As you've probably guessed because of the tragic nature of this story, Jurgis does not keep his hundred dollars for long. He has to find somewhere to change it into smaller bills, so when he goes and buys a drink he asks for the change. The barkeep insists that Jurgis only gave him one dollar. Jurgis subsequently gets in a fight, gets arrested, and loses his money.
It's back to jail for Jurgis, where he encounters Jack Duane, his old cellmate, again. Duane and Jurgis decide to partner together when each of them get out of jail, and Jurgis feels very thankful to Duane for this kindness.
The first crime they commit is to rob a man in an alley. Jurgis feels some remorse about this, but Duane simply remarks that it is either that.....
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