respectability, and had had himself made a magistrate;
a position for which he was admirably fitted, because of
his strong conservatism and his contempt for "foreigners."

Jurgis sat gazing about the room for an hour or two;
he was in hopes that someone of the family would come,
but in this he was disappointed. Finally, he was led
before the bar, and a lawyer for the company appeared
against him. Connor was under the doctor's care, the
lawyer explained briefly, and if his Honor would hold the
prisoner for a week -- "Three hundred dollars," said his
Honor, promptly.

Jurgis was staring from the judge to the lawyer in per~
plexity. "Have you any one to go on your bond?"
demanded the judge, and then a clerk who stood at
Jurgis's elbow explained to him what this meant. The
latter shook his head, and before he realized what had
happened the policemen were leading him away again.
They took him to a room where other prisoners were
waiting, and here he stayed until court adjourned, when
he had another long and bitterly cold ride in a patrol
wagon to the county jail, which is on the north side of
the city, and nine or ten miles from the stockyards.

Here they searched Jurgis, leaving him only his money,
which consisted of fifteen cents. Then they led him to
a room and told him to strip for a bath; after which he
had to walk down a long gallery, past the grated cell-
doors of the inmates of the jail. This was a great event
to the latter -- the daily review of the new arrivals, all
stark naked, and many and diverting were the comments.
Jurgis was required to stay in the bath longer than any
one, in the vain hope of getting out of him a few of his
phosphates and acids. The prisoners roomed two in a
cell, but that day there was one left over, and he was the
one.

The cells were in tiers, opening upon galleries. His
cell was about five feet by seven in size, with a stone floor
and a heavy wooden bench built into it. There was no
window -- the only light came from windows near the
roof at one end of the court outside. There were two

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