The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-20
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Thrilling Story Of PackinBtown
Novel That Has Startled Nation
October 20, 1906

ne was hungry, Out the ,uln00r Invitations
hung out Of the saloons We're not for him.
SO he came at .ast to the stock Yards
to the black volcanoes Of smoke and the
lowing cattle and the stencil. Then. see
Ing a crowded car, his impatience got the
better, Of him and ne jumped aboard, hiding
ductor. In ten minutes more he had reach
ed his street, and home. rt
He was half running as he came round
the corner. There was the house, at any
rate--and then suddenly heQ stopped and
stared sh,,., what was the matter with the
Jnrgls looked twice, bswildered then he
glanced at the house next door and at
the one bey0ndv-then at the saloon on the
corner. Yes, II was the right place, quite
But the house-1the house was a different
He came couple Of steps nearer. Yes,
II had Deen gray and now 1t was yellow
The trimmings around the windows had
sssa IT, ns WI 1sE .s'y Ts ss strange It
made It seem! NJ SillN(Bnl -
: Jurgis went closer yet, but keeping on
the other side OF the, street. A sudden and
horrible sDagm o. rear had come over him.
llle house and new weatherboards, where
the old had began to rot Cd, and the agent
had got after themi New shingles over the
mole In the roof, too, the hole that had for
six months been the .bane, Of his sou!-he
,-me to fix 1t himself, and the rain leaking
In, and overlooking the pots and pans he
put to catch 1t, and flooding the attic and
To- l9ossening the plaster And now It was fix,
white curtains, stiff and shiny
Then suddenly the front door opened.
Jurgis stood, his chest heavlng as he strug-
gled to catch his breath. y A boy had come
out, a stranger to him (; q big. fat, rosy
seen in his home before.
Jurgis stared at the boy. fascinated He
came down the steps whistling, kicking of
the snow lie stopped at the foot, and
picked up some, and then leaned against the
railing, making SNOWFALL. A moment
later he looked around and saw Jurgis, and
boy evidently thinking that the other had
suspicious OF the SNOWFALL. When Jurgis
started slowly across the street toward him,
ne gave a quick glance about, meditatlng
retreat retreat but then he concluded to stand his
Jurgls took hold Of the railing Of the
what are you doing here2" he managed to
Go on - said the boy. aaoa
70" "fo oan. tried again. "what do
H., "Mei" answered the boy, angrlly, II
"You live here" Jurgis painted. He turn.
ed white, and chung more tightly to the
f fan,iinIg; ), You live here! Then where's my
b. The boy looked surprised. "Your family"
And Jurgis started toward him. 81
lis Is my house !" he cried lot
Come on y said the boy; then suddenly
.,,s = uoor upstairs opened, and he called
Hey, ma |! Here's "a fellow says he owns
stout Irish woman came to the top of
the steps. What's that" she demanded
,os S1,r rgs turned toward her. Where Is
herel This is my house What are you
doing In my home ~ M, 80.
Inc woman stared at him In frightened
wonder wonder she must have thought she was
one sv win a me,niac-Jurgis looked like
,orMy nome y he half shrieked. 81 lived
hin, You must be mistaken she answered
no,n' NO one ever lived here. This IL
new w PSTse r. They told US %. They" .,
shouted J payf tney done with my family"
=, A light had begun to break upon the
wbman n; perhaps she. had had doubts Of
what they" had told her. s'I don't know
tha Re your family is," she said, II bought
',a nobody here, and they told me IL was
.ent new j. Do you really mean you had ever
i Rented itp painted Jurgis, ~ bought
nv Raid for 1t own IT. And they
,is went went 5, SAINT you te. me where my peO-
,hs Sh Sa made him understand at last that
,ne knew nothing Jurgis's brain was so
lon Il t mat he could not grasp the situa
wiped ont was ~ s as y his family had been
,riotag TO 3e dream people who never had
ndIania ut Ill: He was quite loet-but then
a"ssI,y he thought OF Grandmother Ma
Inc womS who lived In the next block.
It a run. 40 tufheu ana starte"
oo %rrahn Ulnher Majausxkiene came TO the
U Upr,s herself ss, She cried out when she saw
he cSn,S %itt o;s and shaking. Yes, yes,
hey had not e' t MN The family had moved: