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