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Rh there's not a country on earth that won't send things to fill the buildings, and there won't be anything a man can't see by going through 'em. It'll be as good as a college course to spend a week there."

Meg drew a little closer to Robin on the straw.

"What are they talking about?" she whispered.

"Listen," said Rob.

Jerry, who was moving about at some work below, gave a chuckling laugh.

"Trust 'em to do the biggest thing yet—or bust—them Chicago people," he said. "It's got to be the biggest thing—a Chicago Fair."

"It's not goin' to be the Chicago Fair," Jones said.

"They're not goin' to put up with no such idea as that! It's the World's Fair! They're goin' to ring in the universe."

"That's Chicago out and out," said Jerry. "Buildin's twenty stories high, an' the thermometer twenty-five degrees below zero—an' a World's Fair—Christopher Columbus! I'd like to see it!"

"I bet Christopher Columbus would like to see it!" said Jones. "It's out of compliment to him they're getting it up—for discovering Chicago."

"Well, I didn't know he made his name that way partic'lar," said Jerry. "Thought what he prided himself on was discoverin' America."