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The   laughter   of   the   two   seemed   at   last   to   penetrate   the   candy   man。   He 

fumbled   with   his   horseshoe   pin。   At   length   Mademoiselle�察  �ex´   hausted�察�

turned her flushed�察�beautiful face to the win´ dow。 

     ;Candy man�察─�said she�察 �go away。 When I laugh Sidonie pulls my hair。 

I can but laugh while you remain there。; 

     ;Here is a note for Mademoiselle�察─�said Fe1ice�察�coming to the window 

in the room。 

     ;There is no   justice�察─  �said   the  candy   man�察 �lift´   ing   the  handle  of   his 

cart and moving away。 

     Three   yards   he   moved�察  �and   stopped。   Loud   shriek   after   shriek   came 

from the window of Mademoiselle。 Quickly he ran back。 He heard a body 

thumping   upon   the   floor   and   a   sound   as   though   heels   beat   alter´   nately 

upon it。 

     ;What is it�拭─�be called。 

     Sidonie's severe head came into the window。 

     ;Mademoiselle is overcome by bad news�察─�she said。 ;One whom she 

loved   with   all   her soul has   gone      you   may  have   beard   of   him     he   is 

Monsieur Ives。 He sails across the ocean to´morrow。 Oh�察�you men� ─�



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               SQUARING THE CIRCLE 



       At the hazard of wearying you this tale of vehe´ ment emotions must 

be prefaced by a discourse on geometry。 

     Nature moves in circles�察�Art in straight lines。 The natural is rounded�察�

the artificial is made up of angles。 A man lost in the snow wanders�察�in spite 

of    himself�察   �in  perfect    circles�察  �the  city   man's    feet�察  �denaturalized     by 

rectangular streets and floors�察�carry him ever away from himself。 

     The   round   eyes   of   childhood   typify  innocence�察  �the   narrowed   line   of 

the flirt's   optic proves the in´   vasion   of   art。 The horizontal   mouth   is   the 

mark of determined cunning�察�who has not read Nature's most spontaneous 

lyric in lips rounded for the candid kiss�拭�

     Beauty is Nature in perfection�察�circularity is its chief attribute。 Behold 

the full moon�察�the enchant´ ing golf ball�察�the domes of splendid temples�察�

the   huckleberry   pie�察  �the   wedding   ring�察  �the   circus   ring�察  �the   ring   for   the 

waiter�察�and the ;round; of drinks。 

     On the other hand�察�straight lines show that Na´ ture has been deflected。 

Imagine Venus's girdle transformed into a ;straight front;� �

     When we   begin   to   move   in straight lines   and  turn   sharp   corners our 

natures   begin   to   change。   The   consequence   is   that   Nature�察  �being        more 

adaptive than Art�察�tries to conform to its sterner regulations。 The result is 

often   a   rather   curious   product      for   in´   stance�此�A prize   chrysanthemum�察�

wood alcohol whis´ key�察�a Republican Missouri�察�cauliflower au gratin�察�and 

a New Yorker�察�

     Nature   is   lost   quickest   in   a   big   city。   The   cause   is   geometrical�察  �not 

moral。 The straight lines of its streets and architecture�察�the rectangularity 

of its laws and social customs�察�the undeviating pavements�察�the hard�察�severe�察�

depressing�察�uncompromising rules of all its ways  even of its recreation 

and   sports      coldly   exhibit   a   sneering   defiance   of   the   curved   line   of 

Nature。 

     Wherefore�察     �it  may    be  said   that  the   big  city  has   demonstrated       the 

problem of squaring the circle。 And it may be added that this mathematical 

intro´ duction precedes an account of the fate of a Kentucky feud that was 

imported to the city that has a habit of making its importations conform to 



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its angles。 

     The feud began in the Cumberland Mountains be´ tween the Folwell 

and the Harkness families。 The first victim of the homespun vendetta was 

a 'possum dog belonging to Bill Harkness。 The Harkness family evened up 

this   dire   loss   by   laying   out   the   chief   of   the   Folwell   clan。   The   Folwells 

were   prompt   at   repartee。  They   oiled   up   their   squirrel   rifles   and   made   it 

feasible for Bill Harkness to follow his dog to a land where the 'possums 

come down when treed without the stroke of an ax。 

     The     feud   flourished     for  forty   years。   Harknesses       were    shot   at  the 

plough�察�through their lamp´lit cabin windows�察�coming from camp´meeting�察�

asleep�察    �in  duello�察   �sober   and    otherwise�察    �singly   and    in  family    groups�察�

prepared   and   unprepared。   Folwells   had   the   branches   of   their   family   tree 

lopped off in similar ways�察�as the traditions of their country prescribed and 

authorized。 

     By and by the pruning left but a single member of each family。 And 

then    Cal    Harkness�察    �probably     reasoning     that   further    pursuance     of   the 

controversy would give a too decided personal flavor to the feud�察�suddenly 

disappeared from the relieved Cumberlands�察�baulking the avenging hand 

of Sam�察�the ultimate op´ posing Folwell。 

     A     year    afterward       Sam     Folwell      learned      that    his   hereditary�察�

unsuppressed   enemy  was   living   in   New York   City。   Sam  turned   over   the 

big   iron   wash´pot   in   the   yard�察  �scraped   off   some   of   the   soot�察  �which   he 

mixed with lard and shined his boots with the com´ pound。 He put on his 

store clothes of butternut dyed black�察�a white shirt and collar�察�and packed a 

carpet´sack with Spartan lingerie。 He took his squirrel rifle from its hooks�察�

but put it back again with a sigh。 However ethical and plausible the habit 

might be in the Cumberlands�察�perhaps New York would not swallow his 

pose   of    hunting    squirrels   among   the     skyscrapers   along       Broadway。   An 

ancient     but   reliable   Colt's   revolver    that   he  resurrected     from   a   bureau 

drawer   seemed   to   proclaim   itself   the   pink   of   weapons   for   metropolitan 

adventure   and   vengeance。   This   and   a   hunting´knife   in   a   leather   sheath�察�

Sam packed in the carpet´sack。 As he started�察�Muleback�察�for the lowland 

railroad station the last Folwell turned in his saddle and looked grimly at 

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Folwell burying´ground。 

     Sam Folwell arrived in New York in the night。 Still moving and living 

in the free circles of nature�察�he did not perceive the formidable�察�pitiless�察�

restless�察�fierce angles of the great city waiting in the dark to close about 

the   rotundity   of   his   heart   and   brain   and   mould   him   to   the   form   of   its 

millions of re´shaped victims。 A cabby picked him out of the whirl�察�as Sam 

himself had often picked a nut from a bed of wind´tossed autumn leaves�察�

and whisked him away to a hotel commensurate to his boots and carpet´ 

sack。 

     On the next morning the last of the Folwells made his sortie into the 

city that sheltered the last Hark´ ness。 The Colt was thrust beneath his coat 

and se´ cured by a narrow leather belt�察�the hunting´knife hung between his 

shoulder´blades�察�with the haft an inch below his coat collar。 He knew this 

much  that Cal Harkness drove an express wagon some´ where in that 

town�察�and that he�察�Sam Folwell�察�had come to kill him。 And as he stepped 

upon the side´ walk the red came into his eye and the feud´hate into his 

heart。 

     The clamor of the central avenues drew him thith´ erward。 He had half 

expected to see Cal coming down the street in his shirt´sleeves�察�with a jug 

and a   whip   in his   hand�察 �just as he   would have   seen him in   Frankfort   or 

Laurel City。 But an hour went by and Cal did not appear。 Perhaps he was 

waiting   in   ambush�察  �to   shoot   him  from   a   door   or   a   window。   Sam   kept   a 

sharp eye on doors and windows for a while。 

     About   noon   the   city   tired   of   playing   with   its   mouse   and   suddenly 

squeezed him with its straight lines。 

     Sam   Folwell   stood   where   two   great�察  �rectangular   arteries   of   the   city 

cross。 He looked four ways�察�and saw the world burled from its orbit and 

reduced by spirit level and tape to an edged and cornered plane。 All life 

moved on tracks�察�in grooves�察�accord´ ing to system�察�within boundaries�察�by 

rote。   The   root   of   life   was   the   cube   root�察  �the   measure   of   existence   was 

square measure。 People streamed by in straight rows�察�the horrible din and 

crash stupefied him。 

     Sam leaned against the sharp corner of a stone building。 Those faces 

passed   him  by  thousands�察 �and   none   of them   were   turned   toward   him
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