About this story
Hurstwood empties the saloon safe at one in the morning and takes you west with a lie about a hurt man. New York ruins him; when he asks at your stage door you send down twenty dollars and do not go down. Forty-seven chapters carry you to a suite on the avenue and a secondhand rocking chair by the window, still wanting.
Who you’ll meet
Charles Drouet, a travelling salesman on a Chicago-bound train, and the railway conductor. You play Carrie Meeber.
How it opens
At eighteen, you left Columbia City with a small trunk, four dollars, and your sister's address.
The afternoon train carried you toward Chicago while familiar fields flattened behind smoke.
Train ConductorTicket, miss; this car runs through without another change.
Train ConductorKeep the claim check; Chicago stations swallow careless luggage.
Charles DrouetThe gentleman means they swallow careless travelers too.
Choose
I can manage my ticket without a guide.
Does Chicago truly confuse every newcomer?