The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-11
THE JUNGLE
his turn another day.

Their good luck, they felt, had given
them the right to think about a home,
and sitting out on the doorstep thet
summer evening they held consulta.
ton about 1t, and Jurgis took occa.
sion to breach weighty subject.
Passing down the avenue to work that
morning he had seen two boys leaving
an advertisement from house to house
and seeing that there were pictures
upon 1t, Jurgis had asked for one, and
had rolled 1t up and tucked It into his
he had been talking had read It to him
shirt. AT noontime a man with whom
and told him a little about 1t, with the
result that Jurgis had conceived
wild idea.
He brought out the placard, which
was quite work of art. It was near
ly two feet long, printed on calender.
ed paper, with a selection of colors
30 bright that they shone even In the
moonlight. The center of the placard
was occupied by house. brilliantly
painted, new, and dazzling. The roof
Of 1t was Of purple hue, and trimmed
with gold; the house itself was sill.
very, and the doors and windows rel.
1t was two-story building, with a
porch In front and a very fancy scroll
work around the edges; it was COM
plete In every tiniest detail even tho
doorknob, and there was a hammock
on the porch and white lace curtains
In the windows. Underneath this,
In one corner, was picture of hu5.
band and wife In loving embrace; In
the opposite corner was a cradle, with
fluffy curtains drawn over 1t, and a
smiling cherub lowering upon silver
colored wings. For fear that the sig.
nificance Of all this should be lost,
there was a liable, in Polish, Lithuan-
Ian and German-"Dom. Naimi.
Helm" "Why pay rent?' the linguis-
tic circular went on to demand.
"Why not own your own home? Do
you know that you can buy one for
less than your rent! We have built
tnouasnds of homes which are now
occupied by happy families. SO It
became eloquent, picturing the bliss.
fulness of married life In house with
nothing to pay. It even quoted
Home, Sweet Home" and made bold
to translate It into Polish-though
for some reason It omitted the Lith-
uanian of this. Perhaps the trans
later found 1t a difficult matter to be
sentimental in language In which a
sob Is known as a "guksziojimas" and
o smile as a nusiszypsojimas."
Over this document the family por-
ed long; while Ona spelled out It's con-
tents. It appeared that this house
contained four rooms, besides base
ment, and that 1t might be bought for
fifteen hundred dollars, the lot and
all. Of this, only three hundred dol
lars had to be paid down, the balance
being paid at the rate OF twelve dol
lars a month. These were frightful
sums, but then they were In America
where people talked about such with
out fear. They had learned that they
would have to pay a rent OF nine dol
lars a month for fiat, and there was
no way of doing better, unless the
family of twelve was to exist In one
or two rooms, as at present IL they
paid rent, of course, they might pa,
forever, and be no better of; wher',
as, IL they could only meet the extra
expense in the beginning, there woul'
at last come time when they woult
not have any rent to pay for the res
of their lives.
They figured It up. There was II.
tie left of the money belonging Il
Teta Elzbieta, and there was a litti'
left to Jurgis. Maria had about fifty
dollars pinned up somewhere In he
stockings, and Grandfather Anthem!
had part of the money he had gottei
: for his farm. II they all combinc'
. thew would have enough to make tn
D first payment; and II they had EN-
: nlovment. 80 that they could be sur
. If the future, IT, might really prov
the best plan. 1t was: OF course, no
= thing even to be talked OF lightly
4 q. kt~l~~ khoU would nave II