The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-10

cade Of living, leaping fire, white with
a Wilderness not OF earth, scorching
the eyeballs. Incandescent rainbows
shone above 1t, blue, red and golden
lights played about It: but the stream
itself was white, ineffable. Out Of the
regions Of wonder II streamed, the
very river Of life; and the soul leaped
up at the sight OF Il, fed back upon 1t,
swift and resistless. back into far-off
lands, where beauty and terror dwell
then the great caldron tilted back
again, empty, and Jurgis saw to his
relief that no one was hurt, and turled
and followed his guide out into the.
sunlight, u..sst
They went through the blast fur
naces. through rolling mills where
bars Of steel were tossed about and
chopped like bits Of cheese. All
around and above giant machine-arms
were flying, giant wheels were turning,
giant hammers crashing; travelling
cranes creaked and groaned overhead,
reaching down iron hands and Selling
iron prey--it was like standing In the
center of the earth, where the machin-
cry Of time was revolving.
BY and by they came to the place
where steel rails were made, and Jur-
gis heard loot behind him, and
jumped out Of the way of car with,
a white hot ing0t upon It, the size Of
a mans body. There was q sudden
crash and the car came to a halt, and
the ingot toppled out upon moving
platform, where steel fingers, and arms
seized hold of it. punching It and prod
ding 1t into place, and hurrying 1t into
the grip Of huge rollers. Then il came
out upon the other side, and there
were more crashings and Gatherings,
and over 1t was Topped, like q pancake
on a gridiron, and seized again and
rushed back at you through another
squeezer so amid deafening uproar
1t clattered 10 and fro, growing thinner
and fiatter and longer, The ingot
seemed almost a living thing; 1t aid
not want to run this mad course. but
1t was In the grip OF fate, II was
tumbled on, screechlng and clanking
and shivering in protest. BY and by It
was long and thin, a great red snake
escaped from purgatory; and then, as
1t slid through the rollers, you would
have sworn that 1t was alive-it
writhed and sQuirmed, and wriggles
and shudders passed out through it's
tall, all but fiinging 1t of by their vio-
lence. There was no rest for It until
1t was cold and black--and then IL
needed only to be cut and Strengthened
to be ready for railroad.
1t was at the end OF this rails prog.
ress that Jurgis got his chance. They
had to be moved by men with crow.
bars. and the boss here could use an
other man. So he took or his coat
and set to work on the spot.
1t took him two hours to get to this
place every day and cost him q dollar
and twenty cents week. As this was
out Of the question, he wrapped his
bedding In q bundle and took It with
him, and one Of his fellow workingmen
introduced him to a Polish lodging
house, where he might have the priv.
lege Of sleeping upon the floor for ten
cents . night He got his meals at
free lunch counters. and every Satur.
day night he went home bedding and
all--and took the greater part Of his
money to the family. Elxbieta was
sorry for this arrangement for she
feared that It would get him into the
habit Of living without them, and once
week was not very often for him 10
see his baby: but there was no other
way Of arranging It. There was NO
chance for woman at the steel works
and Maria was now ready for work
again, and lured on from day to day
by the hope Of finding It at the yards,
In week Jurgis got over his sense
OF helplessness and bewilderment in
the rAilmill He laarn0d En- Ana hio