The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-20

q thaW had set In Ine sleety ram. Voc
falling, driven by wind that pierced ' tnr
his Overcoat when he set out to 10 up,
COnnor, and so his rides out In the patrol
wagons had been cruel experiences. HIS
clothing was old and worn thin, and II
never had been very warm. Now as ne
trudged on, the rain soon wet IL through.
the sidewalks, so that his feet would soon
have been soaked, even had there been no
holes In the shoes. N @i8
Jurgis ha>. had enough to eat In the jail:
and the work had been the least trying OF
any that he had done since ne came to en-.
strOng-the fear and grief that had prey
Ed uDon his mind had worn him thin. Now
he shivered ana Shrunk from the rain, hid
Ing his hands In his pockets and launching
his shoulders together The Bridewell
grounds were on the outskirts Of the city
and wild--on one side was the big drainage
canal, and on the other a maze of railroad
tracks, and 80 the wind had full sweep.
After walking a ways Jurgis met q little
ragamuffln whom he hailed: Hey, SON
ny!' ..l .tJ .f. ,.....
IAe boy cooked one eye at hlm-he knew
that Jrrgls was pan bird" by his shaver
head. "WOt yer wantw he queried. la s.
How do you 80 to the stockyards?" Jur'
uOnC go, replied the boy.
rn Jurgis hesitated moment, nonplussed!;;
why don't yer say so thenT'' was the
west, across the tracks. "That way"
How far Is itf" Jurgls asked.
ILL, i'll dunno, said the other. "Mebby 20
Twenty miles - Jurgis echoed, and his
face fell. He had to walk every foot Of IT,
for they had turned him out or jall without
penny In his pocket. ~ UTH,
Yet, when he once got started and his
blood had warmed with walking, he forgot
everything In the fever Of his thoughts. All
the Dreadful imaginatiOns that had haunted
MIN In his cell now rushed into his mind at
once. The agony was almost over--he was
going to md out and he clenched his hands
IN MS pockets as he store, following his
lying desire almost at run. Ona--the
paDy--the family-the house-he would
, Know tne truth about them all And he
was coming to the rescue-he was free
again! His hands were his own, and he
cOuld help them, he could do battle for
them against the world.
FOR an hour or 80 he walked thus, and
tnen began to look about him. He seemed
stra Ss w seaving tne city altogether. The
ing to the westward; there were snow COW
cred fields on either side of him Soon he
met q farmer driving a twohOrse wagon
'oa1eu Win straw, and he stopped him.
. TINS the way to the stockyards?''
The iarmer scratched his head. 81 dunno
lest wher they be-" he said "But tbsv'ro
dead away from It now" eoins
Surgls looked dazed. II was told this was
Who told your"
"A boy"
We'll, mebbe he was playing n toto nm
ye, The best thing We kin do is to 20 6 acI
"a HHu WI. wnen we q. into town ask a policeman
an % iaRe ye IN, only I've come a long wayS
an ! am i loaded heavy. Git up /" e "a''
ward ftSS a turned and followed and to.
zee chicago again. Past endless '1 Slact 70
oi two'story shantles he walked v aI~ns
wooden sidewalks ana unpaved M th along
,at. with deep slusn holes T Evsyys
Inc On %ot th mere would be railroad cross.
tran u fo ,ne ,eVel with the sidewalk, a death
WOULD vr be passing, the cars cisnkino 'rs ans
e[hasning together, and Jurgis woni1 n "nu
nDOut waiting, burning up with n fsvspp ase
.tn pa' zen occasionally the cars wouId
street i cars some ,,, minutes, and wagons and
me drivers swearing at each other w nr
NY beneath umbrellas out of the rain niu
sui .at times Jurgis would dodge undn. AZ
Inc car r'u run across the tracks and betwsan
lie cros sandhs MS life into his hands.
,von IL solid and covered with slush riyer
wen t Sa t rat, river bank was the snow vhts
ton Of snake h which ana fell was a diluted soiu.
T ue .streaked with black Then f hs race race
he streets business part Of the city w y
With horses w silnn, sewers Of inky backness
men ana children flying acresas ana Wo-
q fcpmss TT These streets huge
ngs, echoing with the cIangs plack build
~a r tne shouts Of drivers the peanla 0ngs
ii hnrryny them were as busy as ant wno
o look at ANYTHING nor A. n ascs stopping
vatar trSmpish looking foreieneerr er' IN. Inc
nxious eyeS c wna and hageard face "nd
led past them, as much unhanaaass ne hur.
eep In a wilderness. thousand miles
o,u MIN that he had Ave niles e 81 and
ma" % s snito the slum-d lstricts e. e. lie