The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-18
CHAPTER v. (contlnued.)

one That nau CauSnC ING 2CtenIlOu OI
the family by Its pictures. It showed
two very pretty little birds building
themselves home; and Martha had
asked an acquaintance to read It to
her and told Them that 1t related to
the furnishing Of house. Feather
your nest" 1t ran--and went on to
say that 1t could furnish all the nee
essary feathers for four-rOom nest
for tho ludicrously small sum of sew
enty-five dollars. The particularly
important thing about this offer was
that only small part of the money
need be had at Once-the rest one
might pay a few dollars every month.
Our friends had to have some furni-
turc, there was no getting away from
that; but their little fund of money
had sunk so low that they could hard.
ly get to sleep at night, and SO they
fed to this as their deliverancc.
There was more agony and another
paper for Elzbieta to sign, and then
one night when Jurgis came he was
told the breathless tidings that the
furniture had arrived and was safely
slowed In the house; g. parlor set of
four pieces, bedroom set of three
pieces, q dining room table and four
chairs, toilet set with beautiful pink
roses painted all over 1t, an assort-
ment of crockery, also with pink roses
and so on. One of tho plates in the
set had boon found broken when the-
unpacked 1t, and Ona was going to
make them change 1t; also they had
promised three sauce pans, and there
mad only two come, and did Jurgis
think that they were trying to cheat
them!
The next day they went to the
house; and when the men came from
work they ate few hurried mouth
fuls, at Aniele's, and then set to work
at tho task of carrying their belong.
ings to their new home. The distance
was In reality over two miles, but
Jurgis made two trips that night,
ecah time with huge pile Of mat
tresses and bedding on his head, with
bundles Of clothing, bags and things
tied up inside. Anywhere else In Chi
cago he would have stood good
chance OF being arrested; but the Po-
used to these informal mOvings, and
contented themselves with cursory
examination nov and then. II was
quite wonderful to see how fine the
house looked, with all the things in 1t,
even by the dim light of lamp; 1t
was really home, anu almost as excit-
ing as the placard had described 1t.
Ona was fairly dancing, and she and
Cousin Maria took Jurgis by the arm
and escorted him from room to room,
sitting In each chair by turns, and
then insisting that he should do the
same. One chair squeaked with his
great weight, and they screamed with
fright, and woke the baby and
brought everybody running. Altogcth-
er 1t was a great day; ana tired as
they were, Jurgis and Ona sat up late,
cOntended simply to hold each other
and fiaze In rapture about the room.
They were going to be married as
soon as they could get everything set
tied, and a little spare money put by;
and this was to be their home-that
little room yonder would be theirs !
1t was In truth a never-ending de-
light, the fixing up of this house.
They had no money to spend for the
pleasure of spending, but there weTo
few absolutely necessary things, AMI
the buying of these was perpetual
adventure for Ona. It must always
be done at night, 80 that Jurgis could
go along; and evrn II 1t were only 4
pepper cruet, or half dozen glasses
for 10 cents. that was enough Tor All
expedition. On Saturday night they
came home with a great basketful CT
things, and spread them out on the
table, while every one stood round,
and the children climbed up on the
chairs. or howled to be lifted up 10
see. There were sugar and salt and
tea and crackers, and can OF lard
and a milk nail and n scrubbing