The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-15

anu Denluu tnem Whikeu WUudu
with pencil and notebook, keeping
count of the number they finished.
This woman was, of course, only hui.
man, and sometimes made mistakes;
when this happened there was no re-
dress--if on Saturday you got less
money than you had earned you had
to make the pest OF 1t. But Martha
did not understand this, and made
disturbance. Marija's disturbances
did not mean anything, and while she
had only known Lithuanian and Pol.
ish they had done no harm, for the
people only laughed at her and made
her cry. tt1w H
Btu now Maria was able to call
names In English, and 80 she got the
woman who made the mistake to dis
liking her. Probably, as Maria claim
ed, she made mistakes on purpose ar
ter that; at any rate, she made them,
and the third time II happened Maria
went ON the warpRth and took the
matter flrst to the forelady, and, when
she got no satisfaction there, to the
superintendent.
This was unheard of presumption,
but the superintendent said he would
see about It. which Maria took to
mean that she was going to get her
money. After waiting three days she
went to see the superintendent again.
This time the man frowned, and said
that he had not had time to attend to
It; and when Martha, against the ad.
vice and warning of every one, tried
1t once more, he ordered her back to
her work In a passion.
Just how things happened after that
Maria was not sure, but that after
noon the forelady told her that her
services would not be any longer re.
quired. Poor Maria could not have
been more dumbfounded had the wo- I,
man knocked her over the head; at
first she could not believe what she
mad heard, and then she grew furious
and swore that she, would come any
way; that her place belonged to her.
In the end she sat down In the middle
OF the floor and wept and walled.
y II was cruel lesson--but then Ma
ria was headstrong-s should have
listened to those who had had ex.
perience. The next time she would
know her place, as the forelady ex-
pressed It; and so Marta went out,
and the family faced the problem OF
an existence again. ~,
II was especially hard this time.
for Ona was In III health, and Jurgis
was trying hard to save ND money for
this. He had heard dreadful stories
OF the midwives, who grow as thick
as fleas In Packingtown, and he had
made up his mind that Ona must have
doctor. Jurgis could be very obsti.
nate when he wanted to, and he was
IN this case, much to the dismay o.
the women, who felt that man doc.
tor was an improperly, and that tie
matter really belonged to them. The
cheapest doctor they could find would
charge them SIS, and perhaps more
when the bill came in; and here was
Jnrgis declaring that he would pay Il,
even II he had to stop eating in the
Maria had only about twenty-five
dollars left. Day after day she wan
dered about the yards begging a lob,
but this time without hope Of finding |
It. Maria could do the work of an
able-bodied man, when she was cheer.
'ul, but encouragement wore her out I
easily, and she would come home at l
hight q pitiable object. She learned
her lesson this time, poor creature:
'he learned II ten times over. All
he family learned It along with her
hat when you have once got Job In
eackingtown you hang on to It, come
What will. I
Four weeks Maria hunted, and half |
4 NTH week. or course. she stop.
'ed paying her dues to the union.
The had about made up her mind that
he was lost soul. when somebody
old her Of an opening, and she went
nd got place as beef trimmer"
he got this because the boss saw
hat she had the muscles OF q man,