The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-20
THE JUNGLE.
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sfs come IN IL and "a S ss; III y We: certainly
And V Jurgis turned and staggered
corner he gave out completely. and sat
face IN bis hands, ana shook all over with
dry, racklng sObs.
Their home Their home! They had
Lest II! Grief, despair, rage, overwhelmed
ching to this neart.breakins, crushing real.
ity OF Ito the sight Of strange people
wing In his house, hanging their curtains
"a his windows, staring at him. with hos.
! t,lS eyes yes J Il was monstrous, Y was un;
not be true only think what he had SUI suf.
fered for that house--whmt miaerien they
had all suffered for 1.-THE price they had
Ss s . : srs s S,..sSs. as s.s + s
hundred dollars that they had scraped to-
gether, oil they owned In tue world, all
that stood between them and starvation l.
And luen their toll, month by month, to
interest as well, and now and then the
pairs, and what not Why. they had nut
their souls into their payments on that
and p more i0v with w tSer ns Ssrs swsss
blood. Dede Antanas had died OF the strug-
gle TO earn that money--he would have
been alive and strong today II he had not
had to work In Dprham's dark cellars to
her health ant strength to pay for it--she
was wrecked and ruined because Of &c;
and 30 was he, who had been big,
strong man three years age, and now sat
q hystericai child. Xhl they had Yc cast their
Al Into the fight and they had lost, they
gone--every cent Of 1t. And their house
was gcne--they were back where they had
s,s rte rom. hung out into the cold to
Jergls could see all the truth now--could
see himself. through the whole long course
Of events the victim OF ravenous vultures
q bends that had racksd S and tortured n
him, Knocked him, meantime jeering In his
face. All. Goo, the horror OF Il, the mon
atroug, hide0us demoniacal wickednegs Of
Z He and has family helpless women and
defenceless and forlorn as they were--and
tho enemies that had been lurking for them,
cropching upon their trail and thirsting for
their blood. That FIRST lying circular, that
t smSot y ton slippery agent That
N the other cAarges that they had not the
means 20 pay, ana would never have at
tempted to pay And then all the tricks OF
the packers, their masters, the tyrants who
y work, the irregular hours and the cruel
lpeeding.up. the LOWERING Of wages, the
'aising. Of prices The mercllessness Of ma
ure about them, Of heat and cold, raip
ma snow the mercilessneee q the city, Of
md customs that they did not understand
All Of these thlngs had worked together for
sc company that had marked them for Its
'r rsy and and. was as, waiting e: its chance. And
ma ana MAJ ana hsd turned Ss them out
nd sold II again. And they could do moth.
ng they were tied hand and fo0t--the law
gas against them, the whole machinery OF
ociety was at their oppressors' commando
Sscs e hs @V %auS rs ns snS sEst
en- from which he had Just escaped
TO get IN. and 90 away. was to give up,
9 acknowledge defeat. to leave the strange
amily In possession; and Jurgis might
s eoa az ~ the rain fOs l hours
no thought Of his family. II might Be that
Q had worse things yet to learn--and 90
. got TO his feet and started away, walk.
lg on, wearily, half.dased.
~ 40 An anas house back Il the yards
ever seemed longer. to Jurgis, and when he
NV the familiar dlngy.gray shanty his
cart was beating fast. He ran up the
Ieps ana began to hammer upon the door
he had shrunk ali up with her rhenrnatism
lnce Jurgis had seen her last, and her gel
Nv parchment face stared up at him from
little above the level Of the tioor.knob.
,nne gave start when she Jaw him. as
Yes, was the answer, "She's here"
"A NV -[Jurgls began, and then stop
ga short, clutchinR convulsively at the
S h Of the door. From somewhere within