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. TTIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. W*El»V|:si».\V. JI'I.V It. I'VH. “THE JUNGLE” HERO, DESPERATEJURNS HOLD-UP MAN CRIMINALS. TEACH JURGIS HOW TO GET MONEY BY THEFT—MAKES APT PUPIL Stock Yards’ Victim Serves Second Term in Jail and Then Seeks Help of an Acquain tance, Who Turns Out To Be a Thief and Helps Him to Become One. CHAPTER XXIV (CONTINUED) (Copyright. 1906, by Upton Sinclair. All rights reserved.) The man went out and closed the door. Jurgis, who was as sharp as he, observed that he took the key out of the lock In order that he might peer through the keyhole. Master Frederick turned to the table again. "Now” he said, "go for It.” Jurgis gaxed at him doubtlngly. -Eatl" cried the other. “Pile In, ole chspple!” “Don't you want anything?" Jurgis aeked. • Ain't hungry,” was the reply—"only thirsty. Kitty and me had some candy —you go on.” So Jurgis began, without further parley. He ate as with two shovels, his fork in one hand and his knife In the other; when he once got started his wolf hunger got the better of him, and he did not stop for breath until he had cleared every plate. "Gee' whiz!" said the other, who had been watching him In wonder. Then he • held Jurgis the bottle. "Lessee you drink now,” he said; and jurgis took the bottle and turned It up to his mopth, and a wonderful un earthly liquid eostacy poured down hid throat, tickling every nerve of him, thrilling him with J}oy. He drank the very last drop of It, and then he gave vent to a long-drawn “AhI" •Good stuff, hey?” said Freddie, sympathetically; he had leaned back in the big chair, putting his arm be hind his head, and gaxlng at Jurgis. And Jurgis gazed back at him. He was clad In spotless evening dress, was Freddie, and looked very handsome— he was a beautiful boy, with light goldet/halr and the head of an Anti- nnns. He smiled at Jurgis confidingly, and then started talking again, with his blissful insouciance. This time he tallied tor ten minutes at a stretch, and In the course of the speech he told Jurgis all of Ills family history. His big brother Charlie was In love with the guileless maiden who played the part of Little Brlght-Eyes in "The Kallph of Kamtschhatka.” He had been on the verge of marrying her once, only the "guv-ner" had sworn to disinherit him, and had presented him with a sum that would stagger the Imagination. Now Charlie had got leave from college, and had gone away In his automobile. The "guv'ner” had made threats to disinherit another of his children also. Sister Gwendolln, who had married an Italian marquis with a string of titles and a duelling record. They lived In his chateau, or rather had, until he had taken to flrlng the breakfast dishes at h<r; then she had cabled for help,.and the old gentleman had gone over to find out what were his grace's terms. So they had left Freddie all alone, and he with less than 12,000 In his pocket! Freddie was up In arms and meant aerlous business, as they would find In the end—If there was no other way of bringing them to terms he would have his "Kittens” wire that she was about to marry him and see what happened then. So tho cheerful youngster rattled on until he was tired out. He smiled his sweetest smile at Jurgis, and then he closed his eyes, sleepily. Then he opened them again and smiled once more, and finally closed them and for got to open them. For several minutes Jurgis sat per fectly motionless watching him, and revelling In the strange sensations of the champagne. Once he stirred and the dog growled; after that he sat al- most holding his breath—until after a while the door opened softly and the butler came In. He walked toward Jurgis upon tiptoe, scowling at him; and Jurgla rose up and retreated, scowling back. So un til he was against the wall, and then the butler came close, and pointed to ward the door. "Get out of here!” he whispered. Jurgis healtated, giving a glance at Freddie, who warn snoring softly. "If you do,” hissed the butler, ‘TU mash your face for you before you get out of here!” And Jurgis wavered but an Instant more. Ho saw “Admiral Dewey” coming up behind the man and growling softly, to back- up his threats. Then he surrendered and started to ward the door. They went out without a sound, and down the great echoing staircase, and through the dark hall. At the front door he paused and the butler strode dose up to him. “Hold up your hands,” he snarled. Jurgis took a step back, clinching his one well flst. "What for?" hs cried; and then un derstanding that the fellow proposed to search him, he answered: "I’ll see you In hell first.” "Do you want to go to Jail?” de manded the butler, menacingly. "I'll have the police”— Have »tf!" roared Jurgis, with fierce passion. "But you won't put your hands on me till you do! I haven’t touched anything In your damned house, and III not have you touch me!” So the butler, who was terrified lest m” young master should waken, •topped suddenly to the door, and opened It. "Get out of here!" he said; and then, as Jurgis passed through the opening, he gave him a ferocious kick 'hat sent him down the great stone , P” at a run. and landed him sprawl wg In ihe snow at the bottom. . CHAPTER XXV, Jurgis got upt wild with rage; but Diamonds. Wo are talking Diamonds nearly every day now, be cause we have something un usual in stock and in values for you, . A new and magnificent importation, bought abroad at first band, is the basis of our Diamond talk. Lome in and see these stones. Maier & Berkele. the door was shut and the great castle was dark and Impregnable. Then the. Icy teeth of the blast bit Into him, and he turned and went away at a run. When he stopped again It was be cause he was coming to frequented streets and did not wish to attract at- tentlon. In spite ,ff that lust humilia tion, his heart was thumping fast with triumph. He had come out ahead on that deal! He put his hand Into his trousers' pocket every now and then, to make sure that the precious hundred- dollar bill was still there. Yet hs was In a plight—a curious and even dreadful plight, when he came to realize It. He had not a sin gle cent but that one bill! And he had to And some shelter that night— he had to change It! Jurgis spent half an hour walking and debating the problem. There was no one he could go to for help—he had to manage It all alone. To get It changed In a lodging house would be to take his life In his hands—he would almost certainly be robbed and per haps murdered, before morning. He might go to some hotel or railroad depot and ask to have It changed, but what would they think, seeing a "bum" like him with a hundred dollars? He would probably be arrested If he tried It. and what story could he tell? On the morrow Freddie Jones would dis cover his loss, and there would be a hunt for him, and he would lose tbe money. The only other plan he could think of was to try In a saloon. He might pay- them to change It, If It could nut be dons otherwise. He began peering into places as he walked; he passed several as being too crowded; then finally chancing upon one where the bartender was .all alone, he gripped his hands In sudden resolution and went In. Can you change me a hundred-dol- lar blit?” he demanded. The bartender was a big, husky fel low, with the Jaw of a prise fighter, and a three weeks' stubble of hair upon It. He stared at Jurgis. "What's that youse say?” he demanded. . ”1 said, could you change me a hun- dred-dollar bill?” 'Where'd youse get It?" he inquired Incredulously. "Never mind," said Jurgis, "I’ve got It, and I want It changed. I’ll pay you If you’ll do It. The other stared at him hard. "Dem me see It,” he said. "Will you change It?" Jurgis de manded, gripping It tightly In his pocket. "How the hell can I know If It's goad or not?" retorted the bartender. “Whatcher take me for, hey?" Then Jurgis slowly and warily np- proached him; he took out the bill, and tumbled It for a moment, while the man stared at him with hostile eyes across the counter.' Then Anally he- handed It over. The other took It and began to ex amine It; he smoothed It between his fingers, and he held It up to the light; he turned It over, and upside down and edgeways. It'was new and rather stiff and that made him dubious. Jurgis was watching him like a cat all the time. ... "Humph,", he said, Anally, and gaxed at the stranger, sizing him up—a rag ged, Ill-smelling tramp, with no over coat and one'arm In a sling—and a hundred-dollar bill! "Want to buy anything?” he demanded. "Yes," said Jurgis, 'Til take a glaes ° f "Alright” paid the other, *T» change it.” And he put the bill In hie pocket and poured Jurgie out & glass of beer and aet it on the counter. Then he turned to the cash register and punched up .five cents, and began to pull money out of the drawer. 1-lnally. he faced Jurgis, counting out—two dimes, a quarter and Afty cents. There," he said. For a second Jurgis waited, expect ing to see him turn egaln.’ "My ninety- nine dollars," he said. "What nlnety-rtlne dollars?’ de- mandsd the bartender. "My change!” he cried- 1 The rest of my hundred!" . , "Go on," said the bartender, •you re n< Aml Jurgie stared at him with wild eyee. For an Instant horrtr reigned In him—black, paralysing, awful horror, clutching him at the heart; “VlS" came rage, In surging, blinding flopd. —he screamed aloud, and «el*«d the glase and hurled It at the other's head. The man ducked, and It missed him by half an Inch; he rose again and faced Jurgis. who was vaulting oyer the bar with his well one arm. and dealt him a smashing blow In the face, hurling him backward on the Aoor. Then, ai Jurgis scrambled to hie feet again and started round the counter after him, he shouted at the top of hie voice, a bottle off the counter os he ran: and us the bartender made a leap he hurled the missile athim with all his frree. It Just grazed his head, and shivered Into a thousand pieces against the post of the door. Then Jurgis ztartedback, ™shlngat the man again ln«he middle of the room. This time. In his blind frenzy, heohme without a bottle and that was all the bartender wanted—he met him halfway and Aoored him with a sledge hammer drive between the eyee. An Instant later the * cr «" open, and two men rushed In—Just as & was getting to «at* foaming at the mouth with rage, and trying to tear his broken srm out of Its ‘"Or-outr shouted the bartender. "He's got a knife!" Then, feeing that the two were disposed to Join In the fray, he made another rush at Jurgis, and knocked aside hie feeble defence and sent him tumbling again, and the three Aung themselves upon him, roll ing and kicking him about the place A second later a policeman daahed In. and the bartender yelled once more "Look out for his knife. Jurgla had fought himself half to his knees, when the policeman made a leap at him, and cracked him sc roes the face with hto club Tt.oughth.blow.tsg- gered him. the wild beast frenzy still blazed In him, and he got to hie feet, lunging Into the air. Then again the club descended, full upon hie head, and he dropped like a log to the Aoor. The barkeeper got up and pnt hie hand* to hie head. „ '1 thought l wa. done for that time,” he eeld. Did he CU "Don’t see anything, Jake." eald the dlceman. "What* the matter with ™u"st crazy drunk,” said the other. A lame duck, too—but he most got me under the bar. Youse had better call the wagon, Billy." "No." said the officer, "he’s got no more light in him, I guess—And he's only got a block to go." He' twisted his hand In Jurgis’ collar and Jerked at him. “Git up here, you!” he com manded. But Jurgis did not.move, and the bartender went behind the bar, and. after stowing tbs hundred-dollar bill away In a safe hiding place, came and poured a glass of water over Jurgis. Then, as the letter began to moan feebly, the policeman. got him to hl» feet and dragged him out of the place. The station house was Just around the corner, and so In a few mlnutca Jurgla was In a cell. • He spent half the night lying un conscious, and the balance moaning In torment, with a blinding headache and a racking thirst. Now and then he cried aloud for a drink or water, but there was no one to hear him. There were others In that same station house with spilt heads and a fever; there were hundreds of them In the great city, and tens of thousands of them In the great land, and there was no one to hear any of them. In the morning Jurgis was given w cup of water and a piece of bread, and then hustled Into a patrol wagon and driven to the nearest police court. He sat In the pen with a scare of oth ere until his turn came. The bartender—who proved to be a well-known bruiser—wss called- to the stand. He took the oath and told hit story. The prisoner had come Into his saloon after midnight, fighting drunk, and had ordered a glass of beer and tendered a dollar bill In payment. He had been given nlnety-Ave cents change, and had demanded ninety-nine dollars more, and before the plaintiff could even answer had hurled the glass at him and then attacked him with a bottle of hitters and nearly wrecked the place. Then the prisoner was sworn—a for lorn object, haggard and unshorn, with an arm done up In a filthy bandage, a cheek and head cut and bloody, and one eye purplish black and entirely closed. "What have you to say for yourself?" queried the magistrate. “Your Honor," said Jurgis, "1 went Inte his place and aeked the man If he could change me a hundred-dollar bill. And he said he would If I bought a drink. I gave him the bill and then he wouldn't give me the change." The magistrate was staring at him In perplexity. “You gave him a hundred- dollar bill?" he exclaimed. "Yes, your Honor,” said Jurgis. "Where did you get It?" "A man gave It to me, ypur Honor." “A man? What man, and what for?" “A young man I met upon the street, your Honor. I had been begging.” There was a titter In the court room: the ofAcer who was holding Jurgis put up hla hand to hide,a smile, and the magistrate smiled without trying to hide It. "It’s true, your Honor!" cried Jurgis, passionately. "You had been drinking as well as begging last night, had you not?” In quired the magistrate, - ^“No, your Honor”—protested Jurgis, “You had not had anything to UPTON 8INCLAIR. Author of "The Jungle,' and then the two dodged Into t ter of an aren step nml hht In Pretty soon it man t ame by, lint man. and they let him g- after a long Interval <;nine the heavy | And so Juigli trend of u policeman, ami they- held high-class erhn thrtr brenth till he waa gone. Though The city, which half frozen, they waited a full quarter gnrchy of hu-ln' of an hour after that—end then again came footsteps, wnlklng briskly. Du ane stole out us silently ns n shadow and a second later Jurgis heard a thud and a stilled cry. He w-ns only a couple of feet behind, and he leaped to stop the man's mouth, while Duane held him fast by the arms, as they had agreed. Hut the innn was limp and showed a tendency to fall, and so Jur- ople ed by (i being III- ■ iiiinrw n iriiiifiiv/ »«r i.tii, Him n\r (IUI* gts had only to hold him by the collar while the other, with swift Angers, went through hte pockets—ripping open first his overcoat, end then his coat, and then Ills vest, searching Inside and out side, and transferring The contents Into hla own pockets. At last, nfter feeling of the men's lingers and In his neck tie, Duane whispered, "That'S alll" and they drugged him to the aren and drnp- I Im In, Then Jurgis went one way drink?" "Why, yes, your Honor, I had”— "What did you have?" 'I had a bottle of something—I don t know what It was—something that burned”— , , .. Thera was again a laugh round the court* room, stopping suddenly as the magistrate looked up and frowned. "Have you ever been arrested before? he asked abruptly. . The question took Jurgis aback. I —I—" he Stammered. •'Tell me the truth, now!” command ed the other, sternly. "Yes. your Honor," said Jurgis. ■‘How often?" • "Only once, your Honor. “What for?” “For knocking down my boss, your Honor. I was working In the stock yards, and he"— "I see," said his honor; "1 guess that will do. You ought to stop drinking If you can't control yourself. Ten days and costs. Next case." Jurgis gave vent to a cry of dismay. TAYLOR’S Green Trading Stamps. Niagara Stamps. SPECIALS —FOR— THURSDAY and FRIDAY Staple Goods Underpriced. A. C. A. Red Ticking 15c 10-4 Bleached Sheeting. .25c 10-4 Brown Sheeting 20c 8taple Apron Ginghams...6c Ladies’ Umbrellas. Another lot of thoze beau tiful "Rain Proof” Taffeta, with newest handle*, $1.00 values, for 83c. Mohairs. 50-inch Black and Colored Mohair 8lc!llana, 69c. values, for, yard, 60c. Silks. 36-Inch Black Taffeta Silks, best $1.00 quality made, for, yard, 89c. White Silks. Special sale cf White Wash Silks, from 25c. yard up. Special 36-Inch, very fine 76e quality, for, yard, 69c. Organdies. Counter of newest Printed, 10c quality dies, for, yard, Sheer Organ* 7 l-2c. Boys’ Goods » Underpriced. Laundered Madras Shirt* 25c $5.00 Blue Serge Suits. .$3.60 Boys’ Wash Knee Pant,..10c Boys' Heavy Rib Hose...10c 40-inch India Linons. Thl, la a quality that Is not being sold anyvtheie for less than 12 1-2c; we have 2,000 yard* only at 10c. Ladies’ White Duck Hats. Quite a large lot of 60c, 75c and 91-00 qualities; to cloeo out at one prlca 39c. Ladies’ Waists. Fine Lawn and Lingerie ma- terials, lace trimmed, $1.25 and $1.50 values, all sizes, long or short sloeves, 98c. Muslin Drawers. 10 dozen of the beet 25c grade lace trimmed, tomorrow at 21c. Ladies’ Vests. 100 dozen Lad es' Bleached Vests, special at 5c. 240 MARIETTA ST. 240 MARIETTA ST. cut off suddenly by the policeman, who seized him by the collar. He was Jerked out of the way, Into a room with the convicted prisoner*, where he sat and wept like a child In hie Im potent rage. It seemed monstrous to him that policemen and Judges should esteem hts word as nothing In com parison with tho bartender*!; poor Jur gie could not know that the owner of the saloon paid Ave dollar* each week to the policeman alone for Hunday privilege* mid general favor*—nor that the pugllUt bartender waa one of the moat truated henchmen of the Demo cratic leader of the dlatrlct, and had helped only a few month* before tq huetle out a record-breaking vote a* a teatlmonlal to the maglatrate, who had been made the target of odious kid-gloved reformer*. Jurgl* wa* driven out to the Bride well for the second time. In-hte tum bling around ho had hurt hi* arm agatn, mid ao could not work, but had to be attended by the phyaiclun. Also, Mm heo.l and ,-vi- Innl to be Hid up— and so ho wa* a pretty looking object when, tho second day after hi* arrival, ho went out Into tho exerolae court and encountered—Jack Duanel The young fellow waa ao glad to see Jurgl* that he almost hugged him. "And what I* It—have you been through a aaueage njachlne?" "No," ea!d Jurgis; "but I've been In _ railroad wreck and a tight." And then, while some of the other prisoners gathered round, he told hie wild story; inoat of them were Incredulous, but Duane knew that Jurgl* could never have made'up such a yarn a* that. "Hard luck, old man," he said, when they were atone; "but maybe It’* taught you. a le**on.” "I've learned some things since I saw you lost,” said Jurgl*. mournfully. Then he explained how he had spent the last summer "hoboing,” as the phrase wa». "And you?” he aeked, ilnnlly. "Have you been here ever »lnce?" "Lord, no!” said the other. "I only came In the day before yesterday. It'* the second time they’ve sent me up on a trumped-up charge—I’.ve bad hard luck and can’t pay them what they want. Why don’t you quit Chicago with me, Jurgl*?” "I've no place to go," said Jurgla, ‘•Neither have t" replied the other, laughing lightly. "But we'll wait till we get out and see.” In the Bridewell Jurgie met few who had been there the last time, but ho met score* of others, old and young, of exactly the same sort. It wa* Ilk* breakers upon a beach. There wa* new water, but the wave looked lust the same. He strolled about and talked with them, and the biggest of them told tale* of their prowe**, while those who were weaker, or younger and In experienced gathered round and listen ed In admiring silence. The Isst time he was there Jurgis had thought of little but his family; but now h# wa* free to listen to these men and to renllze that he was on# or t|)#m—that their point of view wa* hi* point of view, and that the way they kept them selves alive In the world wa* the way he meant to do It In future. And so, when he was turned out of prison again, without a penny In hi* pocket, he went straight to Jack Du ane. He went full of humility and gratitude; for Duane waa a gentleman and a man with a profession—and It waa remarkable that he should be will ing to throw In his lot with an humbl* beggar and a tramp. Jurgis could not see what help he could b* to him; he did not understand that a man Ilk* himself—who could he trusted to stand by any one who wa* kind to him—was as rare among criminals as among any other class of men. Duane was glad to see him; he was without a cent of money, he said, and had been waiting for Jurgis to help him get some. He explained hi* plan— In fhet he spent the day In laying bare to his friend the criminal world of the city, and In showing him how he might earn himself A living In It. That winter he would have a hard time, on account of hts arm, and because of an unwonted At of activity of the police; hut so long as he was unknown to them he would be safe If he were careful. Here at - "Papa" Haneon's (so they called the old man who kept the dive) he might rest at ease, for "Papa" Han- aon wa* "square”—would stand by him so long as he paid, and glv* him sn hour's notice If there were to be a po lice raid. Also Rosen*teg, the pawn broker, would buy anything he had for third of Its value, and guarantee to •p it hidden for a year. There was an oil stove In the little cupboard of a room, and they had some supper; and then about 11 o'clock at night they sallied forth together, by a rear entrance to the place; Duane arm- ed with a slungshot. They cam* to a residence district, and he sprang up a lamp post ana turned out tbe light. pad him nnd hie friend the other, walking briskly. The latter arrived Aral, and Jurgis found him examining the “swag." There was a gold watch, for nno thing, with a chain and locket; there wa* a sliver pencil, nml a match box, nnd a handful of small change, and Anally a card case. Thl* last Duane opened feverishly—there were letters and cherks, nnd two theater tIrlifts, and nt last. In the hack part, a wad of bills. He counted them—there was a twenty, Ave tens, four lives nnd -thre* ones. Dunne drew n long breath. "That lets us out!" he said. After further examination they burn ed the rnrd esse nnd It* rontents, all but the bills, and likewise the picture of a little girl In the locket. Then Du ane took the watch nnd trinkets down stairs and mm* back with tie. “The old scoundrel said ths ense waa Ailed,” he said. "It's a He, but he knows I want tho money." They divided up the spoils and Jur al* got ns his share |r>6 nnd some change. He protested that It was too much, but the other had agreed to di vide even. That was a good haul, h* said, better thnn the average. When they got up In Ihe morning, Jurg|s was sent out to buy a paper; one of the pleasures of committing a crime was the reading about It after ward. "I had a pal that always dltl IL” Dunn* remarked, laughing—“until one day he read that he had left $1,000 In a lower Inalds pocket of hla party's vest I" There waa a half-column account of the robbery—It was evident that a gang wae operating In the nelghtmrlwod. said the paper, for It was the third within a week, snd the police were ap parently powerless. The victim was an insurance agent, and he had lost $110 that did not belong to him. He had chanced to have his name marked on hla shirt, otherwise he would not have been Identlllrd yet., HI* assailant had hit him too hard, am! h* was suffering from concussion of th# brain; anil also ho had been half-frozen when found, nnd would lose three Angers of his right hand. Th# enterprising newspa per reporter had taken all this Inform ation-to hts family, and told how they had received It. Hlnce It was Jurgis* flrzt ezperlenre these doinllH naturally caused him some wurrlinent; hut the other laughed coolly—It was-the way of the game, nnd there wan no helping It. Before long Jurgis would think no more of It than they did In th* yards of knock ing out a bullock. “U's a can of us or the other fellow, nnd ! say the other fellow every time," he observed. ■•Hllll," said Jurgl*, reAeellvely, "h# never did us any harm." "He was doing It to somebody as hard ns he could, you can be sure iff that," said his friend. • Duane had already explained to Jur- E ls that If a inon of their trad* were nown he would have to work all the time to satisfy the demands of the po ll. . Thi-i-ff"i" ii u -.nlil In- Ip'-iiii r..i Jurgis to stay In hiding nnd never be seen In public with his pal. Hut Jur- >rl ii K"I veil lll'-d of -Having In hiding. In a couple of weeks he was feeling strong nnd beginning to use his arm, nnd then he could not stand It any longer. Duone had to give up Daily ruled by i of graft mis asressarjr for the purpose of effecting the transfer of power. Twice a year. In the spring and fall elections, millions of dollars were fur nished by fhe business men and ex pended by this army; meeiing» were held and clever speakers were hired, bnnd* played and rockets shaded, tons of document* and reservoirs of drinks were distributed, and ten* of thous ands of vote* were bought for cash. And thl* army of graft had, of course, to be maintained the year round. The leaders and organizers were main tained by the business men. dlreclly - aldermen and legislators by means nf bribes, party officials out of the cam paign funds, lobbyists and corpora tin lawyers In th# form of salaries, con tractors by means of Jobs, anil news paper proprietor* am! editor* by ad vertisements. The rtink and Ale, how- ever, were either foisted upon the city or Sis* lived qff the populace directly. There wa* the police department, and the Are and water departments, end the whole balance of the civil ll»t. from the meanest office boy to the head of a city department, and for th* horde whq could And no room In these, them was the world of vice and rrime; them n-ns license to seduce, to swindle and plunder ami prey. Th# law forbade Hunday drinking, and this had delivered the saloon keeper* Into the hands of the pollc--. and made an alliance between them necessary. It wa* ths some with the gambling house keeper and the pool- room man, and the same with any other man »r woman who had n menna of getting "graft," nnd was willing lo pay over a share of It; th* green-gt -I* man and the highwayman, the pick pocket and the sneak thief and th# re ceiver of stolen goods, the seller of adulterated milk, of stale fruit nnd diseased meat, the proprietor -if un sanitary tenements, th* fake do< tor and the usurer, the beggar nnd th* "push-cart man," ths prlss-Aghter nnd th* professional slugger, the race track “tout," and the white slave agent All of these agencies of corruption - • m banded together and leagued in blood brotherhood with th* politician nnd tho police; more often than nat they were one and the same person—"Hlnkv- dlnk" or "Bath-house John," or other, of that Ilk, were proprietor* of tho most notorious dives In Chicago, mi l also th* “gray wolves" of the city council, who gave away the sire- - of the city to the business men: and those who patronized their places were Ihe gamblers and prtze-flghlers who set th* law at deAance, and the burg lar* end hold-up men who kept the whole city In terror. On election day all these powers of vice nnd crime were one power; they could tell within l per cent what the vote of their dlstriec would he. anil they Could change It at an hour'll notice. A month ago Jurgis had all lmt perished of starvation upon the sure-ti, .10.1 mm suddenly, iih hy the gift of ,i tough- key, he had entered Into n world whore money nml all the good things of life came freely. He was Intro duced by his friend lo an Irlsh/nmi named "Hunk" Hallornn, who »•« u political "worker" and on the Inside of things. Thl* man talked with Jnr- 8 1* for a while, and then t-dd him Hint * had a little plan by which - •ho looked Ilk* a working man might make some easy money: but It was a private affair, nnd had to be kept quiet. Jurgis expressed himself an agreeable, mid tli" "ilu i tool, him tluii ;>rt<■ i noon (It was Saturday) to a place where city laborer* were being paid off. The pny- maater sat In a little booth, with n idle of envelopes tiefore him. nnd two po licemen ntntollng In- .I'll gin v .-nt, ac cording to directions, snd gave tho name of "Hlchssl O'Flsherty," and re ceived nn envelope, which he took around the corner and delivered to Halloran, who was waiting for him In a saloon. (Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.) (T THREE GOVERNORS and a host of depositors -vylth Two Million, Threo Hundred and Fifty Thousand, Dollars to their crodlL strongly rndorsod THE NEAL BANK. Was first appointed a State Depository by tho late Gov. W. Y. Atkin son. then by Ex-Governor Allen D. Candler, reappointed by him, then appointed hy hi* succeator. Governor J. M. Terrell, also reappointed by him. Wa are so near the ten thousand line of accounts on our book* that wa ara encouraged to reach out for TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS. If each one of our loyal patrons will send us one or more accounts wo will soon have the roll complete, thus enabling us to still further Incresse oar ability to aid Merchants, Manufacturers and Homs Builders. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. One Dollar starts an account with a little Home Bank and book or with a book only. We allow Interest, compounded nemlannually, at tbe rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM. L H. THORNTON. FratNaat. W. P. MANKY. Catklar.. M. C. CALDWELL. Ant. Cashier. If You Will See ^ SCAl Of that thl* m*J I* on every re Hoofing you buy, WE wftt *«*•• you got value received for monoy. VULCANITE ROOFING Is a manent rpoflng. and not a rr »hlfL It la put up one square t roll; easily applied, and I* re< mended by the National Boar Underwriters and Kouthea; Tariff Association. Take heed, need our roofing and we need patronage. “You can put it on.’ 11 of that your ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents, 29 snd 31 South Forsyth Street. /. C GKEEhtiElD. President. ATLANTA. GA. C. A. PEEK. Se<ntar f .