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A Chicago Evening

           

           ForanothershortperiodhemighthavebeenfoundlivingattheTremontinChicago,avoidingforthetimebeing,becauseofAileen’scompany,anythingmorethananoddingcontactwiththeimportantmenhehadfirstmet,whilehelookedquietlyintothematterofaChicagobrokeragearrangementapartnershipwithsomeestablishedbrokerwho,withouttoomuchpersonalambition,wouldbringhimaknowledgeofChicagoStockExchangeaffairs,personages,andChicagoventures.OnoneoccasionhetookAileenwithhimtoFargo,wherewithahaughty,boredinsoucianceshesurveyedthestateofthegrowingcity.

           "Oh,Frank!"sheexclaimed,whenshesawtheplain,wooden,four-storyhotel,thelong,unpleasingbusinessstreet,withitsmotleycollectionofframeandbrickstores,thegapingstretchesofhouses,facinginmostdirectionsunpavedstreets.Aileeninhertailoredspick-and-spanness,herself-consciousvigor,vanity,andtendencytoover-ornament,wasastrangecontrasttotheruggedself-effacementandindifferencetopersonalcharmwhichcharacterizedmostofthemenandwomenofthisnewmetropolis."Youdidn’tseriouslythinkofcomingoutheretolive,didyou?"

           Shewaswonderingwhereherchanceforsocialexchangewouldcomeinheropportunitytoshine.

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