The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-06-11
Squaring the Circle
~ The Story Of a Kentucky Eeud That Lost
~ IT. Way When II Struck Nsw York
- By O. Henry

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hunting11nifs hung tstWeea ~ SAeuaAsr.
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cat eealas. He tnsw tAAs uyueA-tAA4
ca AefkDGD lF0ve An szUsegD wAOsa
eomswasRs tn inst tUwn. 90 tAse he.
oam Tolwsu. he'd cems 10 IN ~. And
- Ne stepped upon the GdSwaik ne Ped
cAns into ~ eye and ~ tsuA-hats into
- hsase
The eleanor q the ssutraa avenues
1roW ehoehseWard. He - half erected
70 Sc Cal coming down the street in his
SHIRT sleeves. With jug and . whip IN
his hand. 5uet - ~ would have ssen
M In FranlE3sst - Laurel City. But IN
hour west ~ - Oh did not appear.
Hs'Aeps no was visiting In ambush. to
shooe him from . Aoee Or . window.
- ss0e . sna.p ~ - Aeses and win
About nooo the Sety t.rsl e slov0ng
With IL mouse end suddsniy sss,ossel
- V1tA ~ straight unso.
sam rolwsll stood whore I've greaA
reeAangulas estssiss Of ~ city oeoss.
H looked feur ways. and saw the
vos)0 Aassol frUo ~ Ssoit "a 70.
lucsd By spirit level ana tsps . an
oAOoa ~ eosnsred plane.
0em leaned AGAINST the sharp corner
q . 0eenS taildinG Thoes naces passed
him ~ thousands and none Of them
vas TUNED toward him. A sudden
foolish fear that ~ had Aisd and was
2 spiHt. and that they could not ~
hin. ssissd him. AnA thea Ne dty
oa3oeo nm WIN loneliness.
A fat man dropped out Of ths stream
and stood . few feet distant, waiting
~ Ais eer. 0a0 ofspt 70 his eide ana
shoutsd abSvs the tunsult Into III ear:
The RAnkinSs9 hem .NsasheA more'n
ourn . w1ols Daa but the mast IN
that nsighborhood Was Q noe chance
oettee than ~AAe 4 Wa down.
Ths faa 0aA Ds~el 6Way unoetsnea.
tious,y and bought roasted ehsstnuts to
cover No alarm.
Sam felt the need Of drop Of noun.
tain dew. Aeroso the strest msn passed
In and out q swinEing doers. Brief
g1impoe0 could b had Of q giistsning
bar and IL bedsokinSs. The fsudist
eroessd AnA sasaysl to enter. Again
hal Art eliminated the familiar circle.
Sans hama found no door-knob-it ala,
In vain. ever . rectangular brass plate
ana polished OAK with nothing even %
large - . pins head upon which his
Aba1hsA. reddensd, heaStAroksn, hs
wicked swAy freo che bossisas door and
st upon . sep. a locust dub uekisd
hin n ~ s1bs.
Take . walk sor yourseif." said the
ps'ie:nsn. you've BEEN ioaans arsund
A. - nszA corner Q shrili whistle
sounded in Same ear. He wheeled
around AM saw . black-browed villain
eeev1hg q him evss peanuts hsapsd on
. stsamlng naacAinA He started across
The stssst ~ ianassnss engine. running
without mules. with the voice Of Q bull
and the smell u . smoky lamp. whisxed
pasA graeing HE kAse. A cab-drivey
70 him that kind words we've invsnted
to be used on other occasions. A motor.
man changed Tie bsn wildly enc, sos
opoe In his MfS corroboratsd Q cab.
Aswsr. 4 lsrtDs laAy n Q ehangeabl>
slAk waist dug an elbow into his back
eAd . nswsy psnsivsly peited him with
rAnana rinds. murmuring, II hates to Dc
t-but II anybody seen me lot Il pass!"
Cal Harknsss. his days WORK over and
oio exDreao wagon sta6led. turned the
sharp edge Of the building that. BY the
cheek Of architects. ~ modelled vpon Z
safety rasor Out Of the mass Of hurry.
ins people his eye picked up, Vhres Yard
away. the surviving bloody and implac.
able foe Of his kith and kin.
He st0pped short and wavereA for Z
moment, being unarmed and sharply
surprised. But the keen mountaineer'a
eye of Sam FolweM had picked him out
There was Q sudden spring. q ripple
In the stream Of pAssers-by and the
sound Of Sans voice crying:
"Howdy. cd: Tn burned glad Il
see ye."
And IN ne angles Of Broadway. FIFTH
Avenue and Twenty.third street thu
Cumbseland tsvdists shook han1s-