Chapter+19

Ona goes into labor, and Jurgis runs to Madame Haupt, a midwife, to get her to help Ona. Madame Haupt asks for $25, but when she sees that Jurgis does not have that kind of money, she settles for $1.25. Marija tells Jurgis that he should leave while the baby is being born because he is in the way, and he goes to a saloon that he used to go to a lot. He comes back at 4 AM, and learns from Madame Haupt that the baby died and that Ona is almost dead. As he calls her name, she opens her eyes for a moment and recognizes him, and then she dies. Kotrina comes home, and Jurgis takes the money that she made selling newspapers and goes to a bar to get drunk.
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 * Characters**: Jurgis, Madame Haupt, Marija, Kotrina, Aniele

"It was too good to last... this hard world" (198). "Then suddenly her eyes opened.... she slipped back and was gone" (201). "She was dead!.... a world of shadows, of fickle dreams" (202).
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