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The New City

           Thelandwasflatasflatasatablewithawaninggrowthofbrowngrassleftoverfromthepreviousyear,andstirringfaintlyinthemorningbreeze.UnderneathweresignsofthenewgreentheNewYear’sflagofitsdisposition.Forsomereasonacrystallineatmosphereenfoldedthedistanthazyoutlinesofthecity,holdingthelatterlikeaflyinamberandgivingitanartisticsubtletywhichtouchedhim.Alreadyadevoteeofart,ambitiousforconnoisseurship,whohadhadhisjoy,training,andsorrowoutofthecollectionhehadmadeandlostinPhiladelphia,heappreciatedalmosteverysuggestionofadelightfulpictureinnature.

           Thetracks,sidebyside,werebecomingmoreandmorenumerous.Freight-carswereassembledherebythousandsfromallpartsofthecountryyellow,red,blue,green,white.(Chicago,herecalled,alreadyhadthirtyrailroadsterminatinghere,asthoughitweretheendoftheworld.)Thelittlelowoneandtwostoryhouses,quitenewastowood,werefrequentlyunpaintedandalreadysmokyinplacesgrimy.Atgrade-crossings,whereamblingstreet-carsandwagonsandmuddy-wheeledbuggieswaited,henotedhowflatthestreetswere,howunpaved,howsidewalkswentupanddownrhythmicallyhereaflightofsteps,averitableplatformbeforeahouse,therealongstretchofboardslaidflatonthemudoftheprairieitself.

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