three o'clock in the
morning
Maybe , ' I says , ` if this here train do n't take a notion to climb down off the track and go berry-picking , maybe Chicago . Of course , ' I says , ` Chi ai n't quite so polished as Noo Yawk . Chi has been called crude by some . When I think of Noo Yawk , ' I says , ` I think of a peroxide chorus lady going home at three o'clock in the morning in two taxicabs , but when I think of Chicago I 'm reminded of a soused hired girl , with red hair , on a rampage . But , ' I says , ` what 's the difference ? Everywhere you go , ' I says , ` there 's always human life , and Chicago is reputed to be quite full of population and very probably we can find a few warm-hearted persons there who are more or less addicted to taking a chance . ' `` But you know how it is in these matters -- you never can tell .