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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
AMERICAN DENTAL PARLORS
19 5 Peachtree Street, Atlaiti, 6a.
I oven ACHAUL A MAY.
Dr. C. C. NEEDHAM, Prop.
Rubber Plates
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Porcelain Crown....
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PAINLESS EXTRACTING
'TEETH CLEANED
Hours, 8 am. till 8 p.m.
Sunday, 9 a. m. till 4 p. m.
tVE TAKE IMPRESSION AND PUT IM YOUR TEETH SAME DAY.
$
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MP
FREE!
king of oil is peevish
B UI HE 'LL FA CE THE MUSIC
Dy WILLIAM HOSTER.
Sprclal Cable—Copyright.
Compelgne. Franco, July 16.—John
p Rockefeller w'll sail on July SO
for N w York. He la going back to
ftce the music. He announced today
the date on which he will sail.
Mr. Rockefeller knows that a war
rant and a subpena In civil suits await
him in the United States. According
to his friends he views the warrant as
•cite work in politics. Ho haa been
in communication with his lawyers and
vlll return to Cleveland Immediately
after landing. . .
• The past week has been hard on
America's richest man. Mrs. Strong,
his daughter, whom he came over to
, ef is not Improving. Mrs. Prentice,
his other daughter, Is taking treatment
St Carlsbad.
These conditions, together with the
feller that he has become peevish. The
moat significant Indication of his con
dition Is the way he played golf to
day. He was disastrously defeated,
and.this so aroused him that he had
■Dr. Blggar get after the French re
porters, who have been tracking him
as though they were taking part In a
good hunt. Dr. Blggar ordered the re
porters off the golf course today.
. Mr. Rockefeller has not been down In
town for three days. He disappointed
the local committee which had reserved
a place for him on the reviewing plat
form for the national fete. He has not
yet visited the Castle, Compelgne's
show place, and declined an Invttntlon
to visit the hospital. Hie talk U con
fined wholly to golf and health meas
ures.
On Saturday afternoon Mr. Rocke
feller attended the races. He was In
terested In the trotting events.
IT used to drive my own trotter on
warrant, have so unnerved Mr. Rocke- the Cleveland track," he said.
TO MKTJUESDAY
The Seventh Annual Con
vention To Be Held ha
Atlanta.
IMPORTANT FIGHT ON
From Thi’ee to Four Hun
dred Delegates and Mem-
hen Expected.
MRS. LESLIE CARIER-PA YNE
TO BE A M07HER-IN-LA W
oaooooaocKKHKiDoeioooiwooooo
d THREE PERSONS DIE
0 WHEN LAMP UPSETS.
0 By Trlvate Leased Wire.
0 Allentown, Pa, July 16.—At a
0 gathering of laborers at Fogels-
0 vllle Saturday night, at which
0 persons had been drinking, a
0 lamp was upset, setting Are to a
o boarding house. Eight frame
0 houses were destroyed, and
0 Stefan Evanovltch, aged 68, his
0 ton Michael, aged 24, and Mlch-
0 ael Tebuth, aged .,33, were
burned to death.
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POSTMASTER BEATEN
AND OFFICE LOOTED
By Private Leased Wire.
Baltimore, Md, July 16.—The post-
offlee at Glen Bernle, a station on the
Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line
railroad in Anno Arundel county, eight
miles from this city, wad robbed of
•bout 81.000 last night, the robbers
knocking senseless the acting postmas
ter, Adam Wlngert, whom they bound
tnd gagged before making good their
escape. There Is no clew to the rob
bers.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
OPEN FALL CAMPAIdN.
8peoi.ii to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala, Jfaly 18.—At Hillsboro,
Lawrence county, on Saturday after
noon, the opening of the Democratic
state senatorial campaign took place.
All of the Democratic candidates for
state senator were present and ad
dressed the voters of that place.
DtJOCH>O0O5OCKi0tXH5CK>t»tKiCKWO
RUSS CITY SCOURGED
‘BY A FIERCE FIRE.
»
o
O
0
O By Private Leased Wire.
a Nlshnl Novgorod, July 16.—A
lire which broke out here today
raged for si* hours before It
was checked. When It was
finally extinguished 23S houses
were destroyed and more than
It.nOO families htul boon rendered
homeless. The loss is placed at
84
8400,00(1.
WOUNDED ZULUS
WERE ALSO SLAIN
By Private Letted Wire.
Johannesburg, July 16.—'The Sunday
Times, describing the destruction of a
Zulu Impl In the Home Valley, says
the Loyal Levies so thoroughly com
pleted the work .of the Transvaal men
that they did not let even a wounded
Zulu escape.
Finding that the Zulus would not be
lieve that Chief Bambaata was dead,
his head was cut off and exhibited to
ttyem for two days. It was then burled.
UI Y WHITE CANDIDATE^
MAY BE NOMINATED.
Special, to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., July 16.—There is some
talk hero In Republican circles to the
affect that Frank F. Conway, of Mobile,
is likely to bo nominated by tho Re
publicans of Alabama for governor.
Conway belongs to that branch of the
party called tho Lily Whites.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, In con
vention hall of tho Kimball, the sev
enth annual convention of the Georgia
Retail Grocers* Association will be
held, two sessions dally, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in the
evening.
Whilo tho association la primarily
gomposed of grocers, it is not strictly
confined to that class, and, for this
reason the attendance Is expected to be
quite large. The officers are:
resident—J. W. Kilpatrick, Atlanta.
Vice-President—B. J. Fordf Bruns-
wtei:.
Treasurer—L. O. Tisdale, Fitzgerald.
^secretary—John Bratton, Atlanta.
Out-of-town members will begin ar
riving Monday afternoon, and from 300
to 4<»'| nre expected. The sessions will
all be very Interesting.
A strong fight will be waged against
the trading stamp concerns, the grocers
holding that the ;» per rent putd such
going far to wine out tho profits of
their business. In this connection two
measures have been Introduced, one
In the senate and one In the house, to
tux trading Mump companies and dial
ers in the Bame $500 per annum. The
retail grocers an* leading tin* Tight
against the trading stamp companies.
The association will also take up
the pure food bill and urge some strong
legislation. A. W. Farllnger, of At
lanta, chairman of the national com
mittee for the pure food bill, will make
a talk to the meeting. A number <>f
excellent papers will be read (hiring
the convention. Among the prominent
visitors from a distance will bo John
A. Green, of Cleveland, Ohio, president
of the National Retail Grocers’ Asso
ciation; J. A. Vanlloose, of Birming
ham, Ala., president of tho Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association; R. E.
Moore, organizer of the Georgia Retail
Grocers' Association; Fred Mason, of
New York, ex-secretary of the Na
tional Grocers' Association, and now
special representative of the Diamond
Match Company.
Congressman L. F. Livingston of the
Fifth district will probably make a talk
to the grocers, as he did some splendid
work in securing n national pure food
bill passed by congress.
TEXAS SENATORS
TO AID PRISONER
By Private Leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 16.—Judge Emery
postponed until tomorrow, sen
tence upon three men, convicted of
Dwindling a fanner on request of the
attorney for tho, accused, who stated
that a certmeate of good character
from Senators Bailey and Culberson,
of Texas, In the caso of John Smllle,
one of tho convicted men. would bo
procured.
Her Son is to Wed Miss Norma Munroe,
Daughter of the Late New York
Millionaire Publisher.
By l’rivst* I,on sod Wire.
. New York, July' 16.—Following Mrs,
Leslie Carter’s romantie marriage to
William Louis Payne, at Portsmouth,
N. II., comes the announcement today
of the engagement of her son, Ufille
Dudley Carter, 26 years old, to Miss
Nonna Leslie Munroe. TJte announce
ment was made at a dinner given by
young Carter. Young Carter said:
"W« are here to celebrate tho mar
riage of my mother and Mr. Payne, ns
you all know, and it strikes ine that
thero Is no occasion more fitting than
this in which to make an announce
ment which may surprise you."
He looked at Miss Munroe, smiled,
and continued:
'While you good people don't know
it. Miss Munroe ana I havo been en
gaged for three months and will be
married shortly. Mother doesn't know
a word about It, and It will be a deuce
of a surprise to her."
Miss Munroe at once admitted their
engagement, and the couple was show
ered with congratulations.
BELA8CO 8HOCKED CHICAGO^ ^
BY SUING FAIRBANKS
riago has revived tho story of her first
"angel" and the sad fate which he af
terward encountered. It was In tho
midst of her success in the "Heart of
Maryland" that David Belasco shocked
Chicago by suing N. K. Fairbanks,
millionaire manufacturer and Board of
Trade operator, for $60,000 for dra
matic lessons and stage culture given
to Mrs. Carter.
It then developed that soon after her
divorce she had gone to Mr. Fairbanks
and requested that he assist her In her
ambition to become an actress. He
consented and made a contract with
Belasco for stage tuition. He paid
large sums of money, and then ho and
the fair pupil had a misunderstanding^
Tho suit was not filed until several
years later. Tho notoriety hastened Mr.
Fairbanks'death. He fought the con
tention, but Judgment for a part of
tho money was given against him.
Leslie Carter Is now president of
the SouthBlde elevated rallwny. Ho is
quoted a millionaire, and has not re
married.
THREE GOVERNORS
and a host of depositors with Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars to their credit, strongly endorsed
THE NEAL BANK.
Wss first appointed a State Deoosltory by the late Gov. W. Y. Atkin
son. then by K* Governor Allen I). Candler, reappointed by him, then
appointed by bis successor. Governor J. M. Terrell, also reappointed
by him. We are so near the ten thousand lino of accounts on our
books that we are encouraged to reach out for
TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS.
If each one of our lojrsl patrons will send us one or more accounts
wo will soon hare the roll complain, thus enabling us to still further
Increase our Ability to aid Merchants, Manufacturers and Home
Builders.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
One DolUr starts, sn account with s little Home Bank and hook
or with n hook only. We allow Interest, compounded serai annually,
at the rato of
THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM.
V
L H. THORNTON, h.tldt.l, W. f. HURRY. CltHtr.. H. C. C41DWill. Rut. C.itf.r,
SEABOARD
DECUHES DIVIDEND
OF TWENTY PER CENT.
Rppclal to Tlio Georgina.*
Columbus, Go., July If.—At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of tho
Columbus Iron Works Company, held
Saturday, a dividend of SO per cent on
the capital stock was declared. This Is
almost unprecedented In the history of
Industrial development here and shows
to what* extent the business of this old
company has prospored.
A. J. Teoguo was re-elected presi
dent; W. M. Tengue, vice president,
and IL L Struppa, secretary and treas
urer.
MULE WAS-KILLED;
RIDER SURVIVED
FIRMER JIM SMITH AIR LINE RAILWAY
GETS AUSTIN CAMPAIGN
8pcelal to Tho Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., July 16.—A mule which
was being ridden by /a negro in tho
southern part of Limestone county was
killed by lightning Friday afternoon.
Tho lightning struck the mulo be
tween the ears, killing it Instantly, and
then passed down the mule's back, un
der the 8addel, burning the saddle bad
ly. Tho negro was not hurt, but was
so badly frightened that he had a fit
and Is said to be In a dangerous con
dition.
CORN AND COTTON CROP
HA8 BEEN DROWNED OUT
Special to Tbe Gcorglao.
Decatur, Ala., July 16.—Railroad men
say that tho rain of the post few
days extended from Chattanooga to
Memphis and from Nashville to Bir
mingham. That water Is standing In
tho cotton and com rows along the
railroad and In somo places tho crops
are almost drowned out.
- Hon. James 11. Smith, of Ogletliorpo, hns
commenced to whoop up bis campaign over
In nonh»*«ih* Crorglii, iiikI will K»*t busy
this week In earnest.
On Wodnesdny, July 11, at S o'clock In
tho afternoon, ho will address the voters
at CrnwfordTille, Taliaferro County;
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, be will
speak at Warrenton In Warren county.
Friday, at 11 o'clock In the morning, ho
will tell the voters a few things at Edgt
Hill, In Glascock county, pnu 8stnrdav
afternoon at 8 o’clock he will wind up a
fairly busy woek at Louisville In JetTer*
son county.
BEATEN TO DEATH
BY ANGRY ALIENS
By rrlrnte loosed Wtr*.
La Crosse, WIs., July 16.—With picks
ami shovels, <'lty Marshal John Isnors,
of Proscott, WIs., \vna murdered In a
crowd of thirty Italians, rallrond la
borers, lato yesterday while attempt
ing to make arrests for alleged viola
tions of tho stnto game law.
MAMMOTH CAR SHOPS
WILL 800N BE COMPLETED
Bpeclal to the Georgina.
Fitzgerald, July 18.—The enttro com
munlty Is dated over the prospects of
the early completion of the mammoth
railroad shops of the A., B. A A.,
which have been under construction
for severnl months.
Several Inrgo squads of workmen
wero nddsd to the construction force
tho past few days and others are on
the wny.
Whole train loads of brick, lime,
sand, lumber nnd other material ar
rive almost dally and aro consumed
In construction almost as rapidly, cre
ating of the shop site a perfect hlvo
of industry.
POPULAR ROUTE TO
Virginia Coast Resorts
Tho Princess Ann Hotel at Virginia Iloach, Vn., has passed
Into tho hands of a new company, nnd extensive Improvements
will bo mndo. Now management, excellent caterers, sea food
n spoclalty. Tho finest aurf on tho Atlantic const.
For rates, routos and schedules apply to ticket agents, or to
W. E. CHRISTIAN,
Asst. Gen’l Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
CHARLES B. RYAN,
Gen’l Pass. Agt., Portsmouth, Va.
CLAIMED 8HE WAS ROBBED
OF VALUABLE DIAMOND
Special to Tho Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., July 16.—A passenger
report etl at the union Btatlon hero that
on a Southern railroad train Saturday,
between Decatur and Tutcumbla, a
lady passenger, whoso name ho did not
learn, claimed oho was robbod of a dia
mond ring, valued at about $1,600. Ho
nays that tho car was searched, but
tho ring could not bo found. Ho stated
the train men had tho passengers
searched.
Popular Lady Dios.
Hporlal to Th* Georgian.
Hamilton. Ala., July 16.—Miss Hattie
Thorn, ono of tho most popular young
ladlos of Hamilton, died a few days ago
at tho residence of her father.
REV. HENRY APPOINTED
TO ATHENS CHURCH.
Hpoeltl to Tho Georgian.
Decatur, Ala^ July 16.—Bishop Hen
drix, of tho Southern ^othodlnt chunk,
has appointed Rov. W. O. Henry, for
some tlmo pnstor of tho Mttbodlst
i Inin h lit Tilnlty, t<» Hurried tho Into
Inniciitcil I»r. Anson West ns pastor of
tho Methodist church at Athens. Mr.
Homy pi»*firhod lit* valedictory sermon
ut Trinity Hundny and will go to Ath
ens at once.
hn
MILLION FOR TEMPERANCE.
Oy Private Leased Wire.
London, July 16.—Tho will of J<
Crowlo, a well known merchant of Lon
don, given II.lTiU.ooo for III" promotion
of temperance In England under th«
dim Mum 4.r the Wi'Hkvnn Methodist
conference, conditioned on tho churches
raising a llko sum within five years.
“JUNGLE” HERO’S NEW TORTURE-WITH BODY FREEZING, 1
HIS SOUL REBELS AS HE HEARS EVANGELIST PREACH
CHAPTER XXIII (Conllnutd.)
Th. market for ‘'litters' 1 was glutted
that afternoon, however, and there was
a. place for Jurgis. In all he had to
•pend six nickels In keeping a shelter
over him that frightful day, and then
It was just dark, and the station house
*ould not be open until midnight) At
the last place, however, there was a
bartender who knew him and liked
him, and let him doze at one of the
tables until the boss came back,'' and
>l«o, as he was going out, the man
«»ve him a tip—on the next block
there wee a religious revival of some
»wt. with preaching and singing, and
hundreds of hoboes would go there
for the ehelter and warmth.
Jurats went straightway and saw a
•Isn hung out, saying that tho door
would open at 7:60; then he walked,
or half ran, a block, and hid a while
m a doorway, and tHen ran again,
and SO on until the hour. At the end
he was all but frozen, and fought his
way In with the rest of the throng (at
the risk of having hls arm broken
Main), and got close to the Mg stove.
Byjj o'clock tbe place was so crowd'
fd that the speakers ought to have
•>«n nattered: the alslea were (Bled
naif.way up, and at the door men were
packed tight enough to walk upon.
There were' three elderly gentlemen
■n black upon the platform, and a
joung lady who played the piano In
■font. First thsy sang a hymn, and
then one of the three, a tall, smooth-
{haven man, very thin and wearing
blacif spectacles, began an address.
Jursls heard smatterings of It, for the
tsaaon that terror kept him awake—
he knew that he snored abominably,
—td to have been put out Just then
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would have been like a sentence of
death to him.
The evangelist was preaching "sin
and redemption,” the Infinite grace of
God and Hls pardon for human frailty.
He was very much In earneat, and he
meant well, but Jurgts, os he listened,
found hi* soul filled with hatred. What
did he know about sin and suffering—
with hls smooth, black coat and hls
neatly, starched .collar, bis body warm
M " ‘
struggling for their fives, msn at the
death-grapple with the demon powers
of hunger and cold! This, of course,
was unfair: but Jurgis felt that these
men were out of touch with the life
they discussed; that they were unfitted
to solve Its problems; nay, they them
selves were part of the problem—they
were part of the order established that
and Insolent possessore; they ,
hall, and a tire, and food and clothlni
and money, and so they might preael
to hungry men, and the hungry men
muet be humble and listen! They were
trying to save their souls—am
but a fool could fall to see that all
that was the matter with their aouls
was that they had not been able to get
a decent existence for thetr bodies?
At 11 the njeetlng closed, and the
desolate audience filed out Into the
snow, muttering curses upon- the few
traitors who had got repentance and
gone upon the platform. It was yet
an hour before the station house would
open, and Jurgis had no overcoat and
was weak from a long Illness. During
that hour he nearly perished. He was
obliged to run hard to keep hie blood
moving at all, and then he came back
to the station house and found a crowd
blocking the street before the door!
This wss In the month of January,
1904, when th# country wa* on the
verge of "hard times,” and the news
papers were reporting the shutting
down of factories svery day. It was
estimated that a million and a half of
men were thrown out of work before
the spring. So all the biding places
of the city were crowded, and before
tbe etatlon house door men fought and
tore each other like savage beasts.
When at last the place was Jammed
and they shut the doors half the crowd
was still outside: apd Jurgis, with hls
helpless arm, was among them. Thers
was no choice then but to go to a lodg
ing house and spend another dime. It
really broke hls heart to do this, at'
half-past 16 o'clock, after he had wast
ed the night at the meeting and on
the street. He would be turned out
of the lodging house promptly at.7—
they had the
shelves which served as
bunks"so contrived that they could b»
dropped, and any man who was slow
about obeying orders could be tumbled
to the door. . .. „ ..
This was one day. and the cold spell
lasted for fourteen of them. A*, the
end of six days every fent of Jurgis'
money was gone; and then be went out
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
The etory of "The Jungle," Upton Sinclair’s novel, which caused the government Investigation Into the
methods employed by the Beef Trust, line Its origin In nn actual Packlngtown romance.
A simple-minded coterie of Lithuanians arrive In Chicago, seeking employment, and are conducted to
Packlngtown by a friend. Jurgis, a giant In strength, Is betrothed to Ona, nnd the first chapter tells of the
wedding In all Its grotesqueness. After much tribulation the enttro fuinlly obtains work In the stockyards—
all but Ona. who, Jurgts said, should never work.
The terrlblo tale of the slaughter houses Is told with almost revolting detail—the filth, th* overworking
of hands, tho struggle to keep up with tho pacemakers. Is all vividly depicted. The Ilttlo family buys a houso
on the Instalment plan, only to And they have been swindled, nnd Ona Is forced to seek work to meot tho
actual living expenses nnd the Interest on the purchase contract, of which they lenrn too lute.
Just ns Ona nnd Jurgis pay MarIJa what they owe her, Jurgis turns hi* ankle and Is laid up for months.
Ills nature begins to change. Its becomes cross nnd savage with pain. Rtarvntlon stares tho fnnVIy In the f/ire.
Then Ona confenBes, under compulsion, that In order to save the entire family from flnnnclul destruction
and loss of Jobs, Connor, foreman of her department In the yards, had forced her to receive attentions from
him. Jurgis almost kills her. Then he rushes blindly to the yards and tries to kill Connor, sinking hls teeth
Into him, and Is dragged off by a dozen men. Jurgis Is then arrested, and spends Christmas Eve In prison,
awaiting trial.
Later he Is sentenced to thirty days In prison. Finally he Is released and return* to what wss ones hls
home. Another family haa If.
Jurgis traces hls family to a shanty to find hls wife dying. He seeks a midwife, who laughs In hls face
when he tells her ho has only a dollar and a quarter, but she Anally relents and goes with him. At the door of
the shanty MarIJa meets and entreats him to go away untf' the morning. Hs walks the streets all night, and
reaches home In the morning In tljne to close hls wlf '- -s In death. Then ho takes to drink In enmest.
Jurgis Is blacklisted In every packing house by Coin bat Anally obtains a Job with the Harvester Trust.
The department tn which he works closes down. Sturvutl- n again Is Imminent, but a philanthropic woman cnmo
to hls rescue and gets the Lllhuanlnn n Job In a steel factory. .Meanwhile the hero’s son has died, nnd ho Is left
practically alone In the world, with resentmont against conditions gradually growing stronger In him.
Copyright, 1906, by Upton Sinclair. All rights reserved.
on the streets to beg for hls life.
He would begin os soon as the busi
ness of tho city was moving. He would
sally forth from a saloon, and, after
making sure there was no policeman
In sight, would approach every like
ly-looking person who passed him,
telling hls woeful story and pleading
for a nickel or a dime. Then, when
he got one, he would dart round the
corner and return to hls base to get
warm; and hls victim, seeing him do
this, would go away, vowing that he
would never give a cent to a beggar
again.
The victim never paused to ask where
else Jurgis could have gone under the
circumstances—where he, the victim,
would have gone. At th* saloon Jurgts
could not only grt more food and bet
ter food than he could buy In any res
taurant for the same money, but a
drink In the bargain to warm him up.
Also he cbould And a comfortable seat
by a Are, and could chat with a com
panion until he was as warm as toast.
At the saloon, too, he felt at home.
Fart of the saloon keeper's business
wss to offer a home and refreshments
to beggars In exchange for the proceeds
Of their foragings; and was there any
one els* In the whole city who would
do this—would the victim have done It
himself?
f Poor Jurgts might have been expect
ed fo make a successful beggar. He
was Just out of the hospital, and des-
icrately slck-looklng, and w ith a help-
ess arm; also he had no overcoat, and
shivered pitifully. But, alas, It was
again the case of tbe honest merchant,
who Ands that the genuine nnd un
adulterated article Is driven t^fne wall
by the artistic counterfeit. Jurgis, as
a beggar, was simply a blundering
nmateur In competition with organized
nnd srlentlAc professionalism. He was
Just out of the hospital—but the story
was worn threadbare, and how could
he prove It? He had hls arm In a
•ding mid It WSS a dcvl'e u regular
beggar's little boy would have scorned.
He was pale and shivering—but they
were made up with cosmetics, and had
studied the art of chattering their
teeth.
As to hls being without an overcoat,
among them you would meet men you
could swear had on nothing but a
ragged linen duster and a pair of cotton
trousers—so clsveriy had they con
cealed the several suits of all-wool un
derwear beneath. Many of these pro
fessional mendicants had comfortable
homes, and families, and thousands of
dollars In tbs bank; some oT them had
retired upon their earnings, and gone
at the tnd*. ■ r „_
had both their arms bound tightly to
their sides, and padded stumps In
their sleeves, and a sick child hired to
carry a cup for them. There were
some who nad no legs, nnd pushed
themselves upon a wheeled platform-
some who had been favored with blind
ness, and were led by pretty little
dogs. ,
' CHAPTER XXIV.
In }h* face of all hls handicaps,
Jurgis was obliged to make the price
of a lodging and of a drink every hour
or.two, under penalty of freezing to
death. Day after dsy he roamed
about In the arctic cold, hls soul Ailed
full of bitterness and despair. He saw
the world of civilization then more
plainly than ever he had seen It be
fore; a world In which nothing count
ed but brutal might, nn order devised
by those who possessed It for the
subjugation of those who did not. He
was one of the latter; end all out
doors, all life, was to him one colossal
prison, which he pared like a pent-up
tiger, trying one bar after another, and
tln.llriK them .'ll l.-yui'l Mi power. II.
had lost In the Aerf* battle of greed,
ami so was doomed to bo extermi
nated; and all society was busied to
see he did not escape th* sentence.
Everywhere that he turned werv pris
on bars, and hostile eyes following
him: the well-fed, sleek policemen,
from whose glances he shrank, and
who seemed to grip thslr clubs more
tightly when tbsy saw him; tbs saloon
keepers, who never ceased to watch
him while he was In their places, who
were Jealous of svery moment he lin
gered after he had paid hls money;
the hurrying throngs upon the street,
who were deaf to hls entreaties, obliv
ious of hls very existence—and sav
age and contemptuous when he forced
himself upon them.
They had thslr own affairs, and thers
was no place for him among them.
There wasYio place for him anywhere
—every direction he turned hls gszs,
this fact w*s forced upon him. Every
thing was built to express It to him;
the residences, with thslr heavy walls
and bolted doors, and basement win
dows barred with Iron; tbs great ware-
houses. Ailed with the products of the
whole world, and guarded by Iron shut
ters and heavy gates; the banks with I
their unthinkable billions of wealth, all I
burled In safes and vaults of stceL
And then one day there befell Jur
gis the nno adventure of hls life. It
was Into at night, nnd he hnd failed
to get the price of a lodging. Know
war. falling, and he had been nut so
long that lie wne covered with it, nnd
wns chilled to the bone. He was
working among the theater crowds. Ai
ling here and there, taking Inrgo
chances with the police. In hls des
peration half hoping to be arrested,
when he saw a blue coat start toward
him, however, hls heart' failed him,
nnd he dashed down a side street and
Aed a couple of blocks. When he
etopped again he saw a man coming
toward htin, and placed himself In hls
path.
"Flense, sir," ho began, In the usual
formula, ''will you please give me th*
price of lodglngT I've lmd nn arm
broken and I can't work, and I’ve not
a cent In my pocket. I'm nn honeet
workingman, sir, and r never begged
before, it'e not my fault, sir"—
Jurgis usually went on until he was
Interrupted, but this man did not In
terrupt, and so at Inst he came to a
breathless stop. Tho other had halted,
nnd Jurgts suddenly noticed that he
stood a little unsteady. "Whuzzot you
say?" he queried suddenly. In a thick
voles,
Jurgis began ngaln, speaking more
slowly and distinctly: before he wns
half through the other put out hls hand
and rested It upon hie shoulder. "Poor
old chappie!" he said. "Been up—hlc—
up—against It, hey?"
Then he lurched toward Jurgis and
tho hand upon hls shoulder became sn
Arm nbout hls neck. "Up against it
myself, ole sport," he said. ' Hhc's a
hard ols world."
They were close to a lamp post? and
Jurgis got a glimpse of ths other. He
was a young fellow—not much over
eighteen, with a handsome boyish face.
He wore a silk hat and a rich soft over
coat with a fur collar, and he amllsd at
Jurgts with benignant sympathy. "I'm
hard up, too. my goo' fren’," he said.
I've got cruel parents, or I'd eat you
up. Whutsa matter whlxyer?"
‘Tv# been In th* hospital.” •
"Hospital!" exclaimed the young
fallow, still smiling sweetly, "thass too
bad I flams’s my Aunt Polly—hlc—
my Aunt Polly's In the hospital, too.
Whuszamatter whiz you?"
■Tv# got a broken arm"—Jurgis be
gan.
"Bo," said tbs other, sympathetically.
That ain’t so bad—you get over that.
I wish somebody's break my arm, ole
-damAdon't, Then they'* treat
er—hie—hole me up, ole sport!
Whuxzit you wamme do?"
"I'm hungry, sir," said Jurgis.
"Hungry! Why don't you hassome
•upper?"
Tv* got no money, sir."
‘No money! Ho, ho—less be chums,
ole boy—Jess like me! Nb money,
Ither—a'moet busted! Why don’t you
o home, then, same’s me?"
"I haven't any home,” sold Jurgis.
"No homo! Stranger In tho city, hey?
Ooo* God, thaee bad! Better come
homo wlx mo—yes, by Harry, thee* tho
trick, you'll como home an'hnssotne
supper—hlc—wlz me! Awful Innenmio
—nobody home! Guv’ncr gone abroad
—Bubby on'* honeymoon—every soul
gono nwny! Naff—hi*—nuff to drive
,i feller b, ili Ink : link ..!<• Ham Mnnd-
ln* by—datnArnn cat like that, no sir!
The c lub lot ev ei \ lime, my t*.y, r
-.i\ Hut then the) won't in eleep
it guv'ner'* i.rdere. by Harry —
home every night, sir! Ever hear any
thin' like that'.' Every roomin' do? I
asked him. 'No, sir, every night, or no
allowance at nil, sir.’ Thass my guv-
ijoi hi. It.ml in rifrlli, by ilarry!
Tolo ole Ham r watch roe, too ser
vants spyln' on me—whuzyer think
that, in \ ft .'ft' * \ tit. .pilot tile -
good-hearted young feller like me, an*
hls daddy can't go to Europe—llup’.—
an leave him In peace! Ain’t that a
-hu.no, --ii ■ ,\t.' I k dtor go home
every evenin' an' inlas all lit* fun, by
Barry! These whuxz.iinatter now —
thnee why I'm here! Haddn come awny
leave Kitty—hie—left her ervin',
too—whujja think of that, ole sport?
•Lemme go, Klttons,' eays , I—'come
early an’ often—I go where duts—hie —
calls me. Farewell, farewell, my own
true love—farewell, farewell, my-own-
tnn-lov#!'"
This last was a song, nnd the young
gentleman's voice rose mournful nn<l
walling, while he swung upon Jurgis'
neck. The latter wns glancing about
poll . u-lv. , lest - IP 1 should ap-
prpacb. They were still alone, how
ever,
“Hut I came all right, all right,” con
tinued the youngster, aggressively. “I
can—hlc—I can have my own way
when I want It. by Harry Freddie <
Jones Is a hard titan to handle when
he gets goln’t 'No, slr,‘ says I. 'by
thunder, and I don't need anybody suin’
hnm* with me, either—whujja take
for, hoy? Think I’m drunk, do
hey?—-1 ki B
cha.
Kit-
know you! But Fi
drunk than you ar*. Klttrns,' *05
her.* And then, nays she. ’Than
Freddie, dear* (She’s ur smart c
Kitty), *but I'm stayin’ In the fli
you'rr goln* out Into the cold,
night!' ‘Put It tn a pome, lov«lj
ty,' says I. T61 j Ul'i Fftddl
hoy/ says she, 'Lemme call a cab now,
like a good door* but I,cun call n.y
own cobs, dontehn fool yourself —I
know’ what I'm a-doin', you b«*t! Say,
my. fren’. watcha soy—wlllye come
home an' see me. an’ hassome supper?
Come 'long Ilk* a good feller—don’t bo
.kM'.: Y‘»•;'«4- up :is.iin*t it, samo
as jn#, an* you can igperatan’ a feller;
your heart** In the right place, by Har«
Tie ’long, ole chappie, an* we’ll
light up tho house, an’ have some flsz,
•* hell, e will—w hoop-la!
S’long’s I’m Inside the house I can do
pirate -tb#» guv’ner’s own very or*
b’Ood! Hip! hip!"
(CO ntlnued iu tomorrow's Georgian.^.