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The Pit a Story of Chicago

By: Frank Norris

...American wheat. When complete, they will form the story of a crop of wheat from the time of its sowing as seed in California to the time of its consum... ..., slow-moving press of men and women in evening dress filled the vestibule from one wall to an- other. A confused murmur of talk and the shuffling of ... ...ed murmur of talk and the shuffling of many feet arose on all sides, while from time to time, when the outside and inside doors of the entrance chance... ...e opera business in the whole world.” But the orchestra was returning, the musicians crawl- ing out one by one from a little door beneath the stage ha... ...ened arms the cataract that poured in upon the Pit from Iowa and Nebraska, Minnesota and Dakota, from the dwindling bins of Illinois and the fast-empt... ... smoking-room. I’ll be there. And, by the way, I shall expect a reply from Minneapolis about half-past five this afternoon. I would like to be able to... ... the price of wheat to a dollar and twenty cents, the great flour mills of Minnesota and Wis- consin stopped grinding, and finding a greater profit in... ... auxiliary currents set in from all the reach of the Great Northwest, from Minneapolis, Duluth, and Milwaukee. From the Southwest, St. Louis, Omaha, a...

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