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



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sudden fool´ ish fear that he had died and was a spirit�察�and that they could 

not see him�察�seized him。 And then the city smote him with loneliness。 

     A   fat   man   dropped   out   of   the   stream   and   stood   a   few   feet   distant�察�

waiting for his car。 Sam crept to his side and shouted above the tumult into 

his ear�此�

     ;The   Rankinses'   hogs   weighed   more'n   ourn   a   whole   passel�察  �but   the 

mast in thar neighborhood was a fine chance better than what it was down 

 ; 

     The     fat   man     moved      away     unostentatiously�察      �and    bought     roasted 

chestnuts to cover his alarm。 

     Sam felt the need of a drop of   mountain dew。 Across   the street   men 

passed in and out through swinging doors。 Brief glimpses could be had of 

a   glistening   bar   and   its   bedeckings。   The   feudist   crossed   and   essayed   to 

enter。 Again had Art eliminated the familiar circle。 Sam's hand found no 

door´knob ´ it slid�察�in vain�察�over a rectangular brass plate and polished oak 

with nothing even so large as a pin's head upon which his fingers might 

close。 Abashed�察�reddened�察�heartbroken�察�he walked away from the bootless 

door and sat upon a step。 A locust club tickled him in the ribs。 

     ;Take   a   walk   for   yourself�察─  �said   the   policeman。 You've   been   loafing 

around here long enough。; 

     At the next corner a shrill whistle sounded in Sam's ear。 He wheeled 

around   and   saw   a   black´browed   vil´   lain   scowling   at   him   over   peanuts 

heaped   on   a   steam´   ing   machine。   He   started   across   the   street。   An   im´ 

mense   engine�察  �running   without   mules�察  �with   the   voice   of   a   bull   and   the 

smell   of   a   smoky   lamp�察  �whizzed   past�察  �grazing   his   knee。   A   cab´driver 

bumped   him  with   a   hub   and   explained   to   him  that   kind   words   were   in´ 

vented to be used on other occasions。 A motorman clanged his bell wildly 

and�察  �for   once   in   his   life�察  �cor´   roborated   a   cab´driver。  A  large   lady   in   a 

changeable silk waist dug an elbow into his back�察�and a newsy pensively 

pelted     him   with    banana     rinds�察  �murmuring�察       �I  hates   to   do   it    but  if 

anybody seen me let it pass� ─�

     Cal   Harkness�察  �his   day's   work   over   and   his   express   wagon   stabled�察�

turned the sharp edge of the build´ ing that�察�by the cheek of architects�察�is 

modelled upon a safety razor。 Out of the mass of hurrying people his eye 



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picked up�察�three yards away�察�the surviving bloody and implacable foe of 

his kith and kin。 

     He   stopped   short   and   wavered   for   a   moment�察  �be´   ing   unarmed   and 

sharply   surprised。   But   the   keen   mountaineer's   eye   of   Sam   Folwell   had 

picked him out。 

     There was a sudden spring�察�a ripple in the stream of passersby and the 

sound of Sam's voice crying�此�

     ;Howdy�察�Cal� �I'm durned glad to see ye。; 

     And in the angles of Broadway�察�Fifth Avenue and Twenty´third Street 

the Cumberland feudists shook hands。 



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      ROSES�察�RUSES AND ROMANCE 



       Ravenel  Ravenel�察�the traveller�察�artist and poet�察�threw his magazine 

to   the   floor。  Sammy      Brown�察    �broker's   clerk�察  �who    sat  by   the  window�察�

jumped。 

     ;What   is   it�察  �Ravvy�拭─  �he   asked。   ;The   critics   been   hammering   your 

stock down�拭─�

     ;Romance is dead�察─�said Ravenel�察�lightly。 When Ravenel spoke lightly 

be   was   generally   serious。   He   picked   up   the   magazine   and   fluttered   its 

leaves。 

     ;Even a Philistine�察�like you�察�Sammy�察─�said Rave´ nel�察�seriously ��a tone 

that insured him to be speak´ ing lightly���察 �ought to understand。 Now�察�here 

is   a   magazine   that   once   printed   Poe   and   Lowell   and   Whitman   and   Bret 

Harte and Du Maurier and Lanier and  well�察�that gives you the idea。 The 

current number has this literary feast to set before you�此�an article on the 

stokers     and   coal    bunkers    of   battleships�察   �an   expose    of   the  methods 

employed       in   making     liver´   wurst�察  �a   continued     story   of   a  Standard 

Preferred International Baking Powder deal in Wall Street�察�a 'poem' on the 

bear that   the President  missed�察�an´ other 'story'   by a   young woman   who 

spent a week as a spy making overalls on the East Side�察�another 'fiction' 

story   that   reeks   of   the   'garage'   and   a   cer´   tain   make   of   automobile。   Of 

course�察�the title contains the words 'Cupid' and 'Chauffeur'  an article on 

naval strategy�察�illustrated   with cuts   of the   Spanish Armada�察 �and the new 

Staten Island ferry´boats�察�an´ other story of a political boss who won the 

love of a Fifth Avenue belle by blackening her eye and refusing to vote for 

an    iniquitous    ordinance     ��it  doesn't   say  whether     it  was   in  the   Street´ 

Cleaning   Department   or   Congress���察  �and   nineteen   pages   by   the   editors 

brag´ ging about the circulation。 The whole thing�察�Sammy�察�is an obituary 

on Romance。; 

     Sammy Brown sat comfortably in the leather arm´ chair by the open 

window。 His suit was a vehement brown with visible checks�察�beautifully 

matched   in   shade   by  the   ends   of   four   cigars   that   his   vest   pocket   poorly 

concealed。 Light tan were his shoes�察�gray his socks�察�sky´blue his apparent 

linen�察  �snowy   and   high   and   adamantine   his   collar�察  �against   which   a   black 



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but´    terfly  had    alighted   and   spread    his   wings。   Sammy's      face     least 

important  was round and pleasant and pinkish�察�and in his eyes you saw 

no haven for fleeing Romance。 

     That window of Ravenel's apartment opened upon an old garden full 

of   ancient   trees   and   shrubbery。  The   apartment´house   towered   above   one 

side of it�察�a high brick wall fended it from the street�察�oppo´ site Ravenel's 

window       an  old�察  �old  mansion      stood�察  �half´  hidden    in   the  shade    of  the 

summer   foliage。   The   house   was   a   castle   besieged。  The   city   howled   and 

roared   and   shrieked   and   beat   upon   its   double   doors�察  �and   shook   white�察�

fluttering checks above the wall�察�offering terms of surrender。 The gray dust 

settled upon the trees�察�the siege was pressed hotter�察�but the draw´ bridge 

was   not   lowered。   No   further   will   the   language   of   chivalry   serve。   Inside 

lived   an   old   gentleman   who   loved   his   home   and   did   not   wish   to   sell   it。 

That is all the romance of the besieged castle。 

     Three   or   four   times   every   week   came   Sammy   Brown   to   Ravenel's 

apartment。 He belonged to the poet's club�察�for the former Browns had been 

con´ spicuous�察�though Sammy bad been vulgarized by Business。 He had 

no tears   for   departed   Romance。 The song   of the   ticker   was the   one   that 

reached his heart�察�and when it came to matters equine and batting scores 

he was something of a pink edition。 He loved to sit in the leather armchair 

by    Ravenel's     window。     And     Ravenel     didn't  mind     particularly。   Sammy 

seemed to   enjoy his talk�察�and then the broker's clerk   was such   a perfect 

embodiment   of   modernity   and   the   day's   sordid   practicality   that   Ravenel 

rather liked to use him as a scapegoat。 

     ;I'll   tell  you   what's   the   matter   with    you�察─  �said   Sammy�察     �with   the 

shrewdness that business had taught him。 ;The magazine has turned down 

some of your poetry stunts。 That's why you are sore at it。; 

     ;That would be a good guess in Wall Street or in a campaign for the 

presidency   of   a   woman's   club�察─  �said   Ravenel�察  �quietly。   ;Now�察  �there   is   a 

poem ´ if you will allow me to call it that ´ of my own in this number of 

the magazine。; 

     ;Read it to me�察─�said Sammy�察�watching a cloud of pipe´smoke be had 

just blown out the window。 

     Ravenel was no greater than Achilles。 No one is。 There is bound to be 



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a spot。 The Somebody´or´Other must take bold of us somewhere when she 

dips   us   in   the   Something´or´Other   that   makes   us   invulnerable。   He
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