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

to the other extremes~ ne becanic
1 reckless and fndiHercastSs 'il:e oilsstfle
rest Of the men, who took but little.
thought Of themselves in the ardor
of their. work. II was wonderful.
when one came to think Of IT,; thAt
these men should have taken an, In
terest In the work they did; th"y had
no. share, In. .it-theyv were ,Wld ny
the hour and paid no more for being
interested. Also they know that II
they were hurt they woaM De lung
asider and forgotrea--aJ3 still they
would hurry to their. task by. DIN
ger0us short, cuts, would use meth
ODDS that were quicker and more ef-
fective In spite Of the fact that they
were also risky. His fourth day at
his work Jurgis saw q man stumble
while running in front Of a car, and
have his foot smashed OF; and before
I he had been there three weeks he was
witness OF yet more dreadful acct
dent. There was q row Of brick fur
naces, shining white through every,
crack with the molten steel inside,
Some of these were bulging danger,
ously, yet men worked before them,
wearing blue glasses when they open.
ed and shut the doors. One morn.
Ing as Jurgis was passing a furnace
blew out, spraying two men with a.
shower Of liquid fire. As they lay
screaming and rolling upon the
ground In agony. Jurgis rushed to
help them, and as result he lost a
good part OF the skin from the inside
Of one Of his hands. The company
doctor bandaged It up, but he got no
other thanks from any one, and was
laid up for eight working days with
out any pay. " r. "ei,' q.'@
Most fortunately at this juncture
Elzbieta got the long-awaited chance
to go at s o'clock In the morning and
help scrub the Office floors of one OF
the packers. Jurgis came home and
covered himself with blankets to
keep warm, and divided his, time be-
tween sleeping and playing with little
Antanas. Juozapas was raking in the
dump a good part Of the time, and
j Elzbieta and Maria were hunting for
more work.
Antanas was now over a year and
half old, and was a perfect talking
machine. He learned SO fast that
every week when Jurgis came home
1t seemed to him as II he had a new
child He would sit down and listen
and stare at him., and give vent to
delighted EXPLANATIONS 80 "Palauk!
Muma! tn mano ,szirdele!" The lit
tie fellow was now really the one
delight that Jurgis had In this world
his one hope, his one victory
Thank God, Antanas was a boy! And
ne was as tough as a pine.knot. and
with the appetite OF a wolf. NOTHING
mad hurt him, and nothing could hurt
him; ne had come through all the
suffering and deprivation unscathed
only shriller-voiced and more deter.
mined IN his grip upon life. He was
q terrible child to manage. was AN.
tanas, but his father aid NOT mind
that-he would watch him and smile
to himself with 4 satisfaction Tho
more OF a fighter be was the better
ne would need to fight before he got
through. eo'
= Jursis had got the habit Of buying
the sunday paper whenever he had
the money; a most wonderful paper
could be had for only Ave cents. a
whole armful. with all the news NJ
the world set forth In big headlines
that Jurgis could spell out SLOWLY
with the children to. helm him NJ ne
long words, There were battle anS
murder and sudden death-it was
marvellous how they, ever heard ahont
so many entertaining and thriIlins
happenings; the stories must be- All N
true. for surely no man. could have
MADE such things up; and besides
there We're pictures OF them ALI az
real as life. One Of these papers was
as good as circus, and nearly as