The Third Level by Jack Finney (CLOZE)

The Third Level by Jack Finney

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Charley was 31 years old man married to . Several times he had himself in the Grand Central Station. He always found himself into new doorways and new corridors. Every time he had a new . He even had begun to believe that the Grand Central was like a huge ever pushing new tunnels and new corridors like the under the ground. Once he got into a mile long tunnel and came out in the lobby of a . At another time, he came up into the building of an .
There were certainly only two at the Grand Central. But Charley asserted that there were levels. He talked about it to his friends. One of them was a . The psychiatrist said that it was nothing but day-dreaming. He explained that it was only an escape from his life. The modern world was full of , and . The third level provided him an from it.

His other friends with the psychiatrist. They said that his stamp collecting was also a .

Charley did not agree with them. He said that his grandfather started the stamp collection. And in his grandfather’s days, life was . He did not need an escape. Besides, President also collected stamps.

One day, Charley got from his office. He wanted to reach soon. So he went to the Grand Central to catch a . He walked down to the first level, and then walked down another of stairs. He thought he had reached the level again. But he got lost. He walked down a . He thought it was wrong. But he walked on downward. He walked down a short flight of stairs. He thought that he had reached the second level again. But actually he had reached the level.

The third level was entirely different and old-. There were fewer windows. The information booth was made of . The lights were open flame lights. There were brass on the floor. Men had beards and . Women wore old-fashioned dresses and high buttoned . The railway engine was small with a shaped stack. Everything looked a old. He walked to the boy. There he glanced at “The ”. The lead story was about President . Later Charley found out from the library files that it was printed on June 11, 1894.

Charley wanted to go to . He had been there in his childhood days. It was a wonderful town with tremendous tress and frame houses. In 1894, it was a heaven of peace and . People lived a carefree life. So he asked for two tickets to Galesburg. He paid the fare in modern notes which were different from those in 1894. The clerk thought the notes were and Charley was trying to cheat him. He threatened to get him . Charley immediately turned around and fled as fast as he could.

Next day, Charley bought old-style notes from a coin . He got only two hundred old dollars for three hundred new dollars. But he could never again find the corridor that led to the third level.

Charley’s wife was when she heard that he had bought old-style notes. So, Charley turned to his collection. One day, among his grandfather’s collection of first day covers, he discovered an . The postmark showed that it had been there since July 18, 1894. He opened the envelope but the paper inside was not . It was a letter from Sam, the psychiatrist friend whom Charley had often told about Galesburg. He had already gone there. He urged Charley to continue to look for the third level and join him in the Galesburg of 1894. It was a place.

Later Charley learnt that Sam had bought hundred dollars’ worth of currency. Charley hoped would have set up hay and feed business in Galesburg. And that was what he had always wished to do.