Signs were everywhere numerous. Trains flashed by them. Across wide stretches of flat, open prairie they could see lines of telegraph poles stalking across the fields toward the great city.

• 前面就是芝加哥的迹象到处可见。这些迹象在窗外一掠而过。火车驶过开阔平坦的大草原,他们看见一排排的电线杆穿过田野通向芝加哥。