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

hunks Of dry bread on TN p'as0, %
coffee, called dope" because IL we W.
Inrsis had not known this, or he would
have swallowed the stun in desperation;
as Il was, every nerve OF MN va
a-a,iiver with shame and rage. Towar9
morning the place fell silent, ana ne gos
up and began to pace his cell, ana Inen
within the soul OF him there rose up us
fiend, red eyed ana cruel, ana tore o"t
The strings Of his heart. -.
n was not for himself that he suffered
what did q man who worked In pur-
harn's fertilizer mill care about anything
that the world might do to him! What
was any tyranny compared with the tyrss
amy Of the past q n 1ne f Se rssc sl Of
the memory that could never be enaced!
The horror OF It drove him mad; ne
stretched out his arms to heaven. crying
out for deliverance from it--and there
was no deliverance, there was no power
even in heaven that could undo the past:
followed him, It seized upon him. and
beat him to the ground. All. II only ne
could have foreseen it-but then ne
would have fOreseen II, II he had not
been fool! He smote his hands upon
his forehead cursing himself because ne
had ever allowed Ona to work wnere
she had, because he had not stood be-
tween her and fate every one knew to
be so common. He should have taken her
away, even II Il were to lie down and
die OF starvation in the cutters Of Chi.
cagos streets! And now-oh, It could
not be true; 1t was too monstrous. too
horrible!
II was thing that could not be faced:
q new shuddering seized him every time
he tried to think Of It. No. there was
no bearing the load OF II, there was no
living under It, There could be none. for
her-he knew that he might pardon her,
might plead With her on his knees, but
again. The shame Of It would kill her
there could be no other deliveranoe, and
It was best that she should die.
This was simple and clear, and yet,
with cruel inconsistency, whenever he
escaped from this nightmare It was to
suffer and cry out at the. vision. Of Ona
starving. They had put him in jail, and
they would keep him here a long time.
years maybe. And Ono would surely not
go to work again, broken and crushed
as she was. And Elzbieta and Maria,
too. might lose their places--if that bell
iiend Conner chose to set to work to
And even II he did not, they could not
live-even II the boys left school again,
thew could surely not paw all the bills
without him and Ona. They had only
q few dollars now-they had just paid
the rent Of the house week ago, and
that after 1t was two weeks overdue. SO
II would be due again in a week! They
would have no money to pay II then-and
they would lose the house, after all their
long. heart breaking struggle. Three
times now the agent had warned him
that he would not tolerate another delay.
be thinking about the house when ne
had the other unspeakable thing to filll
his mind; vet, how much he had SUI.
fered for this house. how much they
had all OF them suffered! It was their
enc hope Of respite. as long as they lived;
and they were working people. moor nso-
rle. whose money was their strength.
the very substance Of theim, BODY and
me very substances Of them, BODY and
for lack Of which they died. ""N
And they would lose II all: they would
DC tusnen out into the streets and have
die as best they could! Jurgis had ali
the night--and all Of many more nights
70 think about this. and he saw tbe
ming IN its details: he lived Il all, al n
t ne were there; They would sell their
storss ana ap ~. then run into debt at the
would borrow a little from the Szedvi.-
iases. whose delicatessen store was tot
tering on the brink Of ruirt the neiSh-
Dors would come and helm them a little
uvv', s'ch Jaovyga would bring a few
spare pennies, as she always did when
neorle were starving, and Tamo"xi Min.
kusleika would bring them the proceeSs
Of nights adding. SO they would
tail-or would they know that he vas vas ~ ~
, ,sn; would they be able to find out anv-
t IN as. about h, himY Would they be allowed
n 10 seS nimr.or was Il to be part OF his
their fate? :" 'e"o'ahce ABOUT
His mind would hang upon the wors.
Msrisa oSt - se IS, saw , ona q and tortured
unable to get work for the "nn.s ~
G Tn"e family turned out on the stre sme
.Ssm A,1%Ehsy! would they actually SyFe isi
Would t there SUwr be. N 1t the IS, street and diet
would they wander about IN tSs son srO tnen a.;
Ss eS ihros s Jureis had never seen seen an. ~,
ssa p SoOss sy n The but he Sa
knsw where: end though the att ~ enc
rnel bureau, though there was nao