"Tomorrow, seven o'clock. Understand? Rytoj!
Prieszpietys! Septyni!"

"Dekui, tamistai!" (Thank you, sir.) And that was
all. Jurgis turned away, and then in a sudden rush the
full realization of his triumph swept over him, and he
gave a yell and a jump, and started off on a run. He had
a job! He had a job! And he went all the way home
as if upon wings, and burst into the house like a cyclone,
to the rage of the numerous lodgers who had just turned
in for their daily sleep.

Meantime Jokubas had been to see his friend the police~
man, and received encouragement, so it was a happy party.
There being no more to be done that day, the shop was
left under the care of Lucija, and her husband sallied
forth to show his friends the sights of Packingtown.
Jokubas did this with the air of a country gentleman
escorting a party of visitors over his estate; he was an
old-time resident, and all these wonders had grown up
under his eyes, and he had a personal pride in them.
The packers might own the land, but he claimed the land~
scape, and there was no one to say nay to this.

They passed down the busy street that led to the yards.
It was still early morning, and everything was at its high
tide of activity. A steady stream of employees was pour~
ing through the gate -- employees of the higher sort, at
this hour, clerks and stenographers and such. For the
women there were waiting big two-horse wagons, which
set off at a gallop as fast as they were filled. In the dis~
tance there was heard again the lowing of the cattle, a
sound as of a far-off ocean calling. They followed it,
this time, as eager as children in sight of a circus mena~
gerie -- which, indeed, the scene a good deal resembled.
They crossed the railroad tracks, and then on each side
of the street were the pens full of cattle; they would
have stopped to look, but Jokubas hurried them on, to
where there was a stairway and a raised gallery, from
which everything could be seen. Here they stood, star~
ing, breathless with wonder.

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