The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-07-07
He JUNGLE

per-roses twisted In the VEIL and
eleven bright green rose-ieaves.
There were new white cotton gloves
upon her hands, and as she stood
staring about her she twisted them
together feverishly. II was almost too
much for her--you could see the pain
OF too great emotion In her face, and
all the tremor of her form. She was
so young quite sixteen land
small for her age, mere child: and
she had Just been married--and mar
ried to Jurgis, Of all men, to Jurgis
Rudkus, he with tbs white flower in
the button hole OF his new black suit.
he with the mighty shoulders and
the giant hands.
Ona was blue-eyed and fair. while
Jurgis had great black eyes with beet
ling brows, and thick black hair that
curled In waves about his ears--in
short, they were one OF those neon
gruous and impossible married
couples with which Mother Nature so
often Wills to confound all prophets.
before and after. Juygis could take
up a two hundred and fifty pound
quarter Of beef and carry II into q car
without q stagger, or even q thought;
and now he stood in q far corner,
frightened as q hunted animal, and
obliged to moisten his lips with his
tongue each time before he could an
swer the congratulations Of his
friends.
Gradually there was effected q sepa.
ration between the spectators and
the guests--a separation at least gnf-
ficiently complete for working pur.
poses. There was no time during the
festivities which ensued when there
were not groups of onlookers In the
doorways and the corners; and II any
one Of these onlookers came sum
ciently close, or looked sufficiently
hungry, a chair was offered him, and
he was invited to tho feast, II was
one Of the laws Of the veselija that
no one goes hungry; and, while rule
made In the forests of Lithuania is
hard to apply In the stock-yards dis
trict of Chicago, with its quarter OF q
million inhabitants, still they did their
best, and the children who ran In
from the street, and even the dogs,
went out again happier. A charming
informality was one Of the charac-
teristics Of this celebration. The men
wore their hats, or. II they wished,
they took them OF, and their coats
with them: they ate when and where
they pleased, and moved as often as
they pleased. There were to be
speechs and singing, but no one had
to listen who did not care to; II he
wished, meantime, to speak or sing
himself, he was perfectly free. The
resulting medley OF sound distracted
no one, save possibly alone the babies,
OF which there were present o num-
Der equal to the total possessed by oil
the guests invited. There was no
other place for the babies to be, and
80 part Of the preparations for the
evening consisted Of q collection Of
cribs and carriages In one corner In
these the babies slept, three or four
together, or Weakened together, as the
case might be. Those who were still
older. and could reach the tables,
marched about munching contentedIy
at ineatbones and bologna sausages.
The room IL about thirty feet
square, with whitewashed walls. bare
save for q calendar, picture Of d
race horse, and q family tree IN q
gilded frame. TO. the right there Is q
door from the saloon, with q few
loafers In the doorway, and IN cor
ner beyond II bar. with q presiding
genius clad In soiled white. with
waxed black mustaches and care.
fully oiled curl plastereC against one
side or his forehead. In the opposite
corner are two tables. filling 4 third