She took him to a cheap restaurant, and paid the proprietor a quarter, and told him to see that Jurgis had a dinner. And so he ate soup and bread, and boiled beef, and potatoes and beans. Then—the old lady having of course left—the proprietor told Jurgis to “git;” but he, having been sharp enough to look at the bill-of-fare, announced that he had corned beef and cabbage and pie and coffee still coming to him; and when the proprietor tried to bluster it out, he backed up against the wall and declared that he would wreck the place before he would leave without his rights. As several people in
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