The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-10

,,,ou, did he come TO be there!l
demanded -. o,,+ ~ n,av.
ne Sohbed her voice choking nher'
s y sso~Idn,t make him stay In. He
", have have got caught in the mud"
Are "a you sure he 10 dea a'' -. ne ' de-
s ssi al" she walled. eyes; we had
n e, au'' Iurgls stood a few seconds,
, sps He did not shed q tear.
took one glance more at the
s,Sst with the little form beneath
a" and then turned suddenly to the
',s a and climbed down again. A
, uuv fell once more In the room as
entered He went straight to the
I'm, passing out and started down
y street. i..l
l when his wife had died Jurgis
,de for the nearest saloon, but Ge
!. mt 10 that now, though he had
& weeks wages in his pocket. He
liked and walked. seeing nothing.
iiashlng through mud and watsr.
'sier on he sat down upon a step and
n his face in his hands and for half
4 hour or so he did not move. Now
Id then he would whisper to- him
kk: Dead DeadH
Finally he got up and walked ON
lain. It was about sunset, and he
Bent on and on until II was dark,
|hen he was stopped by a railroad
tossing The gates were down and q
bng train of freight cars was thun-
Bring by He stood and watched II,
bid all at once a wild impulse seized
I'm, a thought that had been lurking
|Nhin him, unspoken. unrecognized,
Iaped into sudden life. He started
bvn the track, and when he was
bst the gatekeeper's shanty he
brang forward and swung himself on
one Of the cars. M
By and by the tram stopped again
bid Jurgis sprang down and ran
hder the car and hid himself upon
be truck. Here he sat, and when the
Jain started again, he fought a bat
j with his soul. He gripped his
ands and set his teeth together--he
I'D not wept, and he would not-not
tear! It was past and over, and
was done with THE would fling
on his shoulders. be free of II, the
hole business. that night. It should
. like black, hateful nightmare,
I'd In the morning he would be a
CIV man. And every time a thought
1t assailed him--a tender memory,
trace Of tear-he rose up, cursing
lth rage, and pounded It down.
He was lighting for his life; he
lashed his teeth together in his des-
sratlon. He had been fool, a fool!
mad wasted his life, he had
recked himself, with his accursed
eakness land now he was done with
ne would tear 1t out of him. root
10 branch. There should be no
ore tears and no more tenderness;
|, nad had enough of them-they had
10 MIN into slavery! Now he was
ing to be free, to tear off his
acKies, to rise up and fight. He was
al that the end had comet had
come some time, and 1t was just
well now. This was no world for
'nen and children, and the sooner
" got out of It the better for them.
,aatever Antanas might suffer
aele ne was, he could suffer no
' w., than he would have had he
,'eo upon earth. And meantime
rather had thought the last
'usht about him that he meant TO;
IVA, was going to fight for himself
S'l y. the world that had bafiied
. tortured him!
~ ne went on, tearing up all the
Se rs from the garden Of his soul,
n 'e.,tlng his heel upon them. The
,rr, numbered deafeningly, and a
,un, or dust blew in his face; but
.on SI II stopped now and then
y suEn the night, he chung where he
= ne would cling there until he