The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-13

20 the methods employed ny the
% Beef Trust, has lee origin In an
AZ actual packInUtoWn romance.
+ A simple. minded cbterIe OF LlthuanIans
arrive IN Chicago, seeking. employment,
and are conducted 20 packlnptown BY q
friend. Jurqls, a Giant IN strength, 10 be-
trothed 70 Ora, and the first chapter tells
After much trIbuisticn II s entire family
obtains work In the stocIyards-aIl but
ons, whom JuroIs said should never
The terribie tale OF che slaughter
tall--the nth, the overworlsIng OF hands,
matters. y All vIvicIy dspictsd. Y The IL.
ito family buys a house on The lnstalment'
died, and ona 70 forced 10 seek work 10
meet the actual living expense and the
interest on the purchase contract, %
which they learn too late.
< Maria discovers that the forelady 10
: :S:s her. BY taking g e. S"sy which S.
protests Violently, and y discharged:
Finally she obtains raan's work az hais
the pay Of a man. A baby comes TO ona
and Jurols,. but the little mother can take
only week on, fearing the loss OF her
just an ona and JuruIs pay MarIJa
what they owe her, JurOls turns hIs an.
kle and 10 laid up for months. Hls ma.
ture begins 20 change. Ae beccmss cross
the family In che face. The smaller chill.
dren are sent out Into the snow to sell
Finally Jure!s begins work In the Ter.
blsta slaves IN the sausage stuffing Dc.
partment. The little boys OF the family
learn 20 swear, drink and smoke. Grad.
ually the grind throws the family into
constant stupor. They talk llttIe--onIy
s srd wm nrt tinsy can, sleep when they can,
future Tee dark, hopeless, besore them.
Only death can be eeen at The end OF thIu
Vista. And tho strength OF enc wkois
family 70 being surely slapped. 1EIf7
-. Again E.a, for q space there was no sound but
she spoke again she did not open them.
HE told me he would have me turned on.
He told me--we would--we would all of us
Lose ,Sss our places; We could never get any.
meant it-~he would have Fnined uS"
Jnrglss arms were shaking so that he
could scarcely hold himself up. and lurch-
ga Forward now and then as he listened.
"When-when did this begini" he gasped.
40 ~ In q trance '.It was all--it was
their plot--Miss Henderson's plot. She ha.
TED me- And he--he wanted me. He
used 70 speak TO me--out on the platform.
Then ne began Toto make love to me.
said he loved me- Then he threatened me.
He Knew AL about us. he knew we would
jas He would hound us to death, he said
. =; ns "a ne said if ! would--if I've would
a moment ago her face had been ashen
gray: now IL was scarlet. She was be-
ginning 70 breathe hard again. Jurgis
made not a sound. @ 6TD7
wants sst NV wa; q two .Sm months Then ::
wanted me to stay there. He said all OF
us--that we would not have 20 work. He
made me come therein the evenings. I
told ycns--you thought I was q the fac.
COULDN'T get back. And last nishtMthe
cara were stopped. II was such little
thing-to ruin an ALL" -l, -. i'.,'
All this she had said without q culver:
she lay still AZ death, not an eyelid moving
cd himself by the bed. and stood np He
do mot stop for another glance .at her. but
went to the door and opened Il. He aid
not zee Elzbieta, cruoched terrified In the
s sSrnsr ne wsn ,s SS N leaving the
his feet were on the sidewalk he broke In
q run. 7It7T
He ran like ono possessed, blindly, fu.
riously, looking neither to the right nor
10 w sSnp 81 A9 S% e ow sss . s
then. noticing a car. no made dart Tor IL
and drew himself aboard. His eyes were
wild and his hair flying. and he was
breathing hoarsely, like 4 wounded bull;
but the people on the car ala not notice
this MISUNDERSTANDING it seemed natu.
raj to them tnat q man who smelt az Jur-
gis smelt should exhibit an aspect to CORE
Bpond They began to give way before him
ae usual The conductor took his nickel
Etngerly, with the tips Of his fingers and
then left him with the platform TO himself.
were far away. Within his soul it was
like q roaring furnace; he stood waiting,
waiting, crouching az X for q spring. -.
He had some Of his breath back when the
car came to the entrance OF the yards, and
az az h full S speed People turned and stared