"But perhaps the worst consequences of this long siege was that they lost another member of their family; Brother Jonas disappeared. One Saturday night he did not come home, and thereafter all their efforts to get trace of him were futile. It was said by the boss at Anderson's that he had gotten his week's money and left there."
Description:Chapter Twelve in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became "The Jungle."
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