One Shining Moment by Gilbert Morris

Author:Gilbert Morris [Gilbert Morris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781441239969
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2012-12-05T05:00:00+00:00

“There it is, Aunt Christie—Chicago!”

At Jerry’s loud cry, Christie stirred herself and peered out over the edge of the cockpit. The sight made her gasp, for she had never dreamed that men could make anything so impressive as the city that lay below her. People the size of ants were moving along the tiny streets, and the cars looked like toys. As they passed over the city, she noted that the skyscrapers were like mountains with the streets lying in valleys between them.

Jerry brought the small plane in, and when he taxied up to one of the hangars and cut the engine, he said, “All out for Chicago—” Christie descended, having an awkward time keeping her skirt down as she climbed down to the pavement.

Jerry got her suitcase and led her into the hangar. He was met by a man in greasy clothes who said, “Phone call for you, Jerry. Guy said to be sure and get to him.”

Jerry took the slip of paper the mechanic handed him, glanced at it, and nodded. “Got to make a call, Aunt Christie. Wait here, will you?”

“All right.”

Christie stood beside her suitcase, watching the men at work on the planes for a few minutes, then Jerry was back. “Got to make one stop before I take you to the Salvation Army headquarters. Won’t take too long. Okay?”

“Of course, Jerry.”

He led her to a low, sleek car, stored her luggage in a compartment in the rear, then helped her in. When he got in, he said as he started the engine, “Got to go see my boss. You’ll get to see a little of Chicago.”

Jerry drove almost recklessly through the heavy traffic. He looped one arm out the window, letting his wrist drape over the wheel, and several times Christie gasped as he seemed to be unaware of escaping a collision by a fraction of an inch. He left a wake of honking cars and probably cursing drivers but chatted happily, pointing out the sights of the city.

“Look, here’s the way the city’s laid out,” he told her. “The Chicago River runs straight east into Lake Michigan. And the other way, west, there’s a fork, sort of like a Y. The city’s divided into three main divisions—North Side and South Side, meaning north or south of the river, and the West Side, which is everything between the two branches of the Y.”

As they moved along, he pointed out the Potter Palmer mansion, built in 1882, on north Lake Shore Drive. “This is the ritzy section, Aunt Christie,” Jerry informed her. “All the swells live here.”

They drove over a new bridge, and he informed her, “Michigan Avenue Bridge—just opened this month.” A little later he pointed out the Loop and the Million Dollar Mile, then finally after what seemed like a long drive, pulled up in front of a brick building with “Colosimo’s Cafe” on a sign over the door. “Come on inside,” Jerry said. “Want you to meet my employers.”

Christie walked with Jerry through

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