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The New City

           Hisamazingcommercialadventures,brilliantastheywere,hadbeenalmostexclusivelyconfinedtothedull,staidworldofPhiladelphia,withitssweetrefinementinsections,itspretensionstoAmericansocialsupremacy,itscoolarrogationoftraditionalleadershipincommerciallife,itshistory,conservativewealth,unctuousrespectability,andallthetastesandavocationswhichtheseimply.Hehad,asherecalled,almostmasteredthatprettyworldandmadeitssacredprecinctshisownwhenthecrashcame.Practicallyhehadbeenadmitted.NowhewasanIshmael,anex-convict,albeitamillionaire.Butwait!Theraceistotheswift,hesaidtohimselfoverandover.Yes,andthebattleistothestrong.Hewouldtestwhethertheworldwouldtramplehimunderfootorno.

           Chicago,whenitfinallydawnedonhim,camewitharushonthesecondmorning.HehadspenttwonightsinthegaudyPullmanthenprovidedacarintendedtomakeupforsomeoftheinconveniencesofitsarrangementsbyanover-elaborationofplushandtorturedglasswhenthefirstloneoutpostsoftheprairiemetropolisbegantoappear.Theside-tracksalongtheroad-bedoverwhichhewasspeedingbecamemoreandmorenumerous,thetelegraph-polesmoreandmorehungwitharmsandstrungsmoky-thickwithwires.Inthefardistance,cityward,was,hereandthere,aloneworking-man’scottage,thehomeofsomeadventuroussoulwhohadplantedhisbarehutthusfaroutinordertoreapthesmallbutcertainadvantagewhichthegrowthofthecitywouldbring.

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