"
"It sounds a good deal like a turnip growin' in a garden," Samson
remarked, thoughtfully.
"Give it a fair chance," Brimstead went on. "Two cellars have been dug
over there in the pasture. One is for the Town Hall and the other for the
University which the Methodists are going to build. A railroad has been
surveyed and is expected this summer."
"That same railroad has been expected in a thousand places since '32,"
said Samson.
"I know, it's the most expected thing in the United States but that won't
scare it away," Brimstead went on. "Everybody is yellin' for it."
"You can't call a railroad as you would a dog by whistling," Abe warned
him.
"But it's got beyond Buffalo on its way," said Brimstead.
"A team of healthy snails would get here soouer," Samson insisted.
"El Dorado can make out with a canal to Lake Michigan, carrying its
manufactures and the product of the surrounding country straight to the
big cities of the East," said Brimstead. "Every corner lot in my city has
been sold and paid for, half cash and half notes.
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