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JUNGLE
CHAPER IV (CONTINUED).
Over thl» document tlio family pored
low. while Ona spoiled out Its con
tent*. I* appeared tlint this house
„. ta jucil four room', besides a ba
Ent and that It might be bought ....
K'jOii the lot and all. Of this, only
■ atm) had to be paid down, the balance
1 Wine oald at the rate of $1: a month.
Slue were frightful sums, but then
,V,v were in America, where people
tinted about such without fear. They
I Mil learned that they would have to
*r! a rent of *9 a month for a flat, and
*J*’ re was no way of doing better,
inless the family of twelve was to exist
hi one or two rooms, as at present. If
Sev paid rent, of course, they might
i— forever, anil be no better off;
Whereas, If they could only meet the
«tra expense In the beginning, there
Would at last come a time when they
Would not have any rent to pay t~~
the rest of their lives. .
They figured It up. There was
Mttle left of the money belonging —
Tsia Elxbleta, and there was n little
lift to Jurgla. MnrIJa had about $50
sinned up somewhere In her stockings,
Uid Grandfather Anthony had part of
the money he had gotten for his farm.
If they all combined they would have
enough money to. make the first pay
Went; and If they had employment, si
Ihev could be sure of the future, 1
might really prove the best plan. I-
was of course, not a thing oven to be
talked of lightly; It was a thing they
would have to sift to the bottom. And
ret on the other hand. If they were go
[ns to make the venture, the Boone,
they did It the better; for were they
not paying rent nil the time, anil liv
ing In a most horrible way besides?
jurgls was used to dirt—there was
nothing could scars a man who had
been with a railroad gang, where one
could gather up the fleas off the floor
of the sleeping room by the handful.
But that sort of thing would not do for
ona. They must have a better place
of some sort very soon—Jurgls said It
with all the assurance of a man who
hid lust made a dollar and fifty-seven
cents In a single day. Jurgls was at
a loss to understand why, with wages
as they were, so many of the people
Of this district should live the way
they did. *
The next day, Marija went to see he*
"forelady," nnd was told to report th»
first of the week, and learn the busi
ngs of can painter. Marija went home,
singing out foud all the way, and was
just In tlms to Join Ona and her step
mother as they were setting out to
go and make inquiry, concerning the
house. That evening the three made
their report to the men—the thing was
altogether as represented In the circu
lar. or at any rate so the agent had
said. The houses lay to the south,
about a mile and a half from the
yards; they were wonderful bargains,
the gentleman had assured them—
personally, and for their own good.
He could do this, so he explained to
them, for the reason that he had him
self no Interest In their sale—he was
merely the agent for a company that
had built them. Theee were the last,
and the company was going out of
business, so If any one wlehed to take
advantage of this wonderful no-rent
plan, he would have to be very quick.
As a matter of fact, there was Just a
little uncertainty ns to whether there
was a slnglo houao left; for the agent
had taken «o many people to see them,
ami for all he knew the company
might have parted with the lashHee-
ing Teta Klxbletn's evident grief at
this news, he added, after »m» hesi
tation. that If they really Intended to
maktva purchase, he would send a tel
ephone message at hie own expense,
and have one of the house* kepL Bo
It had finally been aminged—and they
were to go and make tn Inspection
the following Sunday morning.’
That was Thursday, and all the rest
Of the week the killing-gang at
Brown's worked at full pressure, and
Jurgls cleared a dollar and ■eventy-
flve cents every day. That waa at the
rate of ten and one-half dollar* a ween,
or forty-five a month; Jurgls waa not
able to figure, except It waa a very
simple sum, but Ona waa like lightning
at such thing*. and ahe worked out
the problem for the family. Marija
and Jonas were each to pay sixteen
dollars a month board, and the old
man Insisted that he could do the
•ame as soon aa he got a pljce wnlcn
might bo any day now. That would,
make ninety-three dollars. Then Ma
rija and Jonaa were between tggm to
take n third share. In the houae, which
would leave only eight dollar* a month
for Jurgls to contribute to the pay
ment. So they would have eighty-
five dollar* a month—or, supposing
that Dede Antanaa did not get Work
at once, seventy dollar* a month—
which ought aurely to be sufficient tor
tho support of a family of twelve. -
An hour before the time on Sunday
morning the entire party aet out. They
hail the*addreaa written on a piece of
paper, which they showed to some one
now nnd then. It proved to be a long
mile and a half, but they walked it,
and half an hour or so later the ag*nt
put in an appearance. He waa a smooth
ami iiorld personage, elegantly dreaaeu
and he spoke .their language freely,
which gave him a great advantage In
deniing with them. He eacorted them
to the house, which waa one of a long
row of the typical frame dwelling* of
the neighborhood, where architecture
1* ft luxury that la dispensed with.
One’s heart sank, for the house waa
n»t as it waa shown In the picture;
the color scheme waa different, for one
thing, and then It did not seem quite
•o big. still. It waa freshly painted,
and made a considerable show. It waa
ail brand new, so the agent told them,
hut he talked so lnceaasntly thst they
were quite confused, and did not nave
time to ask many questions. There
w'-re an sorts of things they had maae
up their minds to Inquire about, but
w hen the time came they either forgot
them or lacked the courage. The other
houses in the row did not to oe
and few of them seemed to he
occupied. When they ventured to hint
*t this, the agent's reply was that the
purchasers would be moving in short
ly- To press the matter would have
•eemed to be doubting his word, snd
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never In their lives had any one ol
them ever spoken to a penion of the
clams called "gentleman” except with
deference and humility.
The house had a basement, about
two feet below- the street line, and a
atngle etory, about alx feet above It,
reached by a flight of stepa. In addl-
tlon there waa an attic, made by the
peak of the roof, and having one ,mall
window In earh end. The street In
front of the house was unpaved anil
unllghted. and the view from It con
sisted of a few exactly alml'ar hou.ee,
scattered here and there , won lota
grown up with dingy brown weeds. Tho
house Inside contained four .-noma,
plastered white; the basement waa hut
a frame, the walls being unplastered
and the floor not laid. The agent ex
plained that ths house, were built that
way, aa the purchasers generally pre
ferred to finish the basements to suit
their own taste. The attic was also
unfinished—the family had been figur
ing that In case of an emergency they
could rent this attic, but -they found
that there waa not even a floor, noth
ing but Joists, and beneath them the
lath and plaster of the celling below.
All of this, however, did not chill their
ardor as much as might have been ex
pected. because of the volubility of the
agent. There was no end to the ad
vantages of the houses, aa he set them
forth, and he was not silent for an In
stant; he showed them everything
down to the locks on the doors and the
catches on the windows, and how to
work them. He showed them'the sink
In the kitchen, with running water and
a faucet, something which Teta Elx-
bleta had never In her wildest dreams
hoped to possess. After a discovery
such as that It would have seemed un
grateful to find any fault, and so they
tried to shut their eyes to other de
fects.
Still they were peasant people, and
they hung on to their money by In
stinct; It was quite In vain that the
agent hinted at promptness—they
would see, they would see, they told
him, they could not decide until they
had had more time. And so they went
home again, and all day and evening
there were figuring and debating. It
waa an agony to them to have to make
up their minds In a matter such as
this. They never could agree all to
gether; there were so many arguments
upon each aide, and one would be ob
stinate, and no sooner would the reet
have convinced him than It would
transpire that hla arguments had
caused another to waver. Once. In the
evening, when they were all In har
mony, and the house waa as good aa
bought, Rsedvllae came In and upset
them again. Sxedvllas had no use for
property owning. He told them cruel
atorlea of people who had been done
to death In this "buying a home” swin
dle. They would be almost sure to get
Into a tight place and lose all their
money; and there was no end of ex
pense that one could never foresee, and
the houee might be good-for-nothing
from top to bottom—now waa a poor
man to know? Then, too, they would
swindle you with the contract—end
how waa a poor‘man to understand
anything about a contract? It was all
nothing but robbery, and there waa no
safety but In keeping out of It. And
pay rent? nsked Jurgls. Ah. yea, to
be sure, tho other answered, that, too,
was robbery. It was all robbery, for a
poor man. After hnlf an hour of such
depressing conversation they had their
minds quite made up that they had
been eared at the brink of a precipice;
but then Ssedvilae went away, and
Jonas, who was a sharp little man. re
minded them that the delicatessen bus
iness waa a failure, according to Its
proprietor, and that this might account
for his pessimistic views. Which, of
couree, reopened tho subject!
The controlling factor was that they
could not stay where they were—they
had to go somewhere. And when they
gave up the bouse plan and decided to
rent, the prospect of paying out nine
dollars a month forever they found
Juat aa hard td face. All day and all
night for nearly a whole week they
wrestled with the problem, and then
In the end Jurgls took the responsibil
ity. Brother Jonas had gotten hie, Job,
nnd waa pushing a truck In Durham s,
and the killing-gang at Brewn’x con
tinued to work early and late, so that
Jurgls grew more confident every hour,
more certain of h(j mastership. It
waa the kind of thing the man of the
family had to decide and carry through,
he told himself. Others might have
failed at It, but he was not the falling
kind—ha would ahow them how to do
It. He would work all day. and 1 all
night, too. If need be: he would never
rest until the houee was paid for and
his people had a home. Ho he told
them, and so In the end the decision
was made.
They had talksd about looking at
more houses before they made the pur
chase: but then they did not know
whore any more were, and they did
not know any way of finding out. The
one they had seen held the away In
their thoughts; whenever they thought
of themselves In a house. It wM tala
house that they thought of. .And aa
they went and told the iftnt that they
were ready to make tha agreement.
They knew, as an abstract proposi
tion. that In matters of business all
men are to be accounted llare: butthey
could not but have been Influenced by
all they had heard from the eloquent
agent, and were quite persuaded that
the house wee something they had rUn
a risk of losing by* their Belay. They
drew a deep breath when he told them
that they were still In time.
They were to come on the morrow,
and' he would have the. papers all
drawn up. Title matter of papers was
one In which Jurgle understood to the
full the need of caution; yet he could
not go himself—every one told him that
he could not get a holiday, and that
he might lose hla Job by asking. Bo
there waa nothing to be done but to
trust It to the women, with Ssedvl-
las, who promised to go with them,
jurgls spent a whole evening Impress
ing upon them the seriousness of the
occasion—and then finally, out of In
numerable hiding places about their
persons and In their
forth the precious wads of money, to
be dons up tightly In a llttls bag and
sewed fast In the lining of Teta Els-
bl Earty dl |n" the, morning they sallied
forth. Jurgls had given tKHL'iJJHS
Instructions and warned them against
so many perils that tha women were
quite pels with fright, and even *J>*
Imperturbable delicatessen vender, who
prided himself upon being a buslnere
Sun. was III at ease. The
hsd the deed all ready snd nv red
them to sit down and reed It,
8sedvllas proceeded to do-* painful
and laborious process during which
the agent drummed upon ‘^edesk. Teta
EJsbieta wan so embarrassed Hint the
perspiration came out upon her fore-
In bead*: tor W*« not this rfM*
.. much if to any plainly In th*
gentleman** tec* that they doabtod hla
honesty? Yet Jokubas Siedvllas_ read
SYNOPSIS OF. PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
vhlch ha* caused the government Investigation Into
tin actual Packlngtown romance.
•filling took place. The flrst chapter merely show*
who sees In him * hero. The wedding In *11 It*
ony 1b typical of Packlngtown. It end* at dawn
feature of the
The story of **The Jungle,** Upton Sinclair** novel,
tho methods employed by the beef trust, has Its origin In
In Ashland avenue—“back of the stock yards'*—the w*
n brond-shouldeml butcher being wedded to a young girl
grotesqueness is described In this chapter. The wedding c
when Jurgls and his bride, Ona, depart, sadly realising that tho contributions, which nr©
feast, will not nearly bear the expense of the ceremony.
Practically penniless, Jurgls tells hi* brido she shall not return to work In the packing house—he will work
early and late. He could not work harder, but the thought of seeing her contribute toward their support waa
abhorrent to him. _ • .. .
On arriving In Chicago, J. Szvedllas, n Lithuanian, who ran a delicatessen store In Packlngtowrt, guided
Jurgla, Ona. Marija and the remainder of the party through the stock yard*, after he had given them lodg
ing. In this section of the story the author reveals some of the things that have stortled the country. He
tells hou* a government Inspector, typical of his kind, sits nt the door of the freezing room nnd feels the glands
of the cattle for tuberculosis—but If one conversed with the inspector nnd heard Interesting things about cat
tle disease, the official would let a doxen bodies pass him withqut investigation. The method of preparation
of msat la vividly portrayed In this Installment, and even the simple-minded children of nature from Lithu
ania revolt against the conditions described nnd witnessed dally In the contaminated precincts of Packlngtown.
Marija, who “had nothing to take with her save her two brawny arms and the word 'Job,*'' had found
work In one of the smaller plants labeling nnd painting can*. The little coterie were happy nnd had but one
thing to bother them—the cost of living. Their board and lodging was costing too much. So they decided,
against the advice of Szedvilas who said th*y would be swindled, to i>uy a small house, dividing the owner
ship among them. \
“They could not but have been influenced by all they had heard from the eloquent agent," Saturday s
Installment of the story concludes, “and were quite persuaded the hquse was something they hsd run a risk of
losing by their delay. They drew a deep breath when tho agent told them they were still In time."
(Copyright, 1906. by Upton Sinclair. All rights reserved.)
and on; and presently there devel- other did
oped that he had good reason for do
ing so. For a horrible suspicion had
begun dawning In his mind: he knit
ted Ills brows more nnd more ns he
read. This was not a deed of sale at
ail, ad far as he could see—It provided
only ,for the renting of the property!
It was hard to tell, with (II thl, strange
legal Jargon, words he had never heard
before; but wob not this plain—"the
party of the flrst part hereby cove
nants and agrees to rent to the said
party of the second part!” And then
again—” a monthly rental of $1$ for a
period of eight years and four months!”
Then Sxedvllas took oil his spectacles
and looked at the agent and stammered
a. question.
The agent was most polite, and ex-
e lined that that was the usuhl formu-
I; that It was always arranged that
the property should be merely rented.
He kept trying to show- them some
thing In the nest paragraph; but Bzed-
vllaa could not get by the word "rent
al”—and when he translated It to Teta
Elxbleta, she, too. w»s thrown Into a
fright. They would not own the homo
at all, then, for nearly nine years! The
agent, with Infinite patience, began to
explain again: hut no explanation
would do,now. Elxbleta had (Irmly
fixed In her mind the last solemn warn
ing of Jurgls: ”If there Is anything
wrong, do not give him the mqney. but
go out end get a lawyer.” It was an
agonising moment, but-she sat In the
chair, her hands clenched like death,
and made a fearful efTort, summoning
all her powers, and gasped out her
purpose.
Jokubas translated her words. She
expectod the agent to fly Into a pas
sion. but he was, to her bewilder
ment, as ever Imperturbable; he even
offered to go and get a lawyer for her,
but she declined this. They went a
long way, on purpose to find a man who
would not be a confederate. Then let
any one Imagine their dismay when,
after half an hour, they come In with
a lawyer, and heard him greet the
agent by his flrst name!
Lawyer Read Dtsd, snd Thsy Were
V Trapped.
They fait that alt was lost; they eat
like prisoners summoned to hear the
reading of their death warrant. There
wai nothing more that they could do—
they were trapped! The lawyer read
over the deed, and when he had read It
he informod Sxedvllas that It was all
perfectly regular, that the deed was a
blank deed such as was often used In
those sales. And was the deed good
the old man asked—three hundred
dollars down, nnd the balance
at 112 a month, till the total of $1,500
had been paid? Yes, that was correct.
And It woe for the sale of such and
such a house—the houee and lot and
ovorythlng? Yes—and the lawyer
showed him where that wae all writ
ten. And It was all perfectly regular
—there wae no trick about It of any
sort? They were poor people, and this
was all they had In the world, and If
there was anything wrong thsy would
be ruined. And so Sxedvllas went on,
asking one trembling question after an
other, while the eyes of the women folk
were fixed on him In mute agony. They
could not understand what he was say
ing, but they* knew that upon It their
fate depended. And when at last he
had questioned until there woe no more
questioning to be done, and the time
came for them to make up their minds,
and either close the bargain or reject IL
It waa all that poor Teta Elxbleta could
do to keep from bursting Into tear*.
Jokubas had asked her It she wished
to sign; ho bad asked her twice—and
what could she say? How did she
know If this lawyer were telling the
truth—that he was not In the conspira
cy? And yet, how could the -say so—
what excuse oould ahe give? The eyes
of every one in the room were upon
her. awaiting her decision; and at last,
half blind with her tears, the began
fumbling In her Jacket, where she had
pinned the precious money. And she
brought If out nnd unwrapped It before
the men. All of this Ona saf watching
from a corner of the room, twisting her
hands together, meantime. In a fever
of fright. Ona longed to cry out and
tell her stepmother to stop, that It was
all a trap; but there seemed to be
something clutching her by the throat,
and she could not make.a sound. And ;
so Teta Elxbleta laid the money on the
table, and the agent picked It'up and I
counted It, end then wrote them a re
ceipt for It and passed them the deed.
Then he gave a sigh .of satisfaction,
and rose snd shdok hands with them <
all. atlll aa smooth and polite as at
the beginning. Ona had a dim "col
lection of the lawyer telling Bsedritas
that hie charge was a dollar, which
occasioned some debate, and more
agony; and then, after they had paid
that, too, they went out Into the street,
her stepmother clutching the dew! In
hrt- hand. They were so weak from
fright that they could not walk, but
had to sit down on the way.
Went Home With a Deadly Terror in
Souls.
So thsy went home with a deadly
terror gnawing at thetr souls; and that
evening Jurgle came home and heard
their etory, and that was the end. Jur-
S s was sure that they had been swln-
ed, and were ruined; and ha tore his
hair and cursed like a madman, swear
ing that he would kill the agent that
vwy night. In the end he seised the
neper and rushed out of the house, and
ill the way across the yards to Halsted
street. He dragged Szedvilas out from
his supper, end together they rushed
to consult another lawyer. When they
entered his office the lawyer sprang
up, for Jurgls looked like a craxy per
son. with flying hair and bloodshot
eyes. His companion explained the
situation, and the lawyer took tho mi
ner and began to read it. while Jurgla
stood clutching the desk with knotted
hands, trembling In every nerve.
Once or twice the
and asked a question
' not know
saying, but his eyes were flxed upon
the lawyer's fare, striving In an agony
of dread to read his mind. He sanr
the lawyer took up and laugh, and he
gave a gasp; the man said something
to Szedvilas, and Jurgls ttirnod upon
his friend, his heart almost stopping.
"He says It Is all right,” said Ssed-
vllas.
-All right I"
“Yes, he says It Is Just as It should
be,” and Jurgls, .In hie relief, dank
down Into a chair.
“Are you sure of It7” he gasped, nnd
made Sxedvllas translate question after
question. He could not hear It often
enough; he could not ask with enough
variations. Yes, they had bought tho
houae, they had really bought It. It
belonged to them, they had only to pay
the money nnd It would be all right.
Then Jurgls covored his face with his
hands, for there were tenre In hie eyes,
and he felt like a fool. But he had
had such a horrible fylght; strong man
as he was, it left him almost too weak
to stand up.
The lawyer explained that the rental
wae a form—the property woe said to
be merely rented until the Inst pay
ment had been niude, the purpose be
ing to make It easier to turn the party
nut If ho did not make the payments.
So long ns they paid, however, they
had nothing to fear, the house woe all
theirs.
Jurgls waa so grateful that he paid
the half dollar the lawyer asked with
out winking an ayetaah, and then rush
ed home to tell the news to the family.
He found Ona In a faint and the babies
screaming, anil tho whole house In an
uproar—for It hnd hern believed by all
that he had gone to murder the agent.
It waa hours before tho excitement
could be calmed; nnd all through that
cruel night Jurgls.would wake up now
and then and hear Onn and her step
mother In the next room, sobbing soft
ly to themselves.
chaptIr V.
They hnd bought their home. It
was hard for them to realise that tlm
wonderful house was theirs to movo
Into whenever they chose. They spent
all their time thinking about IL and
what they were going to put Into IL
As their week with Anlele was up In
three days, they lost no time In getting
ready. They had to mako some shift
to furnish It, and ever)' Instant of their
leleure was given to discussing this.
A person who hnd such a task be
fore him would not need to look very
far In Packlngtown—he hnd only to
walk up the avenue and rend the signs,
or get Into a street rar, to obtain full
Information ns to pretty much every
thing a human creature could need. It
was quite touching, the seal of people
to see that his health end happiness
were provided for. Did the person
wish to smoke? There was n little
discourse about cigars, showing him
exactly why the Thomas Jeffefson
Five-rent Perferlo waa tha only cigar
worthy of the name. Had he, on the
other hand, smoked too much? Here
waa a remedy for the smoking habit,
twenty-five doeee for a quarter and a
cure absolutely guaranteed In ten
doses. In Innumerable ways such as
this, the traveler found that somebody
had been busied to make smooth his
paths through the world, end to lot
him know what had been done for him.
In Packlngtown tho advertisements
had a atyla all of their own, adapted to
the peculiar population. One would
be tenderly solicitous. "Is your wife
paler’ It would Inquire. "Is shS dis
couraged, does she drag herself about
the house and find fault with every
thing? Why do you not tell her to try
Dr. Lanahan's.Llfe Preservers?" An
other would be Jocular In tone, slapping
you on the back, eo to speak. "Don't
be a chumn!" It would exclaim. "Oo
and get the Oollath Bunion Cure.”
"Oet a move on you I” would chime
In another. "It's easy, If you wear tha
Eureka Two-fifty Shoe.”
Among these Importunate eigne was
nqe that had caught the attention of
the family by Its pictures. It showed
two very pretty little birds building
themselves a home;' and Marija had three men ofld the oldest boy slept In
asked an acquaintance to read It to the other room, having nothing but
hammer, and a pound of nails. The
Inst were to bo driven Into the WS
of the kitchen and the bed rooms,
hang things an: and there waa a fat
ily discussion os to the place where
each one was to be driven. Then Jur-
gls would try to hammer, and hit 111
fingers because the hammer wax tie
small, and get mad because Ona had
refused to let him pay 15 cents more
nnd get a bigger hammer; nnd Ona
would bo Invltod tn try It hersolf. and
hurt her thumb, and cry out, which
necessitated the thumb's being kissed
by Jurgls. Finally, after every one had
had a try, the nails would be driven,
and something hung up. Jurgls had
come home with a big packing bog an
his head, and he sent Johns to get
another that he had bought. He meant
to take one side out Af these tomnr
row. and put shelves In them, and
make them Into bureaus and placet
tn keep things for the bed rooms. The
nest which had bean advertised had
not Included feathel* for quite H
many birds as there were In this fam
ily.
They had, of couree, put their dining
table In the kitchen, and the dining
room was used aa the bed room of
Teta Elxbleta and five of her chil
dren. She and the two youngest slept
In the only bed, and the other three
had a mattress on the floor. Ona and
her cousin dragged a mattress Into
the parlor and alspt at night, and the
.her. nnd told them that It related to
the fill nMilng of ,i 11■.11-• • ' I . il Ik i
year pool** It ran a ad mat on to say
that It could furnish all the necessary
feathers for a four-room nest for the
ludicrously small sum of seventy-five
dollars. The particularly Important
thing about this offer was that only a
small port of the money need bo had
at once—the rest one might pay a few
dollars every month. Our friends had
t,i lllll ■* 'lilt- flllllllmr. Ill* If u .!■ 11*
getting away from that; but their little
fund of money bed sunk eo low that
they could hardly get to sleep nt night,
and so they fled to this as their deliver
ance. There was more agony ami
another paper for Elxbleta to sign, and
then one night when Jurgle come home
he was told the breathless tidings that
the furniture hnd arrived and was
safely stowed In the house; a parlor
set of four pieces, a bedroom sot of
three pieces, a dining room table and
four chairs, a toilet set with beautiful
pink roees painted ell over It. an as
sortment or crockery, also with pink
roses—and so on. One of the plates In
the set had been found broken when
they unpacked IL and Ona was going
to the store the flrst thing In the
morning to. make them change It; also
they had promised three sauce pans,
and there had only two come, and did
Jurgls think that they were trying to
cheat them?
The next day they* wont to the
house: and when the men came from
work they ate a few hurried mouth-
full at Anlela'e, and then set to work
at the task of carrying their belong
ings to their new home. Tha distance
was In reality over two miles, but Jur
gla made two trlpa that night, earh
time with a huge pile of mattresses
and bedding on his head, with bundles
of clothing and bags and things tlod
up Inside. Anywhere else In Chicago
he would havo stood a good rhanro of
being nrrested; but the policemen In
I’acklngtown were apparently; used to
these Informal moving,, and contented
themselves with a cursory examination
now and then. It was quite wonderful
to see how fine the house looked, with
all tho things In IL even by the dim
light of a lamp: It was really home,
and almost ns exciting as the placard
had described It. Ona was fairly
dancing, nnd sho nnd Cousin Marija
took Jurgls by the arm and escorted
him from room to room, sitting In each
chair by turns, nnd then Insisting that
he should do tho same. One choir
squeaked with his great wclghb nnd
they screamed with fright, nnd woke
the baby nnd brought everybody run
ning. Altogether It tvns a grent day.
and tired as they were, Jurgls and Ona
sat up late, contented simply to hold
each other and gale In rupture about
the room. They were going to lie
married as soon aa they could got
everything settled, and a llttj? spare
money put by; and this waa to ba their
homo—that little room yonder would
be theirs!
It wns In truth a never-ending de-
light, the fixing up of this house. They
had no money to spend for the pleas
ure of attending, but there were a few
absolutely 'necessary Jhlnga, and tha
buying of these was a perpetual ad
venture for Ona. It must always be
done at nlghL so that Jurgla could go
10 cents, that was enough 7or an ex
pedition. On Saturday night, they
came home with a great basketful of
thlnn, and spread them out. on the
table! while every one stood around,
and the children climbed up on the
chairs, or howled to be lifted up to
see. There were sugar and salt and
tea and crackers, and a ran of bird and
a milk pall, and a scrubbing brush,
and a pair of shoes for the second old
est boy, and a can of oil and a tack
the very level floor to reet on for the
present. Even eo. however, they slept
soundly—It »as necessary for Teta
Klsblria to pound more than once on
the door at a quarter past 5 every
morning. She would have ready a
great pot full of steaming black cof
fee, and oatmeal and bread and smoked
sausages; and then she would fix them
thetr dinner nails with more thick
slices of bread with lard between them
—they could not aflord butter—and
some onions nnd a piece of cheese,
nnd so they would tramp away to
work.
This waa tha flmt time In hla life
that lie had ever really worked, It
seemed to Jurgls; It wns the flrst time
that he had ever had anything to do
which took all he had In him. Jur
gls lied stood with the rest up In Ibe
gallery nnd watched the men on the
killing beds, marveling at their speed
end power es If they had been wonder
ful machines; It somehow never oc
curred to one to think of the flesh anil
blood tide of It—that I*, not until he
actually got down Into the ptt and
took off his coat. Then he saw things
In a different light; he got nt the In
side of them. The pace they set here.
It was one that railed for every fac
ulty of a man—from the Instant the
flrst steer fell In the sounding of the
noon whistle, and again from half twist
1$ till heaven only knew what hour
In tho late nfternon or evening, there
was never one Instant's rest for a man
—for his hand or his eye or his brain.
Jurgls saw how they managed It: there
were portions of the work which de
termined the pare of the rest, nnd for
these they hod picked men whom they
paid high wages, and whom they
changed frequently. You might easily
pick out these pace-makers, for they
worked under the eye of the bosses
end they worked like men possessed.
This wee railed "speeding up the
gang," and If any inan rould not keep
up With the pace, there were hundreds
outside begging to try. ....
Yet Jurgls did not mind It: he rather
enjoyed It. It snved him the neces
sity of Hinging hie arms about end
fidgeting ns ho did In most work. , He
would lough to himself as he ran down
the line, darting a glance now and then
at tho mnn nlirnd of him. It was not
the pleasantest work one could think
of, but It wns necsssnry work: and
what more had a man the right to ask
than a chance to do aomethlng useful
nnd tn get good pay for doing It?
So Jurgls thought, and so be spoke.
In his bold, free war: very much to
bis surprise, he found that It had a
tendency to get him Into trouble. For
most of the men here took a fearfully
different view of the thing. He was
lulls dismayed when he first began lo
find It out—that most of the men hat
ed their work. It seemed strange. It
wits even terrible, whtn you came to
find out the universality of sentiment;
hut It was certainly • the fact—they
hated their work. They hated the
bodies nnd they hated Ihe owners;
they hated the whole place, tho whole
neighborhood—even the whole city,
with en nil-inclusive hatred, bitter end
fierce. Women nnd little children
would fall to cursing about It: It was
■otten, rotten as hell—everythin* was
rotten. When Jurgle would ask them
what they meenL they would begin to
get auspicious and content themselves
with saying, “Never mind, you etny
here nnd see for yourself.” .
One of the first problem* that Jur-
S i run upon was ihat of the unions.
e had had no experience with unions,
nnd hs had to have It explained to him
that the men were banded together
for the purpose of fighting for their
rlghte. Jurgls asked them what they
meant by (heir rights, a question In
which h# was quite sincere, for he had
not any Idea of any rights thst he had,
except the right to hunt for a Job,
rally, h<
Sill.
Lild
told when he got It.
er, thlH harmless
nly iriftke IiIm fel-
h<‘ their temper* and
rill him; and
Irertly, nnd
i Irishman
h of Llthu-
I began to
• gath*-
•d that
"•ding
low* workingman lone th
call him a fool. Thorp
of tho Butcher Helpei
came to lee Jurgla to t
when Jurgla found th
that he would have to
of his money, he froze i
tin* iMf-gitte, who wni
and only knew a few* v
nnlnn, lost hi* temper
threaten him. In the
Into a fine rage, nnd
fldently plain that It w
than one Irishman to S<
union. Little by little h
the main thing the men
put a atop to thf habit
up;" they were trying their he t to
force a lessening of the pace, for there
were *ome. they said, who could not
keep up with It, whom It wan killing.
Hut Jurgl* had no sympathy with such
Idea* a* thl*—ho could do the work
himself, and no could the rest «>f them,
he declared, If they were good for any
thing. If they couldn't do It, let them
go somewhere el*e. Jurgls hnd n<»t
studied the books, and he would not
have known how to pronounce • lals-
sezfalre;’* but hs had been round the
world enough to know that a man has
to shift for himself In It. and that If he
gets the worst of It. there la nobody
to listen to him holler.
Yet there have been known to be
philosophers nnd plain men who swore
by Mnlthus In the books, ami would,
nevertheless, subscribe to a relief fund
In time of famine. It was the same with
Jurgls, who consigned the unfit to de
struction, while going about all day
•lek at heart becuuse of his poor old
father, who waa Pandering somewhere
In the yard* begging for n Minnie to
earn hi* bread. Old Antanaa hnd been
a worker ever alnre he we* a child;
he had run «way from home when he
wna 12 because hi* father bent hint f<»r
trying to learn to read. And he was
u faithful man, too; he wns a man
..ii h.ikI'I 'it-iii • • til..in- ft.r .i month, if
only yoo tied made him understand
what you wanted him to -do in the
meantime. And n-w IMM he whs,
worn out In soul and body, nnd with
no more place Id the world than a
sick dog. He hnd his home, ns It hap
pened, and some one who wouh*
for him If he never got a Job
hls son rould not help thinking
pose this had not been the cnH#$7
tanas Hudkus had been Into
building in I’ !• kingtow n b> tIiIm
nnd Into nearly every room; h
stood mornings among the cro
tint
An-
time
come to know hi* face and
to go home and give It up.
been likewise to all th* stores
saloon*, for n mile about, begging
some little thing t • *1 ■ nnd * v<
• i • 11 . \ ii.1.1 ..rtb-iftl him out, mo
time* with curses, nnd not onco t
■ i "i■ i 111lo .i-K 1,1,,, a .,u, Nil
(Continued In Tomorrow** (I
hnd
him
glan.)
INVOKE INFLUENCE
OF POPE OF ROME
Dy PH rats I<ce»ed ,\Vlre.
New York. Jurt* 26.—The domestic
Infelicities of Anna Gould, tho Amer
ican girl, who exchanged her fortune
of gold for the more or lens proud title
ol i'.i.uit, - l>e i 'jiMtellane, have, ac
cording to today’s cable advices from
Home, hern carried to that iouit of
Inst resort to those loyal to the t’ath-
o11* t'huich .1 ml 11^ tfM, lilngs the |**-
pal tribune at the Vatican.
There, In private audience with his
hollnesH, l*ope Plus X, the sister and
slstei in-law of t'ounteMM Anna have
pleaded tlmt the Influence of the
church he cztended In every way poa-
Mldt to prevent further acandal, to
protect their much abused sinter In
her marltnl rights and to preserve to
her the MjMtod-. ..f her three children,
which the l Much civil law, In the
event of her obtaining her divorce,
will give to her husband. Count llonl
Oe Ciatellan*.
In all the opposition to the dlv roe
Idea as the panacea for tho ccunteae’
troubles with tho count can be howi
the personality and the beliefs af MU*
II* b it Could SIm* h.i; In en unalter
ably opposed to divorce in general and
quite im ,.nc!\ .ipplled to th** i see
of her sister Is her views.
Ho, with the pope on her able, if he
will be, and Count Honl us well, b«ith
Paris nnd New York are asking them
selves tho question If the counters, aft-
• ! hii’-h.g bfi n to the foi relief,
will at the eleventh hour undo nil that
she ha* done.
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N*w Orleans, La^ June Ar
rangements have been made by ths
New Orleans Republican Club to e*-
tfbllsh ;• d.d l\ new “pa jar In this city,
there being bo Republican publication
*f tld- Mud In thf • Ifv at present.
The capital stock will be S260,000.
Pi* Mib i,» \. P Hryunt. of thf club,
says that the editor-In-chief will be
|mi Id 91.000 a JPSir Ml MM >«* the
paper grows. He believe* the paper
. , n |,f mud* .1 -u. . •
»id that h« 1
SHA
BATTLE
By Seventeenth U. S.
Infantry and Fifth
Regiment Infant
ry, N. G. of Ga.
ADMIS-oe (
SION '
530 P. M.
1,000 Soldiers, 50,000
Blank Cartridges, a
Battery of Artillery,
and a Gatling Gun.
Children Under 10 Yrs. Old
Admitted Free When Accompanied
by a Parent.
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