
tor Mikolas had recently loot one hand
from blood poisoning, and their mar
riage had been put off forever. Tho
door of tbe room was In the rear,
reached by a narrow court, and Jurgls
saw a light In the window and heard
something frying aa he passed; he
knocked, half expecting that Oua
would anawer.
Instead, there was one of Jadvyga'e
little sisters, who gazed at him through
a crack In the door. "Where's Ona?"
he demanded, and tha Child looked at
him In perplexity. "Ona?" aha said.
"Yes," s.ild Jurgls. "Isn't she here?"
"No." said tho child, and Jurgls gave
a start. A moment later, came Jad-
vyga. psorfag ong the child’s hsad.
When she saw who It wss she sll>)
around out of sight, for she was not
quite dressed. Jurgls must excuse her,
she began, her mother was vary III—
“Ona Isn't here?" Jurgls domanded,
too alarmed to wait for her to finish.
"Why, no," said Jadvyga. "Whaf
made you think she would be here?
Had she said ehe was coming?"
"No." h- answered. "But she hasn't
come home—and I thought she would
be here the same as before.”
"As before?" echoed Jadvyga in per
plexity.
"The time ehe epent the night here,"
said Jurgls.
"There must be some mistake," aba
answered quickly. "Ona has never
spent the night here."
He was only hnlf nblo to realise hot'
words. "Why—why*'— he exclaimed.
Two weeks ago, Jadvyga! (the told
me so—the night it snowed and lAe
could not get home."
"There must be some mistake,'
clsred the girl again; "she didn't come
here."
Ho steadied himself by the doonlll,
and Jadvyga In her anxiety—for oho
was fond of Ona—opened the door
wide, folding Imr Jacket across h*r
throat. "Are you sure you didn't mis
understand her?” sho cried. "She must
hove meant somewhere else. Sha"—
•She said here," Insisted Jurgls. "She
told me nil about you, and how you
were, and wliat you said. Are you
sure? You hnvon't forgotten? You
weren't away?"
No, no!" ehe exclaimed—and then
came a peovlih voice—"JxjIvykh. you
are giving the baby a cold. Shut the
door!" Jurgle stood for half a minute
more. stammering his perplexity
through an eighth of an Inch of crack,
and then, es there was really nothing
more to be said, he excused himself
and went away.
He walked on half dazed, without
knowing where he went- Ona hnd de-
i out ehwer'
t. bite's eo weak. Jur-
When SM
"Kouu after you left this morulas," sold
ItsMets.
"And hns she been out stheeV
"No, of course not
tin. -Ill
And be set bis teeth bard together. "Yea
■ re l/lag to ide." be sold.
l.lsfdeis -i ii led ami turned pale. “Why?
she united. -What do yoo uiean?"
Hat Jurgls did uot answer, lie tdtshei.
tier ankle nnd strode to tbe lied room door
noil opened It.
Una waa sitting on tbs bed. Sbe turned
a -t.nlie,i took upon blui as be entered,
lie cloned ttw door la Ultldcta'a face and
went toward bla rrlie. "Wbcre have yen
been?" bn demanded.
Sbe bod bee bands elaaped tightly In
her lop. and be «w tbst lu-r fuee waa se
w Ml. L- III, I . i end 'll I', II " 11 ’.i | .4111 - ■
ges|ied ouce nr twice an rbe tried to am
SWOT him. nnd then began. aneiiUng law
and swiftly: "Jurats. 1 — 1 think I line
Ini'll out of nn mind. I stalled to room
lust nlitbt, and I costa net tin I the way
I walked- I walked all idabt. I tbluk. and
-end I only get borne—this murulug.'
••too needed e tvet." be aatil. In ■ bzrd
me. "tt'hy did yon go oot egalut"
lie was looking tier fairly la tbe fare.
„jd be eoald rend tbe SOnd a a feer aril
wild uneerlnlnty (bat leaped turn Iter eye*.
"' ' bad In go to—te the elore^ site
idle
nielli. Olid toll hadn't.
last night- »
tea had been when
Msrrim dewater ... . t
eIT the ear. where were yna?"
It was aa If ue bad atuelc a knife Into |
her. Hhe nn in I to go all te pli--ca. for
it half second ah* stand, reellua and away i
lag, staring nt him wtfn bormr In Iter eyes;
then, with n cry of nuxulab. ahe loitered I
forward, stretching out her anus to bint
ted, almost In a whisper;
M l-1"
go to—'
"You are lying to me." said Jurats.
Then lie clenched Ida htttids null took n
■ ■■■ y
step toward tier,
lie erlad. fiercely. .
that you hive to lie to met
int aro you doing
. — met"
"Jurats!" she exclsluied, sterling up la
frfgbt. "Ob, Jurats! bow ran you;"
Hut be stepped aside, dfllliemirly.
let her fall. Hhe e,night herself at th,
eld* of the lied, and then aank down. Imry
lag her face In her basils snd bursting lut,
frantic weeping.
Ttserw came one of those hysterica! eri--"
that had so often dlmnnyidi him Dm
ouDIhmI sad went, her flair mid sugnlsh
bllltdlur tllemselvee up lufo climaxes. Fa
rlulia Kails of ellodtou would , ouie
lug over her. slinking her aa the I
shakes the trees upon the lulls:
flit ate would uatrvr and throb with them —
It arpt aa If Howe dreadful thing
wlon or
oklntt In Jural,
cried again, n
Stop ||, I say
This
lime ahe heeled Mm
1|, ' I',' ' ' Il II I" I III, -lb III
g.iapliix so!it that wrenched nil
For s long minute she lay llm
motionless, ,111111 n eohl fear sel
Istntl. thinking that
npest i
rose op
h«r snd t«M»k of hrr. lur’
luring hrr. trsHntf nrr. ThU Thin; had
l»wi Wont tu JilrgU quit* hlui
Srtf; tint non h.» alnotl «vitli bl« Umi art
llftitly nnd bl« baud* Hint-bed. Site might
urern lll| atk» killed berwidf. but she obuitlil
not more hint this time- not an lu<*b. not
nu liit’li. ltevaoae ih«* aouiuJa alu* turtle set
hla IdoiMl to runnlny «**>!d ml bla ll|*«‘ to
«|Uh erltijr In aptle of hlinas*tr, he rma glad
of (he dhftalon when Teln Klstrfeta. pr,If*
trltli fright. of»rn«*d tbe d«M»r null rimheil
In: yoi be fumed upon ber with ou noth.
■||gg|Mha rrlrd. “g<* «•
til'd ii,- hr tin* nrui. mi l half
ber
atnf ( fa<vd On, crying:
Yet abe did not hear b ha—a be am* nt III
Il Ihe grip of I lie ll-ii'l. Jurgla could are
outstretched hi ml a. »hiklng and
ttvltrbln«’, r* a mini
l*ed at flit, like living
could ee* ctNtrulalre alintltirrli - . Ho
lier I tody and run through ber llinha. Hhe
waa aolitilng nnd < lioUluu-It waa na If them
were too utnuy an:io*U for oiN throat,
they rami* rbiialng each other, Uke wares
upon the aea. Than ber or Ire would liealn
to rlao Into arretiuia. louder mid londer
until It broke Into wild, horrible* peala of
Icnl> , Ii
Jurgls: jursi
U II ,1 i s I* "
lo bad to III-nil
nk. Nhe waa |i
be be
rd be
•Hare faith In no! IleOoi
"lloiler* whsilT* be cried.
I! I v. tin < I tli •* I ki<"
I I"' • ' • i' A ml .i
you did tib. Jurgla. id*’H«v.
fa f«*r tbe bc»t-lt fa’*—
fie ararfel fo •speak .'ignft
rtuiied ou frantically: beading
“If yoa will only dn It!
only—only believe u»e! It wn*
—I roui<ln‘t help It—It will bi
ilmine, pice
She und
no bnr
Ob, Juygie
bold nf him nnd wan trying
rnlao bermclf to l*n»k at him: he *-ould
fm l the ii.ilsl. <| ahakltu' nf b**r liundn nnd
th** licntliig nf th* l»>*« >111 alt** pi**M*i«*<l
mulnat hlui. Hb# unit n»f***l to entch one *»,
bla batela and frlp|M**l It roiivulalrclr, driiw*
lug It to l»*r /««•*• and bathing It In Iter
1. ir*. ' »III 1 1." < ue. I*«• Ii* V " in**:**
• »Md’* 1 >. t!i,. nnd Ic -Ii d In fury.
*1 Will
Bnt
ot!”
yon
HI ale* cliififf to him. walling nlni.fi
dfMprtlr: “Ob. Jural**, think hot
• ,|..| Hi It - til I'TII '.a 't YYlll
mill iin! Ob, no, you innat not do It! It
will drive mu tuad—It will kill ine— n". no.
Jurgla, I nni ernay—It la nothing.
nut really need to know. We am l*«* happy
—wa enn l«*ve each other Jn-t h«* mu ms*.
Ob, |>lf«iu*, Dtenae, believe
s, Hi' hw , Hioier, Hvlivn •*• ■ .
(('outlnned In ftaturday'a fleorglao.)
LITTLE BBT DEAD
AFTEB TAKING DRINK
celved him! Bhe had ll&l to him! And
what could It mean—whero ha,l she
been? Where was she now? Ho could
hnrvlly grasp tho thing—much lose try
to solre It; hut a hundred wild sur
mises cnme to him, n sense of Im
pending calamity overwhelmed him.
Bmint than wm nothin* !•>
do he went back to the time ofllre'to
watch again. He wnlted unlll nenrly
nn hour after seven, nnd then went to
the room where ona worked to make
Inquiries of Una'e "forolady." Th#
"forelndy," he found, had not yet
come; nil the lines of care that came
from down town were Mailed—there
had been an accident In the power
house, and no care had been running
since last night. Meantime, however,
the ham-wrappers wsre working uwny,
with aome one ala# In chargo of them.
The girl who answered Jurgla was
busy, and an ahe talked she looked to
eee If she wera being watched. Then
u man came up, wheeling a truck; he
knew Jurgle for One's husband, and
was curious about the mystery.
'Maybe I tie can kail euiuelblag te do
with It," he suggested—'"■eytie she bed
gone doWB-towa."
No." said Jartls. "she sever vest down-
towa."
I'rrtups set," said the man.
Bpeclil to the flrorgtsn. *
Newnun, Qa., July •.—On Sunday
night Eugene Crawford, tha little alx-
year-old son ot C. K Crajvford, living
near Kayeltevllle, died In convulalone
resulting, It ts Mated, from e v*i
small drink of whlaky.
Mr. Crawford’a wife ha* consump
tion and her physician prescribed raw
egga and whisky. On Saturday Mr.
Cradforvv sent to Atlanta by a neigh
bor to gel some corn whisky.
Mrs. Cradwford prepared some eggs
and whisky and took It. Heaving the
bottle on a dresser early Sunday
morning. Shortly afterward her little
son passed through the room. Seeing
the fertile, ho took a swallow of the
whisky. Ills mother stopped him be
fore he could take any large amount.
He went to the barn, und fell Into u
dozed nnd paralysed condition. He
wan taken to tbe house. A doctor wa*
lent for, but he never rallied.
AT THE THEATERS
tk« flrl at tw tpuka,
aud b« *l**u»4»n.'c»J qukkljr, “Wlwit du |r*Hi
know nNiut II y w •
Hut iIh* mu Itid MtB.tklt Iba liow 111
wntibluf him: kt at«rtc.| ou afsiu. |»u*bltif
bla trsrk. » don't know any thine nlHint
** bo nalfi. over bla abouidor. “How
m - :
abu«M I know 1
11..mi .It r*i«
up and duuu Ii
morning Ik* sea
lit wilt •Cla. .
inurtilng hi* staved lUeit*. with
of hla work. About noon h** went to tba
police station to make tmpilrl**, and then
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months ot June, July
ant' August the Seaboard Air Lino
Railway will operate on Its train le»r
lug Atlanta at S:»* p. m., every SAT
URDAY, a through sloeplng car to
Wilmington, N. C.', returning the
through sleeper will leave WII
tnlngton Thursday at 3:00 p.
in.. arriving In Atlautu nt
6:30 n. in., Friday. Arrangements
havo been tnndo with tho street rail
way people ot Wilmington to have
cars ready ot the depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to the hotels
at Wrlghtivlllu Be*ch. Baggugd will
ho chocked to destination. WEEK
END rate, good for five days. VS.S5;
SEASON tickets. 118.66.
SEABOARD.
At the Casino.
The week's engagement of ths Max
Hoffman Company Is approaching an
end nnd every person who lias visited
ths Casino this week has had a good
word ta say for the entertainment
which f* holding the board* of ths pop
ular summer theater. It Is to lie hoped
that the local mansgsment will find It
advisable to plsy the company a return
engagement In Atlanta this summer.
There will be three more perform
ances of this orgnntxntlon, Including the
usual matinee Saturday sffernonn.
For next week a vaudevlll bill of
great promts# Is announced. There
will be Apdsle's performing hears;
Lawrence Crane, the magician; Gary
Owen, the youngest comedian on ths
stage; Ham Elton, Just from old Eng
land with a lot of tricks In th# jug.
«Mng line; Greene nnd Werner, In their
urlgltial creation, "Babea In tba JUS-
ule," and the cameragraph with new
pictures.
Tliejilll Is madn up nf novtltlss and
feature acts und there Is abundant rea
son to expect a splendid vaudeville of
feting.
The sale <pf seats will be found at
the Grand box office as usual.
SENSATIONAL SUIT
AGAINST CLAIM AGENT
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
MAY YET BE REQULATED
A law long on the statate hooka ot
Georgia, but largely Inoperative through
lack of fund* to mak* It so, will b* re|
rived and made of forrs through a hill
to be Introduced In this legislature tu
provide the necessary money,
This stale ha* a statute requiring
county ordlnsarles lo have proper ap
paratus to teat the weight* and mrna-
urm of people doing business In all of
the counties. Home counties have
made the latv effective by furnishing
th* necessary testing apparatus, but!
PmNPwt lor fens* ears store.
■tie ws, walking eat Ashlasd svese*.
I The etreet nn hid l*-*uu rasslsg sgsla.
snd several passed him. PSraed to the
*ir|>« a IIh pr-ipl*. The slilht of tliras set
Jural, to tlllnklltif nsslll of tin- man's Sir-
rasthr remark; net hslf Isvofealarky he
fount lill.isrir WelrMog the rsre-wiili the
result that he gave a, sadden startled ei-
cluniitieu. atei el- i-i -l short In Ms i reeks.
The* he broke Ini# s rua. For s whale|
Mock he ton after the ear. only gif
wey* behind. Thai tnsly l.lni-k k
Sbule
Util*
bat with
m — [ ^ ______ ||(
'Ife 'wn«id.’hnow'fof eretMj' very area.
would get oat twa blurks ahrad
rd dews, and let tbe esr ge as.
smi he wee nut ashamed to shallow Her:
he sew her tarn ihe corner near their
hour, and then he n* sgsla. and saw her
for (is Mantes petted ap nnd down, bll
FOR COUNCIL.
respectfully anncunco myself e
candidate for council frem the Second
Ward, subject to the white primary on
August 22.
PRESS HUDDLESTON.
I respectfully announce myself S
candidate for council from the Third
ward, subject to the white primary on
August 22.
C. W. MANGUM.
made by the state fnr this ptirpoe.- s
maturity of the counties pay no atten
tion to ths act—ir they happen to know
It exlsfs.
The matter rams up through Inquiry
from some of the new counties, and
the bill to make an apporpriatlnn of
St.ftOO for this purpose will be Intro
duced. Whenever any question arise*
In many of the counties os to the ac
curacy of the weights or measures of
any firm there la no way of determin
ing th* facts.
If the law now on th* book* la mod*
effective such thing ms short weights
snd rasa surra In Georgia will ha un
known.
$2.88
MACON AND RETURN.
Via
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
N RIVER
BUT WAG RESCUED
Mpmfiitl to th** (Imritaii.
AuwiBta, On., July J, L. WflJofl,
n middle-aged man fn>m Bouth Caro
lina, attempted outride yesterday af
ternoon hem by tiding t«» Jump In tb»
Havnnnnh river. II* had been taking
Npedal to tbe (Jeorglan.
Augusta, Oa., July 0.—Quito a n-
aatlonal ault waa filed In the ofTIco < f
the clerk of the superior court here
-yesterday afternoon ngnlnst the str*«*t
railway, th® suit being filed by tho nt-
!•" II* \ " r< 1 \| 1 ml Ml - A • 1 •. 11.11 (’ll' 1-
ton, they alleging thnt they hnd horn
duped into signing away their right4
to a suit agnlnnt the road, by first,
Carlton being made drunk by ti. S.
Conklin and later by Mrs. Carlton !»*•-
Ing duped Into signing u paper thnt
she thought was for something else.
It iippenrs that th® son of tlw aged
. ' upl** V <H l.i! "<l I»y ■ niiilng In « M’lt.K't
with n live wire, and the old man, wh« w
he want to see the claim agent, Mr.
Conklin waa made drank, and In at*
ceptod it very smnll compromise nnd
signed up paper* to thnt effect. Tho
Mini h*-i v \ . ** | f * • 11 h\ n p« r mill \\ h'»in
she alleges to have pres* nted a pap**r
that waa to get a monument for tho
dead sun.
They have brought ault for
for the dead eon. and have made aonm
very startling allegations ngnlnst Mr.
Conklin.
RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR
DROWNED IN THE LAKE
ftperial to Tbe (leorgtan.
Greenville, ft. C.. July C—Van Ci
ton, a popular young rrstaui
proprietor of this city, was drown**'
the Ink® at Chick Springs late yc*
day afternoon.
tfperlal to Tbe
Victims Burned Badly.
Ide art followed a very bad dr
waa rescued all right and la safe.
Chattanooga, T« nn „ July
the four vlrtlma of the pow
slon of yeeterday --n the Hinv**ns"n
..1.11 l .ii ..r * >!#• Hi*• iMi**i n i iliwnv ne«r
i< «|.i. ,ti .1 ;t«i **r. • \< *-j ling K'l
111 •.»< ti:#•**, i " • mu' lu'i* from < ’itnadis
recently. All were ttadlv iBMbl nim*»4t
from head to foot. Mr. Allison will
probably lose his eyesight.
THREE GOVERNORS
nnd a host of depositor* with Two Million. Throo Hundred
Thousand Dollars to tholr credlL strotmly find ore sd
THE NEAL BANK.
Wns tint a;>|ulatcd a State Depository by the In'c Gov. W V. Alkl.i-
son, then by Ex-Governor Allen D. Candler, reappointed by him. 'h#u
nppotnted hy hi* inceetsor, Oovernor J. 31. Terrell, nlso ronm>n!nt#<l
by him. We aro so near the ten thousand lino accounts on our h'xi'xi
that wa aro aocouraced to reach out lor .
TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS.
It each one of our loyal patrons will tend us ono or more aoconnti
' • '* " M," l> II I .'lll-l 'll is Hiehlinq ns to Still furiII#
Increase our ablllly to aid Alerchanta, .Minufncturors and llonn
Builders.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
One Dollar starla an account with n little llone
nr with o book only. We allow Interest, compounded sc
tbe rate of
nnd book
dally, nt
THREE AND ONE-HALF FER CENT. FER ANNUM.
Account Grand Lodge K. of P. (Col
ored). Meetlrg, Macon, July 10-14.1906.
The Central of Oegrgls Railway will
•ell tickets to Macon and return, July
6 and 10, at rat* of one fare plus
25 cents from all points in Georgls.
Tickets limited to July IS, 1906.
W. H. FOGG. D. P. A.,
Atlanta, Gs.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
BY HIS COMPANION
hi— 1*1 tn Th# (k *1,0.
Newberry, B. r. July 6.—As th* re
sult of th* careless handling of I pw.
tol. Aaron Thuinas wan shot and In- if
slant ly hilled Wednesday night by 11
Aaron Wllsun, Both men are color
nr. t. mutt. e«i*i... h. c. c.iowai, am c»,»„
tranii.1 is, • i# u
More Goods Than
Room.
YVe have bought more good® than
wc have apace for, hence we are
I TOO CROWDED.
In order to reduce our stock we will CUT our profits
ONE-HALF on all BAGS AND SLIT CASES
for the next 10 days. If you are Bargain Seeking get
our prices before buying.
PINNACLE TRUNK MF6. CO.. 62 Peachtree SL
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