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TTIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
"THE JUNGLE”HERO, DESPERATE,TURI\S HOLD-UP MAN
CRIMINALS TEACH JURGIS HOW TO GET MONEY BY THEFT-MAKES APT PUPIL
Stock Yards’ Victim Serves Second Term in
Jail and Then Seeks Help of an Acquain
tance, Who Turns Out To Be a Thief
and Helps Him to Become One.
CHAPTER XXIV (CONTINUED).
(Copyright* 1906, by Upton Sinclair.
All right* reserved.)
The man ■ went out and cloud the
doer. Jurgis, who was aa aharp aa he.
observed that he took the key oyt of
the lock In order that he might peer
through the keyhole.
Marter Frederick turned to the table
(jeln. "Now," he said, "go for It.”
Jurgla gazed at him doubtlngly.
‘Eat!" cried tho other. “Pile In. ole
thapple!”
"Don’t you want anything?” Jurgla
asked.
“Ain’t hungry,” waa the reply—"only
thirsty. Kitty and me had aome candy
—you go on."
So Jurgla began, without further
parley. He ate aa with two shovels,
his fork In one hand and hla knife In
ihe other: when he once got started
his wolf hunger got the better of him,
and he did not atop for breath until
he had cleared every plate. "Gee-
whli!" aald the other, who had been
Hatching him in wonder.
Then he held Jurgla the* bottle.
"Lessee you drink now,” he aald; and
Jurgla took the bottle and turned It up
to hla mouth, and a wonderful un
earthly liquid ecataoy poured down hla
throat, tickling every nerve of him,
thrilling him with Joy. He drank the
rery last drop of It, and then he gave
vent to a long-drawn "Ah!"
••Good atuff. hey?” aald Freddie,
sympathetically; he had leaned back
the big chair, putting hla arm be
hind hla head, aiid~ gating at Jurgla.
And Jurgla gazed bs
back at him. He
was clad In apotleaa evening dreaa, waa
Freddie, and looked very handsome—
he waa a beautiful boy, with light
golden hair and the head of an Antl-
noaa. ’* ”' J " T 1
He amlled at Jurgla confidingly.
his blissful Insouciance. This time he
talked for ten minutes at a stretch,
and In the course of the ape
jurgis all of hla family history. Hla
big brother Charlie was In love with
the guileless maiden who played the
part of Little Bright-Eyes in "The
Kallph of Kamtschhatka." He had
been on the verge of marrying her
once, only the “guv-ner" had aworn to
disinherit him, and had presented him
with a sum that would stagger the
Imagination. Now Charlie had got
leave from college, and had gone away
t. kl. nulnmnhlla Tho "tniv'tlAr" hftd
the door was shut and the great castle
was dark and Impregnable. Then tho
icy teeth of the blast bit Into him. and
he turned and went away at a run.
When he stopped again It waa be
cause he was coming to frequented
streets and did not wish to attract at-
t**n11.,n. In spite of Hint last humllla-
tlon, his heart was thumping fast with
triumph. He hud come out ahead on
that deal! He put his hand Into his
trousers' pocket every now and then, to
make sure that the precious hundred-
dollar bill was still there.
Tot he waa In a plight—a curious
and even dreadful plight, when he
came to realize It. He had not a sin
gle cent but that one bill! And he
had to And aome shelter that night
he had to change It!
Jurgla spent half an hour walking
and debating the problem. There was
no one he could gb to for help—he had
to manage It all alone. To get
me under the bar. Touse had better
call the wagon. Billy
"No," said tho officer, "he’s got no
more light In him, I guess—and he's
only got a block to go.” He twisted
his hand In Jurgis’ collar and Jerked
at him. "Git up here, you!" he com
manded.
But Jurgis did not.move, and the
bartender went behind the bar, and.
nfter stowing the hundred-dollsr blit
away In a safe hiding place, came and
en. as the latter began* to moan
feebly, the policeman got him to his
feet and dragged him ont of the place.
n house was Just around the
changed In a lodging house would be
“ ike his life In hla hands—he would
to ta!
almost certainly be robbed and per.
hape murdered, before morning. He
might go to aome hotel or railroad
depot and ask to have It changed, but
tvhat would they think, seeing a "bum"
like him with a hundred dollars? He
would probably be arrested If he tried
It, and what story could be tell? On
the morrow Freddie Jonea would dis
cover hla loss, and there would be a
hunt for him, and he would lose the
money. The only other plan he could
think of was to try In a saloon. He
might pay them to change It, If it
could not be donq/Otherwlse.
iuld not be done-otherwise.
He began peering Into, places as ho
walked; he passed several as being
too crowded; then finally chancing
upon one where the bartender was all
alone, he gripped his hands In sudden
resolution and went In.
Can you change me a hundred-dol-
in his automobile. The "guv’ner” had
made threats to disinherit anothet of
his children also, Sister Gwendolin, who
had married an Italian marquis with -
string of titles and a duelling record.
They lived In his chateau, or rather
had, until he had taken to firing the
breakfast dishes at her; then she had
cabled for help, and the old gentleman
had gone over to find out what were
his grace's terms. So they had left
Freddie all alone, and he with less than
12,000 In hls.iiocket! Freddie was up
In arms and meant serious business,
as they would find In the end—If there
was no other way of brlbglng them to
. kl> I'Vlltana" tvlra
terms he would have his "Kittens” wire
that she was about to marry him and
see whnt happened then.
So the cheerful youngster rattled on
until he was tired out. He smiled his
sweetest smile at Jurgis, and then he
closed hla eyes, sleepily. Then he
opened them again and smiled once
more, and finally closed them and for
got to open them.
For several minutes Jurgis sat per
fectly motionless watching him, and
revelling In the strange sensations of
the champagne. 'Once he stirred and
the dog growled; after that he sat al
most holding his breath—untjl after a
while the door ppened softly and the
butler came In.
He walked toward Jurgis upon tiptoe,
owllng at him: and Jurgis rose up
end retreated, scowling back. So un
til he was against the wall, and then
the hutler came close; and pointed to
ward Ihe door. "Get out of hi
whispered.
Jurgis hesitated, giving a glance at
Freddie, who was snoring softly. "If
you do,” hissed the butler, "I’ll mash
your face for you before you get out of
here!”
dnd Jurgis wavered but an Instant
more. He saw "Admiral Dewey"
coming up behind the man and
. started to
ward the door. /
They went out without a sound, and
down the great echoing staircase, and
through the dark hall. At the front
floor he paused and the -butler strode
«» up to him.
"Hold up your hands," he snarled.
Jurgis took a step back, clinching hit
“o well flat.
What for?" he cried: and then un
derstanding that the fellow proposed
to search him, he answered: "I'll see
you In hell first."
"Do you want to go to Jail?" de
manded the butler, menacingly.
have the police”—
"Have ’eni!” roared Jurgis. with
nerce passion. "But you won’t put
your hands on me till you do! I
haven’t touched anything In your
damned house, and ill not have
touch me!"
So the butler, who was terrified lest
* young master should waken,
•topped suddenly to the door, and
opened It. "Get out of here!” he said;
aod then, ts Jurgla passed through the
opening, he gave him a ferocious kick
that sent him down the great stone
•'eps at a run, and landed him sprawl-
‘"g In the snow at the bottom.
CHAPTER XXV.
Jurgis got up, wild with rage: but
Diamonds.
We are talking Diamonds
nearly every day now, be
cause we have something un
usual in stock and in values
'or you.
. A new and magnificent
importation, bought abroad
at first hand, is the basis of
0l, r Diamond talk.
Gome in and see these
stones.
M a i e r
& Berkele.
The bartender was a big, husky fol
low, with the Jew of a prise fighter,
and a three weeks’ stubble of hair upon
He stared at Jurgis. "What’s that
youse say?” he demanded.
”1 said, could you change me a hun-
dred-dollar binr
"Where’d youse get It?” he Inquired
Incredulously.
"Never mind," said Jurgis, ‘Tve got
It. and I want It changed. I’ll pay you
If you’ll do It.
The other stared at him hard. "Dem
me see It," he sold.
"Will you change It?" Jurgis de
manded, gripping it tightly In his
"How the hell can I know If it's good
or not?” retorted the bartender.
“Whatcher take me for, hey?"
Then Jurgis slowly and warily ap
proached him; he took out the bill, and
tumbled It for a moment, while tho
man stared at him. with hostile eyes
across the counter. Then finally he
handed It over.
The other took It and began to ex
amine It; he smoothed It between tils
fingers, and he held It up to the light;
he turned It over, and upside down and
geway*. It was new and rather, stiff
_.id that made him dubious. Jurgis
was watching him like a cat all tho
time.
Humph,” he said, finally, and gazed
at the stranger, sizing him up—a rag
ged, ill-smelling, tramp, with no over
coat and one arm In a sling—and n
hundred-dollar bill! "Want to buy
anything?" he demanded.
"Yes," said Jurgis,
of beer.**
’All right," said the other, "I'll
change It." And he put the bill In his
pocket and poured Jurgis out a glass
of beer and set It on the counter. Th
he turned to tho cash register and
punched up five cents, and began to
pull money out of the drawer, jlnally,
he faced Jurgis, counting ont—two
dimes, a quarter and fifty cents.
"There," he said.
For a second Jurgis waited, expect-
In. "My nlnety-
The station
corner, and so In a few minutes Jurgis
waa In a cell.
He spent half the night lying un
conscious, and the balance moaning In
torment, with a blinding headache and
a racking thirst. Now and then he
cried aloud for a drink of water, but
there waa no one to-hear him. There
were others In that ahme station house
with, spilt heads and a fever; there
were hundreds of them In the great
city, and tens of thousands of them In
the great land, and there was no one to
hear any of them.
In the morning Jurgla waa given a
cup of water and a piece of bread,
and then hustled Into a patrol wagon
He sat In the pen with
era until hla turn came.
The bartender—who proved to be n
stand. He took the'oath and told
atory. The prisoner had come Into hla
saloon after midnight, fighting drunk,
and had ordered a glass of beer and
tendered a dollar bill In payment. He
had boen gtVon ninety-five cents
change, and hnd demanded ninety-nine
dollars more, and before the plaintiff
"ill.I even answer lind liurlril the glass
at him and then attacked him with a
bottle of bitters and nearly wrecked
the place.
Then the prisoner wns sworn—n for
lorn object, haggard and unshorn, with
an arm dons up In a filthy bandage, a
cheek and head cut and bloody, and
one eye purplish black and entirely
closed. "What havo you to say for
yourself?" queried the magistrate.
“Your Honor,” said Jurgis, "I went
Into his place and asked the man If ho
could change me a hunilred-dollar bill.
Jd he would If I bought
And he seu _ __
drink. I gave him the bill and then
he wouldn't glvo me the change.”
The magistrate was staring nt him In
perplexity. "You gavo him a hundred-
il.dlnr bill?” lie <xiln I moil.
"Yes, your Honor," said Jurgis.
"Where did you get It?”
"A man gave It to me, your Honor.”
"A man? What man, and what for?”
“A young man I met upon the street,
your Honor. I had been begging."
There waa a titter In the court room;
the officer who was holding Jurgla put
up his hand to hide a smile, and the
magistrate smiled without trying to
hide It. "It’s true, your Honor! ” cried
UPTON SINCLAIR.
Author of “The Jungle.”
and then the two dodged Into the she!- arguing and take Jurgla nut and Infru-
ter of an nren M*'i» and hid In silence ! dues Mui to the, saloons and resorts
Pretty aoon a man rnme hy. a work- [where tne Mg crooks and "hold-up
Ing mnn. and they let him go. Then men" hung out.
after a long Interval came the heavy ) And so Jurgis got a gllmt.se of th*
tread of a policeman, nml they held I high-class criminal w orld of Chicago,
their breath lilt he wns gone Though |The city, which wns owned hy nn oil-
half frozen, they wnttrd a full quarter gtrrhy of business man, being noml-
of an hour after that—and then again | nally ruled by the people, a huge army
• .inn* t Mlst-I", V i’Mt.m l.il-klv lot *.f Rolfi mis for the purpose
one stole out a* silently n* u shadow | of effecting the transfer .if power.
eeond later Jurgla
U|J and a stifled ery. lie was only a
uple of feet behind, and he leaped to
Duane
and
thu.
•ML
atop the man's mouth, while
held him fnat by (lie arms, aa they had
agreed. But the man waa limp and
showed a tendency to fall, and so Jur
ats had only t" hold him hy the collar
while the other, with swift fingers,
went through lit* pockets—ripping open
.. . >m |
first his overcoat, anti then hit coat,
then hla vest, scorching Inilde and out
side, and transferring Ihe contents Into
hla own pockets. At laat, after feeling
of the man's Angry* and In hi* neck
tie, Dunne whls|«ered, "Thnt’a all!" and
they dragged him to the area and drop
ped him In. Then Jurgis went one way
nnd his friend Ibe other, walking
briskly.
The Intter arrived firat, nnd Jurgla
found him examining the "swag."
There waa n gold watch, for one thing,
with n chain nnd locket; there wns a
hand
■mail chftnge, and finally a
card case. This last Dunne opened
ou had been drinking as well an
begging laat night, had you* not?” In
quired the magistrate. «
Honor"—protested Jurgla.
„j.. No ’ J ' our
"You had not had anything to
drink?"
"Why, yes, your Honor, I had”—
“What did you have?”
i
I had a bottle of something—I don’
know what It ’ was—something that
U Thare waa again a laugh round the
court rdom, stopping suddenly aa the
magistrate looked up and frowned.
"Have you ever been arrested before?
he asked abruptly.
The question took Jurgis aback.
—I—" he stammered.
•Tell me the truth, now!" command
ed the other, sternly.
"Yes, your Honor, said Jurgla.
“How often?”
"Only once, your Honor.
"What for?”
“For knocking down my boa*, your
Honor. 1 waa working In the stock
yards, and he"— ,
T see," aald hi* honor; T gueaa that
will do. You ought to atop drinking If
you can't control yourself. Ten day*
and coats.. Next caae."
Jurgla gave vent to a cry of dismay,
Til take a glass
do
ing to see him turn ogal
nine dollars,” he aald.
"What ninety-nine dollars T
manded the bartender.
"My change!” he cried—“the n
my hundred!” . ,
"Go on,” said the bartender, “you re
nU And Jurgis stared at him with wild
eyes. For an Instant horror reigned In
him—black, paralyzing, awful horror,
clutching him at the heart; and then
came rage, In surging, blinding floods
—he screamed aloud, and seised the
glass and hurled It at the other's head.
The man ducked, and It missed him by
half an Inch; he roae again and faced
Jurgis, who waa vaulting over th* bar
with hla well one arm, and dealt him
a smashing blow In the face, hurling
him backward on the floor. Then, as
Jurgis scrambled, to hla feet again
and atnrted round the counter after
him, he shouted at the top of his voice,
^JurgleVetsed a bottle off the counter
aa he ran; and as the bartender made
a leap he hurled the missile at him
with all his frree. It Just grazed hh»
head, and shivered Into a thousand
pieces against the post of the door.
Then Jurgis started back, rashlng at
the man again Inthe middle oft he
room. This time, In his blind frenzy,
he came without a bottle, and that was
all the bartender wanted—he met him
halfway and floored him with a sledge-
hammer drive between the ****■
instant later the sereen doora flew
open, and two men rushed In—Juat aa
Jurgis waa getting to hie feet again,
foaming at the mouth with rage, and
trying to tear hla broken arm out of It*
b!i "Li>ok*out!" ahouted the bartender.
"He’s got a knife!" Then, seeing that
the two were disposed to Join In the
fray, he made another rush at Jurgla,
and knocked aside hls feeble defence
and aent him tumbling again, and the
three flung themselvesi upon him,.roll
ing and kicking him about the place.
A second later a policeman dashed
in. and the bartender yelled once more
—"Look out for hla knife! Jurgla
had fought himself half to hls knses,
when the policeman made a leap at
him, and cracked him across the face
...ast! ki. stluK Thnnrh the blow itM*
with hi* club. Though the blow stag
gered him. the wild beast frenzy s.l I
blazed In him, and he got to hls toot,
lunging Into the air. Then again the
club descended, full upon Ms head, and
he dropped like a log to the floor.
The barkeeper got up and put hls
hand to hls head. T thought I was
done for^ that time," be said. Did .he
CU “Don’t see anything, Jake,” said the
policeman. “What’s the matter with
1,1 "Just crazy drunk," said th* other.
■A lame duck, too—but he most got
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Ladies’
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Another lot of those beau
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50-Inch Black and Colored
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the policeman, who
i collar. He was
Jerked out of the way, Into a room
with the convicted prisoners, where
cut off suddenly by
seised him hy tni
he sat and wept like a child In hla Im
potent rage. It seemed monstrous to
film that policemen and Judges should
!m that policemen and Judges i
esteem hla word as nothing In com
parison with the bartender’s; poor Jur
gla could not know that the owner of
the saloon paid five dollars each week
to the policeman alone for Sunday
privileges and general favors—nor that
the pugilist bartender was one of th*
most trusted henchmen of th* Demo
cratic leader of th* dlstrlcL and had
helped only a few months befora to
hustle out a record-breaking vote as
a testimonial to the magistrate, who
had been made the tariet of odious
kid-gloved reformers.
or the second time. In hla turn
bling around he had hurt hla arm
again, and so could not work, but had
to be attended by ths physician. Also,
hi* head and eye had to be tied ui
hla head and eye had to be tied up—
and so he waa a pretty looking object
when, the second day after hlsarrlval.
he went out Into the exercise court and
feverishly—there were tetters and
checks, nnd two theater tickets, and nt
laat. In the back pari, n wad of bills.
He counted them—there was n twenty,
five tens, four fives and three ones.
Dunno drew n long breath. "That leta
us out!” he said.
After further examination they burn
ed the card case end lit contents, all
but the bills, nnd likewise the picture
of n little girl In the locket. Then Du
nne took the watch nnd trinkets down
stairs nnd came baric with IK. "Ths
old scoundrel said Ihe cose wns filled,"
he said. “It’s a lie, but he knows I
want the money."
They divided up the ipolli and Jur
gla got aa hla share 165 and some
rhange. He protested that It was too
much, but the other had agreed to di
vide even. That waa a good haul, he
said, better than the average.
When they got up In the morning,
Jurgis wee sent nut to buy a paper
twice a year, in the spring and fall
elections, millions of dollars were fur
nished by Ihe business men and ex-
K nded by this army; meetings "ere
Id and clever speakers were hired,
hands played and rockets sizzled, tons
of documents and reservoirs of drink*
were distributed, and teas of in.m*-
anda of votes were bought for cash.
And this nnny of graft had, of course,
to be maintained the year round. The
leaders and. organisers were main
tained by the buslnesn men. directly—
aldermen and legislators by mr-nns f
bribes, party officials out of the
all*.
■wyers In Ihe form ef snlsrle
tractors by means of Jobs, and news
paper proprietors and editors by ad
vertisement*. The rank and file, how
ever, were either foisted upon the city
or else lived off the populnn- directly.
There was Ihe police department, and
the fire and water department^ tMI
the whole balance of the rlvll list, front
the meanest office boy to the head of a
city department, and for the berd><
who could find no room in these, then,
waa the world of vlre and crime, there
was license to seduce, to swindle nnd
plunder and prey.
The law forbade Sunday drinking,
nnd this had delivered the saloon-
keepers Into the hands of the police,
id made an alllane* between them
necessary. It waa the same with tho
gambling house keeper and th- pool-
roem man, and the same with /tne
other mnn or woman who hnd a i
of getting "graft," nnd waa
pay over a share of It;
rlllln
. . the green-goods
man nnd the highwayman, the pick
pocket and the aneak thief and tho ro-
celver of stolen goods, the seller of
adulterated milk, of stale fruit and
diseased meat, the .proprietor of un
sanitary tenements, the fake doctor
and th* usurer, the beggar nnd the
"push-cart man," the prlso-flghter nml
th* prof ’
reading about It after
ward. "I had a pal that always did
It,” Duane remarked, laughing—“until
one day he read that he had left $3,000
In a lower Inside pocket of hls party’s
vest!”
There was n half-column account of
tho robbery—It waa evident that a gang
was operating In th* neighborhood,
said th* paper, for It wns the third
within a weak, and the police were ap
naurance agent, nnd he hnd lost $110
that did noi
encountered—Jack Duane!
The young fellow was so glad to aqa
Jurgla that he almost hugged him.
"And what la It—have you been
through a sausage machine?”
“Nn," said Jurgla;. "but I’ve been In
railroad wreck and n fight” And
then, while some of the other prisoners
gathered round, he told hie wild atory.
moat of them were Incredulous, but
Duane knew thnt Jurgla could never
have mado up euch a yam aa that.
mayb
they were alone; "but
taught you a lesson.’
I've learned some thing* since I saw
you last,” aald Jurgis, mournfully.
Then he explained how he had spent
the last summer “hoboing,” as the
phrase wo*. "And you?” he asked,
finally. “Have you been here
since?”
Lord, nol" said the other, ”1 only
nor niu in* uinvi* * winy
cam* In the day before yesterday. It’*
_ trumped-up charge—I’ve had
luck and can’t pay them what they
want. Why don’t you quit Chicago
Tve no piece to go,” laid jurgis,
""'•Neither have V replied th* other,
laughing lightly. "But we'll wait till
we get out and see."
In the Bridewell Jurgla mat few who
had been there th* lust time, but he
met scores of others, old and young, of
exactly the same sort. It waa . like
breakers upon a beach. There waa new
water, but the wave looked Just the
same. He strolled about and talked
with them, and the biggest of them
told tales of their prowess, while those
who were weaker, or younger and In
experienced gathered round and listen
ed In admiring silence. The last time
he woe there Jurgla had thought of
little but hls family; but now he woe
free to listen to these men and to
reallx* that he was one of them—that
their point of view was hla point of
view, and that th* way they kept them
selves-alive In the world was the way
he meant to do It In future.
And BO, when he waa turned out of
prison again, without a penny In hls
pocket, he went straight to Jock Du
ane. He went full of humility and
gratitude; for Duane was a gentleman
and a man with a profession—and It
was remarkable that he should be will
ing to throw In hi* lot with an humble
beggar and a tramp. Jurgla could
not we what help he could be to him;
he did not understand that a man like
himself—who could be treated to stand
by any on* who waa kind to him—was
as rare among criminals aa among any
other class of .men.
Duane was glad to see him; he was
without a cent of money, he aald, and
him get some.
I hls plan—
In fact he spent the day In laying bare
friend the criminal world of ths
to hls
city, and In showing him
how he
might earn himself a living In It. That
winter he would have a hard time, on
account of hls arm, and because of an
unwonted fit of activity of the police;
but so long as he was unknown to them
he would be safe If he were careful.
Here at "Papa" Hanson's (so they
called the old man who kept the dive)
he might rest at ease, for ”Ps
'apa* Han
son was "square”—would stand by him
so long ss he paid, and give him an
hour’s notice If there were to be a po
lice raid. Also Bownsteg, the pawn
broker, would buy anything he had for
a third of Its value, and guarantee to
keep It hidden for a year.
There was an oil stove In the little
cupboard of a room, andrihey Had some
supper; and then about II o’clock at
' night they sallied forth together, by a
rear entrance to the place; Duane arm
ed with a alungsbot. They came to a
residence district, and be sprang up a
lamp poet and turned out the light.
f t—
belong to him. lie hnd
chanced to have hls name miM M
hls shirt, otherwise he woold not have
been Identified yet. Hla assailant hnd
hit him too hard, and he wns suffering
from concussion of the brain; and nlso
hn hnd been half-frosen when found,
and would lose three fingers of hls
right hand. The enterprising newspa
per reporter had token all this Inform
atlon to hla family, and told how they
haul received IL
Since It was Jurgis' first experience
these details naturally caused him
some wnrrlment; liut tne other laughed
coolly—It was the way of the gnmc,
and there was no helping It. Before
long Jurgla would think no more of It
than they did In the yards »f knock
ing out n bullock. "It's a cose of us
or the other fellow, nnd I say the other
fellow every time," he observed.
"Btlll," said Jurgla reflectively, "he
never did us any harm.”
"He waa doing It to somebody as
hard as he could, you can be sure of
that,” said hls friend.
Dtiane had already explained to Jur
gla that If a man of their trade were
known he would have to work nil tho
time to satisfy the demands of ths po
lice. Therefore It would be better for
Jurgis to stay In hiding nnd never bo
seen in public with hls pal. Hut Jur
he professional slugger, the race track
tout,” and th* whit* slave agent. Alt
fil'd.
Idlng. In a couple of week* he wee
feeling strong ami beginning to use
hla arm, and then im m»t -tmui
It any longer. Duane had to give up
dink” or “Bath-house John,'* or
of that Ilk, were proprietor* of tho
most notorious dive* In Chicago, nml
also the “gray wolyea" of the chv
council, who gave away the atreeta t>f
the city to the bualnees men; nml
those who patronlaeil their place* wero 1
the gambler* and prtse-ftfhters who
set the law at defiance, nmi th.' burg
lars and hold-up men who ke pt tu*
whole city In terror. On election day
all these power* of vice and crime ware
one power; they could tell within l
per cent what tho vote of their dlatrlrt
would bo. and they could change It at
.1 n Imiir'H not 1* • •
A month ngo Jurgis had nil but
I>«*i Ih1i« fl of MlurvMtlon upon tin* Htreetn,
nnd now suddenly, an by tho gift of «i
nvigh’ key, In* hail entered into a world
whero money nnd all the good tiling*
of life camo freely. Ho wa* Intro
duced py hls friend to an Irlnlimnn
nmiiol "Murk" I lull.»rr»n, who wn* :i
politlc.il "u.iiki’t" nml on the ln«ldo
of thing*. Thl* man talked with Jur-
8 In for a while, and then told him thnt
■ ! ml 11 Ilffl** pin it hy u lilch u mnn
•ho looked UK.* a winking tmin might
iii:il •• Norn.* fl-jiHV iiioiifl’V, hut II W’iih a
•rlvato affair, and hnd to be kept quiet,
urgl* expressed himself nn agreeable, .
and the other took him that nfternoon :
(It w’ae Saturday) to a place where city .
laborer* wero being paid off. The pay- ■
master sot in a little booth, with n pile
of fliufl'Iopci hefut’o him, nnd two po
licemen standing by. Jurgis went, ac
cording to directions, and gave tho
name of “Michael O’Plaharty," nnd re
ceived nn envelope, which he took
mound the corner and delivered to,
Ilalloran, who waa waiting for him In
a saloon.
(Continued In Tomorrow** Georgian.)
r
THREE GOVERNORS
and a host of depositors with Two Million, Three Hundred end Fifty
Thousand Dollars to tbelr credit, strongly cndoriod
THE NEAL BANK.
Was first appointed a Stato Depository by the Into Gov. W. Y. Atkin
son. then by Ex-Governor Allon D. Candler, reappointed by him, then
appointed by hls successor. Governor J. M. Terrell, alio reappointed
by him. We are so near the ten thousand line of accounts on our
books that we are encouragod to reach out for
TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS.
If each one of our loyal patrons will send us one or more accounts
wo will soon havo the roll complote, thus enabling us to still further
Increaso our ability to aid Merchants, Manufacturers and Home
Bulldorg,
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Ono Dollar starts pn account with a little Home Bank and book
or with a hook only. We allow Interest, compounded scral-anuusUy,
at the rata of
THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM.
L N. THORNTON, hi,lint. W. t. MINNT. CllUw.. M. C CALDWllt. Ant.
If You Will See
SEAL OF ^
that this seal I* on every roll of
Roofing you buy, WE will see that
you get value received for your
money.
VULCANITE ROOFING Is a per
manent roofing, and not a make
shift. It I* put up one square to the
roll; easily applied, and I* recom
mended by the Xatfonal Hoard of
Underwriter* and Southeastern
Tariff Association. Take heed, you
need our roofing and we need your
patronage. “You can put it on.”
ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents,
29 and 31 South Forsyth StrosL
I. C CNICNTIILO, fr.lirf.it.
ATLANTA, GA.
A Nt IN, Sttrtttr,.
of thsse agsncles of corruption
banded together and Itagurd In blood
brotherhood with th* politician nnd ihn
police; more often than not thoy worn
on* and the same person—"Hlnky-
_