| Ona might have married and left them, but she would not, for she loved Teta Elzbieta. |
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| He saw that Ona was not with them, and was full of foreboding as to what that might mean. |
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| It was an enormous big boy, and Ona was such a tiny creature herself, that it seemed quite incredible. |
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| Evening after evening Jurgis and Ona would sit and figure the expenses, calculating the term of their separation. |
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| Ona sobbed and wept, her fear and anguish building themselves up into long climaxes. |
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| Even the tricks and cruelties he saw at Durham's had little meaning for him just then, save as they might happen to affect his future with Ona. |
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| For some reason Ona had expressed a wish for me to ride horseback. |
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| I will think of it,' said I, and went into the other room to speak to Ona. |
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| Ona gave a shrug with her white shoulders, that seemed to question this. |
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| Jurgis and Ona heard these stories with dismay, for there was no telling when their own time might come. |
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| Ona was a working girl, and did not own waterproofs and such things, and so Jurgis took her and put her on the streetcar. |
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| Jurgis stood in the doorway and listened to her scolding, half drowning out the horrible moans and screams of Ona. |
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| Over this document the family pored long, while Ona spelled out its contents. |
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| In the fall, after the harvest was over, he saw that it would not do, and tramped the full fortnight's journey that lay between him and Ona. |
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| It does not, and finally he will wait no longer, but comes up to Ona, who turns white and trembles. |
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| All of this Ona sat watching, from a corner of the room, twisting her hands together, meantime, in a fever of fright. |
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| Ona saw this, and was very careful not to destroy his peace of mind, by letting him know how very much pain she was suffering. |
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| Jurgis developed a fondness for having Ona on his arm whenever he went out on the street, and he would hold her tightly, and walk fast. |
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| During the summer and fall Jurgis and Ona managed to pay her back the last penny they owed her, and so she began to have a bank account. |
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| Those through which Jurgis and Ona were walking resembled streets less than they did a miniature topographical map. |
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| Jurgis, without a word, lifts Ona in his arms, and strides out with her, and she sinks her head upon his shoulder with a moan. |
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| Marija went home, singing out loud all the way, and was just in time to join Ona and her stepmother as they were setting out to go and make inquiry concerning the house. |
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| The forewoman was especially severe with Ona, because she believed that she was obstinate on account of having been refused a holiday the day after her wedding. |
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| Deep snows would come again, and who would carry Ona to her work now? |
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| And this was the fact, for Jurgis had never seen a city, and scarcely even a fair-sized town, until he had set out to make his fortune in the world and earn his right to Ona. |
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| So Jurgis and Ona and Teta Elzbieta would hold anxious conferences until late at night, trying to figure how they could manage this too without starving. |
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| Jurgis was not able to figure, except it was a very simple sum, but Ona was like lightning at such things, and she worked out the problem for the family. |
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| This was simple and clear, and yet, with cruel inconsistency, whenever he escaped from this nightmare it was to suffer and cry out at the vision of Ona starving. |
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| So Ona began thinking of seeking employment herself, saying that if she had even ordinarily good luck, she might be able to take two months off the time. |
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| Both Jonas and Marija might soon be earning no more than enough to pay their board, and besides that there were only the wages of Ona and the pittance of the little boy. |
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