Story Continuation

Jungle (Upton Sinclair) (This could fit after chapter 6) Jurgis was determined to have Ona as the wife even if it meant going through the extensive difficulties that they were already facing. They banked on nothing more than the love between them and the hopes within them. They had to make quick plans to have maters rolling in terms of logistics of taking the dowry to the parents and the maiden visit to the home of Ona to have the matters officiated and finalized.

It was not going to be an easy task since the odds against them were a lot. The fact that they had bought a home for themselves was an indication of the optimism that was a binding factor and now they had to pull in the same direction in order to have the entire deal fall together. It seemed having the dowry in place was harder and more demanding than the building of a house, it was much and lump sum.

The duo had to get down and dirty in order to make ends meet. Tradition demanded that this had to be done before they could be allowed to move to the place they chose for their final settling. Jurgis chose to use the energy that was exhibited by the dancers in the previous night wakes that they had already experienced.

It was suggested by a council of elders that in order to assist the young man achieve his dreams various presents were to be brought to the next dance competition with most going towards the dowry collection and a small token for the winning dancer. The charity night dance was part of it and the significant part had to be covered the duo.

Jurgis took it upon himself to walk ten kilometers over the weekends to the nearest town to get casual jobs to supplement the one he already had farm produce whose season was fast approaching. Hoping for a bumper harvest, Jurgis zealously worked at the construction sites which were the common jobs at the time bearing the rapid expansion that the town was experiencing at the time.

$6 a day was a satisfactory pay that for him, this would allow him to save a few coins and spend a few coins on the daily upkeep of himself and the sweetheart, Ona. The construction site jobs were tiresome, draining and at time heartbreaking when one beholds the pay that comes thereafter. Often, he used to take the section of trimming the roughly cut stones into straight shapes that could be used for building.

This was tiresome job a taking since it required one to work on at least 50 blocks per day I order to qualify for the $6 pay and any extra would be paid on a per piece basis, if one never met this number, then it would be based totally on the number of blocks worked on, this was paltry payment. Ona knew about the strenuous demands of the job that Jurgis did on a daily basis and was touched by it. She.