Chapter 23Early in the fall Jurgis set out for Chicago again. All the joywent out of tramping as soon as a man could not keep warm in thehay; and, like many thousands of others, he deluded himself withthe hope that by coming early hecould avoid the rush. He broughtfifteen dollars with him, hidden away in one of his shoes, a sumwhich had been saved from the saloon-keepers, not so much by hisconscience, as by the fear which filled him at the thought of beingout of work in the city in the winter time.
He traveled upon the railroad with several other men, hiding infreight cars at night, and liable to be thrown off at any time,regardless of the speed of the train. When he reached the city heleft the rest, for he had money and they did not, and he meant tosave himself in this fight. He would br
