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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 STATUARY. Are you interested in >orkg of artf If so, you ill appreciate very much he choice gathering of tudies in our Art Rooms, lie purest Carara and aCs- ilian marble wrought into •nns of compelling beauty ud appealing grace. These studies are charm- lg for gifts as well as for iilual possession. MAIER & BERKELE. 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. REPUBLICAN DAILY WILL BE ESTABLISHED Hperial to The Oeorglsa. 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. PIEDMONT PARK