. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . n of thecensus here. My boy, if I should conclude to go to Lincolns tomb at Spring-field, what road would I take ? The answer was more amazing still: — Oh, take the C. A. or the A. T. S. F. and change, or the C. change, or the C. I. If you take the C. A. or the A. T. S. F. orthe C. I., you will have to change in this way — Here the boy begansuch a distortion of the alphabet as could only be heard in a primaryschool. Do you know all the railroads that go out of Chicago ? askedthe Quaker. Most of them. There s
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . n of thecensus here. My boy, if I should conclude to go to Lincolns tomb at Spring-field, what road would I take ? The answer was more amazing still: — Oh, take the C. A. or the A. T. S. F. and change, or the C. change, or the C. I. If you take the C. A. or the A. T. S. F. orthe C. I., you will have to change in this way — Here the boy begansuch a distortion of the alphabet as could only be heard in a primaryschool. Do you know all the railroads that go out of Chicago ? askedthe Quaker. Most of them. There s the A. T. and S. F; the B. and O.; theC. B. and Q.; the C. E. and L. S.; the C. M. and S. P.; the C. R. P.; the C. S. P. and K. C.; the C. and A.; the C. and E.; theC. and E. I.; the C. and G. T.; the C. and N.; the C. and N. P.;the C. and S.; the C. and W. M.; the C. and W. I. ; the C. C. C. andS. L., which is the Big 4; the I. C.; the L. S. and M. C.; the ; the M. L. S. and W.; the M. P.; the N. Y. C. and St. L. NicklePlate; the P. F. W. and W. ; and the W. CHICAGO AND ITS MAKERS. 105 If you wish to go to Springfield by a zigzag, picturesque kind ofroute, take the — Here the boy went off into the alphabet again. I am afraid I would never get there, said our good friend, withuplifted hands. I think that we have about concluded to go to Lin-coln Park. The party did not find this an easy matter. They went to StateStreet; the sidewalks were thronged with hurrying crowds; highbuildings towered in the sunny and smoky air. If I were to come to Chicago, said the confused Quaker, Iwould eo into the business of collars and cuffs. Mine were cleanwhen I started out — just see them now ! But everybody looks clean ;how do they do it ? After many directions from policemen, the party found the carfor the famous park which is the delight and summer rest of lovely it was ! The great bronze statue of Lincoln arose beforethe province of greenery ; the Lake rippl
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