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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
“THE JUNGLE” HERO, DESPERATE, TURNS HOLD-UP MAN
CRIMINALS TEACH JURGIS HOW TO GET MONEY BY THEFT-MAKES APT PUPIL
Stock Yards’ Victim Serves Second Term in
Jail and Then Seeks Help of an Acquain
tance, Who Turns Out To Be a Thief
and Helps Him to Become One.
CHAPTER XXIV (CONTINUED).
(Copyright 1906. by Upton Sinclair.
All right* reserved.)
The man went out and closed the
jsor. Jurgl*, 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
Igtln.. "Now," he said, "go for It."
Jurgts gaxed at him doubtlngly.
cried the other. "Pile In, ole
chappie!”
Don't yon want anything?” Jurgl*
asked.
■Ain't hungry,” was the reply—“only
thirsty. Kitty and me had some candy
—you go on/*
go Jurgl* began, without further
Mrley. He ate a* with two shovel*,
bis fork In one hand and hts knife In
the other; when he once got started
bis wolf hunger got the better of him,
and he did not stop for breath until
be had cleared every plate. "Gee-
r his!" said the other, who had been
watching him In wonder.
Then he held Jurgls the bottle.
■Lessee you drink now,” he said; and
Jurgls took the bottle and turned It up
to his mouth, and a wonderful un
earthly liquid ecatacy poured down his
throat, tickling every nerve of him,
thrilling him with Joy. He drank the
very laat drop of It, and then he gave
rent to a long-drawn "Ah!”
■Good atufT, hey?" aald Freddie,
sympathetically; -he had leaned back
in the big chair, putting hla arm be
hind his head, and gaalng at Jurgls.
tojto I I gaxed
And Jurgls
back at him. He
Freddie, and looked very
he was n beautiful boy, with light
golden half and the head of an Antl-
noas. He smiled at Jurgls confidingly.
his blissful Insoucfance.
time he
lid In the course of the speech he toll
Jurgls all o?
pei
_ _ hla family history. His
big brother Charlie was In love with
the guileless maiden who played the
part of Little Brlght-Eyea In "The
Ksllph of Kamtschbatko." 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 dway
la Ms automobile. The "guv'ner” had
rJIkde threats to disinherit another of
his children also. Sister Owendolln, who
had married an Italian marquis with a
airing of titles and a duelling record.
They lived In his chateau, or rather
had, until he had taken to firing the
breakfast dishes at her; then she had
cabled for help, and the old gentleman
had gone over to find out what were
his grace’s terms. So they had left
Freddie all alone, and he with less than
M,000 In his pockttl Freddie wae up
In arms and meant serious business,
as they would And 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 the cheerful youngster rattled on
until he waa tired out. He smiled hla
sweetest smile at Jurgls, and then he
dosed 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 Jurgls 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 Jurgla upon tiptoe,
scowling nt him; and Jurgla rose up
■nd retreated, scowling back. Bo un
til he was against the wall, and then
the butler came close, and pointed to
ward the door. “Oet out of here!" he
i whispered.
Jurgls hesitated, giving a glance at
Freddie, who waa snoring softly. "If
Jou do," hissed the butler, "I'll mash
Jour face for you bsfore you get out of
Ami Jurgls wsvsred but sn Instant
Bore. H e iaw “Admiral Dewey"
coming up behind the man and
growling softly, to back up hts threats,
“hen he surrendered and started to
ward the door.
They went out without a sound; and
lown the great echoing staircase, and
through the dark hall. At the front
•hot he paused and the butler strode
dose up to him.
Hold up your hands,” he snarled.
Jurgls took a step back, clinching his
•* well list.
"What for?" he cried; nnd then un
derstanding that the fellow proposed
~ *earch him, he answered; 'Til see
?0U In hell first.”
Do you want to go to Jail?" de-
mamiod the butler, menacingly. ‘Til
.!?. ,he Police"—
Have >rrt!" roared Jurgta, with
*tce passion. "But you won't put
[our hand* on me till you dot I
“ven't touched nnythlng In your
Mmned house, and III not have you
touch me!"
So the butler, who was terrified lest
young master should waken,
"'fpe-l suddenly to the door, and
opened It. "Get ou , of here!” ht said;
then, as Jurgls passed through the
■tuning, he gave him a ferocious kick
™t s Pn t him down the great stone
at a run, and landed him sprawl-
« the «nov nt the hnttnm.
the snow at the bottom.
, CHAPTER XXV.
Jurgl* got up, wild with rage; but
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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 waa be
cause he was coming to frequented
streets and did not wish to attract at
tention. In spite of that last humilia
tion, his heart was thumping fast with
triumph. He had come out ahead on
that deal! He put hla hand Into hie
trousers' pocket every now nnd then, to
make sure thnt the precious hundred-
dollar bill was still there.
Yet he was In a plight—a curious
and even dreadful plight, when ha
came to realise It. He hnd not a sin
gle cent but that one bill! And he
had to find some shelter that night—
he had to change It!
Jurgls spent half an hour walking
and debating the problem. There was
no one ho could go to for help—he had
to manage It alt alone. To get
m a lodging house frould _J
life In hla hands—he would
almost certainly be robbed and per
haps murdered, before morning. He
might go to somo hotel or rellroed
depot and ask to hav* It changed, but
what would they think, seeing a "bum"
like him with a hundred dollars? He
would probably bs arrested If he tried
It, and what story could he tell? On
the morrow Freddie Jones would dis
cover hie lose, and there would be a
hunt for him, and he would loie the
money. The only other plan he could
think of was to try In a saloon. He
might pay thsm to change it. It It
could not be done otherwise.
He began peering Into places as he
walked; he passed several as being
too crowded; then Anally chancing
upon one where the bartender waa all
alone, he gripped his hands In sudden
resolution and went In.
"Can you change m* a hundred-dol-
lar bill?” he demanded.
The bartender was a big, husky fel
low, with th* Jaw of a prise Aghter.
and a three weeks' stubble of hair upon
It. He stared at Jurgls. "What> that
yous* say?” he demanded.
“I aald, could you change me a hun-
dred-dollar bill?"
"Where'd yous* get It?" he Inquired
Incredulously.
“Never mind," sold Jurgls, 'Tve got
It, and I want It changed. I'U pay you
If you'll do It.
The other stared at him hard. "Lem-
me see It," he ssld.
“Will you change It?" Jurgls de
manded, gripping It tightly in his
pocket.
"How the hell can I know If It’s good
ir not?” retorted the bartender.
Whatcher take me for, hey?"
Then Jurgla alowly and warily ap
proached him; he topk out the bill, and
fumbled It for a moment, while the
man stared at him with hostile eyes
across the counter. Then Anally he
bonded It over.
The other took It nnd began to ex
amine It; h* smoothed It between his
Angers, and he held It up to the light;
he turned It over, and upside down and
edgeways. It was new and rather stiff
nnd that made him dubldus. Jurgls
wo* watching him like a cat all the
tlQM. ’
"Humph," he ssld. Anally, nnd gazed
nt the stranger, sizing him up—a rag
ged, Ill-smelling tramp, with no over
coat and one arm In « allng—and a
hundred-dollar bill! "Want to buy
anything?” he demanded.
"Yes,” said Jurgls, 'Til take a glass
°*'AI* r right," s»ld th* other, 'Til
change It." And he put the bill In his
iwcket and poured Jurgla out a glass
of beer and set It on the counter. Thi
he turned to the cnah register and
punched up Ave cents, and began to
pull money out of the drawer, finally,
he faced Jurgls, counting out—two
dimes, a quarter and Afty cents.
"There,” he said.
For a second Jurgl* walled, expect
ing to see him turn again. “My ninety-
nine dollars," he said.
"What ninety-nine dollars?" de
manded the bartender.
"My change 1" he cried—The raat of
my hundred!" . ,
"Go on," said the bartender, "you're
^And Jurgls stared at him wllh wild
eyes. For an Instant horror reigned in
him—black, paralysing, awful horror,
clutching him at the h «»r t -.* nd ‘**, n
came rage. In surging, blinding flood*
—he screamed aloud, and “ zed the
glass and hurled It at the other'e head.
The man ducked, and It missed him by
half nn Inch: he rose again and faced
Jurgla, who was vaulting oyer the bar
with hie well one arm. and dealt him
a smashing blow In the face, hurling
him backward on the floor. Then, as
Jurgls scrambled to hie feet again
and started round the counter after
- *—- of his
me uhder the bar. Youse had better
call th^ wagon, Billy."
“No," sold the officer, "he's got no
more fight In him, 1 guess—and he's
only got a block to go." He twisted
his hand In Jurgla' collar and Jerked
at him. "Qlt up here, you!” ha com
manded.
But Jurgla did not. move, and the
bartender went behind the bar, and,
after stowing the hundred-dollar bill
away In a safe hiding place, came and
poured & glass of water over Jurgls.
Then, as the latter began to m".in
feebly, the policeman got him to his
feet and dragged him out of the place.
The station house was Just around the
corner, and so In a few minutes Jurgls
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 tor a drink ot water, but
there was no one to hear him. There
were others In that same station house
with split heads and a fever; there
were hundreds ot Ahem In the great
elty, and tens of thousands of them In
the great land, and there was no one to
hear any of them.
In the morning Jurgls was given a
cup ot 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 score of oth
ers until his turn came.
The bartender—who proved to be a
well-known bruiser—was called to the
stand. He took the oath and told his
story. Ths prisoner had come Into his
saloon after midnight, fighting drunk,
and hnd ordered n glass of beer and
tendered a dollar bill In payment. He
had been given nlnety-flve cent*
change, and hnd demanded ninety-nine
dollars more, and before the plaintiff
could even answer had hurled the glass
at him and then attacked him with n
bottle of bitters 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," aald Jurgls, "I went
Into his place and asked the man If he
could chnngo me a hundred-dollar bill.
And he said he would If I bought a'
drink. I gnvo him the bill and then
ho wouldn't give mo the change."
The magistrate was staring at him In
. irplaxity. "You gave him a hundred-
doUsr bill?” he exclaimed.
"Yes, your Honor," said Jurgla
"Where did you get It?"
"A man gave It to me, your Hfcnor."
"A man? What man, and what for?"
“A young man I met upon the atreet,
your Honor. I had been begging.”
There waa a titter In the court room;
the officer who waa holding Jurgla put
up his hand to hide a smite, and the
maglatrate smiled without trying to
hide It "It’s true, your Honor!" cried
Jurgls, passionately.
“You had been drinking as well as
- Jgging last night, had you not?" in
quired the maglatrate.
^"No, your Honor"—protested Jurgla.
"You had not had anything to
drink?”
"Why, yea, your Honor, I had"—
"What did you have?"
UPTON SINCLAIR.
Author of ‘‘The Jungla.”
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blg
|nnd then the two diHlifnd Into tl
ter of an area step unit hid In
I'retty aoon a man ranio by, n
Ing man, and they let him go.
after a long Interval came the heavy And a» Jurgls
tread of a policeman, and they held htgh-rlass erlinl
their breath III! he waa gone. Though |The city, which
"I had a bottle of something—I don't
know what It waa—something that
bU There waa again a laugh round the
court room, stopping suddenly as the
magistrate looked up end frowned.
“Have you ever been arrested before?
he asked abruptly. . .
The question took Jurgls aback. "I
—I—" he stammered.
•Dell me the truth, now! command
ed the other, sternly. .
"Yes, your Honor," said Jurgls.
"How often?"
•Only once, your Honor.
■What for?"
•For knocking down my boss, your
Honor. I was working In the stock
yards, and ho"— ... ...
"I see,” said his honor; “I guess that
will do. You ought to stop drinking if
you can’t control yourself. Ten days
nnd costs. Next case."
Jurgls gave vent to a cry of dismay,
him. he shouted at the top of his voice,
'jurgls seised a bottle off the counter
as he ran; nnd as the bartender made
a leap he hurled the missile at him
with all his frree- I* 1®F* h, J
head, and shivered Into a thousand
pieces against the post of the door.
Then Jurgls started back, rushing at
the man again In the middle of the
room. This time, In hie blind frenzy,
he came without a bottle and that was
all the bartender wanted—he met him
halfway and Aoored him with a sledge
hammer drive between the eyes. An
Instant later the screen door* flew
open, and two men rushed In—Just as
Jurgls wo* getting-to W» fW^
foaming at the mouth with rage, and
trying 10 tear his broken arm out of It*
bR "Lo*k"'out 1" shouted the bartender.
-He's got a knife!” Then, seeing that
the two were disposed to Join In the
fray, he made another rush at Jurgl*,
and knocked aside his feeble defence
and sent him tumbling again. .end the
three Aung themselves upon him, roll
ing and kicking him about the place
A second later a policeman dashed
I- and the bartender yelled once mare
-Look out for his knife. Jurgls
had fought himself half to hla knees,
when the P ol ' c * m ?" t L** p . **
him, and cracked him across the face
with hla dob. Though tha blow atjm-
gered him. the wild beast frenzy atlI
biased In him. and he JP**° *•»*?•*•
lunging Into the air. Then Main the
cjub descended, full upon bis head, and
he dropped like a log to tha door.
The barkeeper got up and put hla
hand to his head. "I t hough tlwas
done for that time.” be aald. Did ha
CI "Don't see anything, Jako” said the
policeman. "What's the matter with
hl !!just crasy drunk.” said th* other.
■A lame duck, too—but bo most got
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cut off suddenly by the policeman, who
aelaed him by the collar. Ho waa
Jerked nut of the way. Into a room
with the convicted prisoners, where
he sat and wept like a child In hla Im
potent rage. It seemed monstrous to
him that policemen and Judges should
esteem hla word as nothing In com
parison with the bartender’s; poor Jur
gla could not know that the owner of
privileges and general favors—nor
tha pugilist bartender was one of the
moat trusted henchmen of the Demo
cratic leader of the district, and had
helped only a few months before to
hustle out a record-breaking vote os
a testimonial to the magistrate, who
had been made the target of odloue
kid-gloved reformer!,
Jurgla waa driven out to the Bride
well for the second time. In hla tum
bling around bs had hurt hla arm
again, and so could not work, but had
to be attended by the physician. Also,
hla htad and eye had to be tied up
end ao he was a pretty looking object
when, the sscond day after bla arrival
he wont out Into the exerclee court am
encountered—Jack Duane I
The young fellow waa so glad to
Jurgls that he almost hugged him.
"And what Is It—have you been
through a sausage machine T'
"No," aald Jurgla; "but 1'vs been In
a railroad .wreck and a fight.” And
then, while aome of the other prisoners
gathered round, he told his wild story
most of them were Incredulous, but
Duane kn*,w that Jurgls could never
have mr.de up such a yarn as that.
“Hard luck, old man," he said, when
they were alone; “but maybe If
taught you a lesson."
"I've learned soma things since I taw
you laat,” said Jurgla, mournfully.
Then he explained how he had spent
the lost summer "hoboing,” as the
phraee waa. "And you?" h# asked,
finally. "Have you' been here ever
since?"
"Lord, nol” aald tha other. "I only
came In the day before yesterday. Ifa
tho second time they’ve lent me I
a trumped-up charge—I've had
luck and can't pay them what they
wanL Why don't you quit Chicago
said Jurgls,
replied the other,
half frnien, they walled a full quarter
of an hour after that—and then again
rama footsteps, walking briskly. Du
ane etole out as silently as a shadow
and a second later Jurgls heard
thud and a stifled cry. He was only
couple of feel behind, end he leaped
stop the man's mouth, while Dual
held him fast by the arms, as they had
agreed. But the inun was limp and
showed a tendency to fall, and so Jur
gls had only to hold him by th* collar
while lh* other, with swift Angers,
went through hi* pocket*—lipping open
first his ovetreat, and then his coat, and
then his vest, searching Inside and out
side, and transferring the contents Into
hla own pockela. At laat, after feeling
of the man'* Angers and In his neck
tie, Duane whispered, "Thai's all!" and
they dragged him to the area and drop
ped him In. Then Jnrgle went one way
and his friend the other, walking
briskly.
The latter arrived first, nnd Jurgls
found him examining tho "swag."
There waa a gold watch, for ana thing,
with a chain nnd locket; there waa a
silver panel), nnd a match box, and a
handful of small ,-hangs, and Anally s
card case. This lost Dunns opened
feverishly—there were letters and
checks, nnd two theater ticket*, end nt
last. In the bock part, a wad of bills.
He counted them—there waa a twenty,
five tens, four fives nnd three ones.
Duane dr*iv a long breath. "That lets
ua not!" he said.
After further examination they burn
ed the card case and Its content*, all
but the bills, nnd likewise the picture
of a little girl In the locket, Then Du
nne look the watch nnd trinket* dqwn-
stalrn nnd came hack with til. "The
old scoundrel said tho case wan filled,"
he sold. "It's a lie, but he know* I
want the money."
They divided up the spoil* and Jur
gls got as hla share MS nnd aome
change. He protested that It waa too
much, but the other hnd agreed to di
vide even. That was a good haul, he
said, better than th* average.
When they got up In the morning,
Jurgts was sent out to buy a paper;
* out an»1 intro-
»n* and rasorte
- n mi "hold-up
glimpse of th®
bHn*
with me, Jurgla
place to go, 1
'Tvs no
sadly.
"Neither have I, repneu mn umc,,
laughing lightly. "But we'll wait till
we get out and fee."
In the Bridewell Jurgla mei few who
had bean there the laat time, but he
met-score* of others, old and young, of
exactly the same sort. |t was like
breaker! upon a beach. There waa new
water, but- the wave looked Just the
same. He strolled about and talked
with them, and the blggeet of them
told Mica of their prowess, while those
who were weaker, or younger and In
experienced gathered round and listen
ed In admiring silence. The last tlma
h* was there Jurgls had thought of
little but hla family: but now he was
free to listen to these men and to
realise that he was one of them—that
their point of view was his point of
view, and that the way they kept them-
selvea alive In the world was th* way
he meant to do It In future.
And eo, when he was turned out of
prison Main, without a penny In hts
pocket, he went straight to Jack Du
ane. He went full of humility and
gratitude: for Duane was a gentleman
and a mnn with a profession—and It
was remarkable that he ehould be will
ing to throw In hla lot with an humble
beggar and a tramp. Jurgl* could
not see what help he could be to him;
he did not understand that a man like
himself—who could be trusted to stand
by any one who wn* kind to him—wa#
as rare among criminate as among any
other class of men.
Duane waa glad to aaa him; he waa
without a cent of money, he said, and
had been waiting for Jurgls to help
him get some. He explained hla plan—
In fact lie spent the day In laying bare
to hi* 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 hi* arm, and because of an
unwonted fit of activity of th* police;
but so long as be wax unknown to them
he would be safe If he were careful.
Here at “Papa” Hanson'* (so th?y
old man who kept the dive)
he might rest at ea*a,' for "Papa" Han
son was "aquare"—would stand by him
so long as he paid, and give him an
hour 1 * notice If there were to baa po
lice raid. Also Rooansteg. ths pawn
broker, would buy anything he had for
a third of It* value, and guarantee to
keep It hidden for a year.
There waa an oil stove In the little
cupboard of a room, and they had aome
supper; and then about 11 o'clock at
night Him sallied forth together, by a
i rear entrance to tha place: Duane arm
ed with a slungshnt. They came to a
, residence district, and he sprang up a
1 lamp post and turned vat the light.
one of the pleasures ot committing a
crlm* was the reading about It aftsr-
ward. "I had a pal that always did
It," Duane remarked, laughing—"until
on* day ha read that he had left 11,000
In a lower Inside pocket of hla party's
vest!"
There Was a half-column account of
the robbery—It was evident that a gang
wae operating In tha neighborhood,
said the paper, for It was the third
within a week, and the police were ap
parently powerlees. The victim was an
insurance agent, and he hed lost ft in
that did not belong lo him. lie had
chanced to have his name marked on
his shirt, otherwise he would not hav*
been Identified yet. HI* assailant hod
hit him too hard, and he was suffering
from conruiitnn of the brain; and also
he had been hatf-frosen whan found,
unrl would lose three finger* of hi*
right hand. The enterprising newspa
per reporter had taken atl this Inform
ation to his family, and told bow they
had received It.
Hlnce It was Jurgls" first experience
those details naturally caused him
some worrlment; but the other laughed
coolly—It wn* tho way of the gome,
and there wn* no helping It. Before
long Jurgla would think no more of It
than they did In lh* yard* of knock
Ing out a bullock. "If* a rase of us
or the other fellow, nnd 1 eay th* other
fellow every time,’' he observed.
II," said Jurgla refiecllvely, "he
never did us any
He waa doing It to somebody a*
hard as ha could, you can ba sure of
that," said hla friend.
Duane had already explained lo Jur
gla that If a man of thalr trade were
known ha would hav* to work all the
time to satisfy the demanda of th* po
lio*. Therefore It would ba better for
Jurgls, to stay In hiding nnd never be
aean In public with hla pal. But Jur
gls soon got vary tired : atiiwiig in
hiding. In a couple of waeks he was
feeling strong and beginning lo uae
hla arm, and then h* could not stand
It any longer. Iluane had to give up
garchy of bt
n.illy ruled by th* people
of graft wn* necessary for the purpoM
of effecting the transfer of power.
Twice a year. In the spring nnd fall
elections, millions of dollar* were fur
nished by the business men nnd ■«.
pended by this army; meetings war*
held and clever speakers were hired,
bands played and rockets sizzled, tons
of documents nnd reservoir* of drinks
were distributed, and ten* of thous
ands of votea were bought for cnah.
And thla army Of graft hnd. of course,
to be maintained the year round. Tho
leader* and organisers were main
tained by the business men. directly—
aldermen and legislators by mrnns of
bribes, party officials out of the cam
paign funds, lobbyists and corporation
lawyers In the form of ■alarles, con
tractors by mean* of Jobs, and news
paper proprietors and editor* by ad
vertisements. The rank and file, how
ever. were either foisted upon the citv
or els* lived off th* populace directly.
There was th* police depottm.mt, nnd
ths fire and water departments, nnd
the whole balance of the civil list, from
the meanest office boy lo the head of a
clly department, and for the horde
who could find no room In these, them
wns Iho world of vice and crime, them
wa* llrens* to seduce, to swindle nnd
plunder and prey.
The law forbad* Sunday drinking,
and thla had delivered tho saloon-
keeper* Into th* hands of th* police,
and made an alliance between them
neceaanry. It waa tha oam* with tho
gambling house keeper and the i i-
rnom man, and th* sanwwlth any
other man or woman who had a means
of getting "graft," and wa* willing to 1
pay over a share nf It; the green-go.-la
mnn and the highwayman, Ihe pick-"
pocket and th* sneak thief and th* r«-
reiver of stolen good*, the seller of
adulterated milk, of stale fruit nnd
diseased meat, the proprietor nt un
sanitary• tenements, th* fake doctor
and the usurer, the beggar nnd th
he professional slugger, th® i
ill® slave agent.
, , ____ track!
"tout," and tha white alav® agent.
of thaaa agencies of corruption
bandad together and leagued In blood
brotherhood with tha politician nml th«
police; mora often than not they worn
ona and tha aama person—’’Hinky-
dink" or "Bath-house John,** or oth* > *
of that Ilk, war® proprietor* of tho
moat notorious divas In (Thlrago, nml
also tha "gray wolves’* of tho cl tv
council, who gave away th# street® of
tha city to tha business man; jiml
those who patronised thalr place® were '
th# gambler® and prixe-flghters who
sat the law at defiance, and the burg
lars and hold-up men who kept tho
whole city In terror. On election day
all these powers of vice nnd crime woe*
one power; they could tell within 1
1"'| 1 '*nt ’\ lull 1*1.' \ ..If ..f th.*lr dUtrlrt
would be. nnd thpy could change It at
an hour's notice.
A month ago Jurgls hod all hut
perished of starvation upon the etreot*.
and now suddenly, an by tho gift of it
magic key, he had entered Into a world
whore money And all the good thing®
of life came freely. He was Intro
duced by hla friend to an Irishman
n a I "Murk" 1 lull-.i an, who u nn n
political ’’worker” and on tho fn*Mo
of things. This aiMi tlHw with .hir
kN I--! n w 1111 »•. .in.! limn fold him that
lie had a little plan by which a mnn
ivh<» I.Mik.'.l 11K «• ii milking man might
make aome easy money; but It wns a
• i Ivritf nfTiili, nml Ini'l I.. 1m* Ici’j.f Millet,
urgls expreened hlmeelf an iigieenblr,
and the other took him thnt afternoon
(It was Saturday) to a place where city f
laborers were bring paid off. The pay
master sat In a little booth, with a pile
..f crn h Itrftur him, nml two po
licemen standing by. Jurgls went, ac
cording to directions, nnd gave the
name of "Michael o'Flaherty,” nnd re
ceived nn envelope, which he took
around tin rnrner an-l delivered to
Hallman, who umn waiting f<>r him In
n saloon.
(Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.)
THREE GOVERNORS
and a host of depositors with Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars to* thalr credit, strongly endorsed
THE NEAL BUNK.
Wa* first appointed a Stain Depository by the late Gov. W. Y. Atkin
son. then by Ex-Govornor Allon D. Candler, reappointed by him, then
nppolntod by hla successor. Oovernor J. M. Torrell, also reappointed
by him. We are so near the t*n thousand line ot accounts on our
books that w* are encouraged to reach out for
TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS.
If each oan ot our loyal patrons will send us one or more accounts
wa will soon havo the roll complete, thus enabling us to still further
Increaao our ability to aid Merchants, Manufacturer* and Horn*
Bonders.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
One Dollar starts an account with a little Home Bank and book
or with a book only. We allow IntereaL compounded aeml-annually,
at the rato ot
THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM.
i. tt. titoaaroa. tneUtaL w. r. mix it, castor., h. c catoimt. Ant. Cnifw.
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