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in watching that evidence of my handiwork�察�and sometimes�察�when I was 

myself assuredly safe�察�the sight of it caused me to laugh。 

    While the other Folk would not have come to our rescue had Red´Eye 

proceeded to tear Lop´Ear and me to pieces before their eyes�察�nevertheless 

they sympathized with us。         Possibly it was not sympathy but the way they 

expressed their hatred for Red´Eye�察�at any rate they always warned us of 

his approach。      Whether in the forest�察�at the drinking´places�察�or in the open 

space before the caves�察�they were always quick to warn us。 Thus we had 



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the advantage of many eyes in our feud with Red´Eye�察�the atavism。 

     Once   he   nearly   got   me。    It   was   early   in   the   morning�察  �and   the   Folk 

were not yet up。       The surprise was complete。           I was cut off from the way 

up the cliff to my cave。         Before I knew it I had dashed into the double´ 

cave��the cave where Lop´Ear had first eluded me long years before�察�and 

where old Saber´Tooth had come to discomfiture when he pursued the two 

Folk。     By the time I had got through the connecting passage between the 

two caves�察 �I   discovered   that   Red´Eye   was   not   following   me。         The   next 

moment       he   charged    into  the   cave   from    the  outside。     I  slipped    back 

through the passage�察�and he charged out and around and in upon me again。 

I merely repeated my performance of slipping through the passage。 

     He kept me there half a day before he gave up。               After that�察�when Lop´ 

Ear   and   I   were   reasonably   sure   of   gaining   the   double´cave�察  �we   did   not 

retreat up the cliff to our own cave when Red´Eye came upon the scene。 

All we did was to keep an eye on him and see that he did not cut across 

our line of retreat。 

     It was during this winter that Red´Eye killed his latest wife with abuse 

and repeated beatings。         I have called him an atavism�察�but in this he was 

worse than an atavism�察�for the males of the lower animals do not maltreat 

and   murder   their   mates。     In   this   I   take   it   that   Red´Eye�察  �in   spite   of   his 

tremendous atavistic tendencies�察�foreshadowed the coming of man�察�for it is 

the males of the human species only that murder their mates。 

     As   was   to   be   expected�察  �with   the   doing   away   of   one   wife   Red´Eye 

proceeded to get another。          He decided upon the Singing One。               She was 

the granddaughter of old Marrow´Bone�察�and the daughter of the Hairless 

One。     She was a young thing�察�greatly given to singing at the mouth of her 

cave   in   the   twilight�察  �and   she   had   but   recently   mated   with   Crooked´Leg。 

He  was   a   quiet   individual�察  �molesting   no one   and   not   given   to   bickering 

with   his   fellows。    He   was   no   fighter   anyway。    He   was   small   and   lean�察�

and not so active on his legs as the rest of us。 

     Red´Eye   never   committed   a   more   outrageous   deed。            It   was   in   the 

quiet at the end of the day�察�when we began to congregate in the open space 

before climbing into our caves。            Suddenly the Singing One dashed up a 

run´way      from    a  drinking´place�察    �pursued     by  Red´Eye。      She   ran   to  her 



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husband。      Poor   little   Crooked´Leg   was   terribly   scared。      But   he   was   a 

hero。    He knew that death was upon him�察�yet he did not run away。                      He 

stood up�察�and chattered�察�bristled�察�and showed his teeth。 

     Red´Eye roared with rage。           It was an offence to him that any of the 

Folk    should    dare   to  withstand    him。    His    hand   shot   out  and   clutched 

Crooked´Leg by the neck。 The latter sank his teeth into Red´Eye's arm�察�but 

the next moment�察�with a broken neck�察�Crooked´Leg was floundering and 

squirming      on   the  ground。     The    Singing    One    screeched    and   gibbered。 

Red´Eye   seized   her   by  the   hair   of   her   head   and   dragged   her   toward   his 

cave。     He handled her roughly when the climb began�察�and he dragged and 

hauled her up into the cave。 

     We were very angry�察�insanely�察�vociferously angry。 Beating our chests�察�

bristling�察�and gnashing our teeth�察�we gathered together in our rage。                    We 

felt   the   prod   of   gregarious   instinct�察  �the   drawing   together   as   though   for 

united action�察�the impulse toward cooperation。              In dim ways this need for 

united action was impressed upon us。 But there was no way to achieve it 

because there was no way to express it。             We did not turn to�察�all of us�察�and 

destroy   Red´Eye�察  �because   we   lacked   a   vocabulary。         We   were   vaguely 

thinking     thoughts     for  which     there   were    no   thought´symbols。       These 

thought´symbols were yet to be slowly and painfully invented。 

     We   tried   to   freight   sound   with   the   vague   thoughts   that   flitted   like 

shadows through our consciousness。               The Hairless One began to chatter 

loudly。    By his noises he expressed anger against Red´Eye and desire to 

hurt Red´Eye。       Thus far he got�察�and thus far we understood。 But when he 

tried to express the cooperative impulse that stirred within him�察�his noises 

became gibberish。 Then Big´Face�察�with brow´bristling and chest´pounding�察�

began to chatter。 One after another of us joined in the orgy of rage�察�until 

even   old   Marrow´Bone   was   mumbling   and   spluttering   with   his   cracked 

voice and withered lips。         Some one seized a stick and began pounding a 

log。    In a moment he had struck a rhythm。 Unconsciously�察�our yells and 

exclamations   yielded   to   this   rhythm。      It   had   a   soothing   effect   upon   us�察�

and before we knew it�察�our rage forgotten�察�we were in the full swing of a 

hee´hee council。 

     These hee´hee councils splendidly illustrate the inconsecutiveness and 



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inconsequentiality of the Folk。 Here were we�察�drawn together by mutual 

rage and the impulse toward cooperation�察�led off into forgetfulness by the 

establishment of a rude rhythm。             We   were sociable and gregarious�察�and 

these   singing   and   laughing   councils   satisfied   us。     In   ways   the   hee´hee 

council was an adumbration of the councils of primitive man�察�and of the 

great national assemblies and international conventions of latter´day man。 

But we Folk of the Younger World lacked speech�察�and whenever we were 

so drawn together we precipitated babel�察�out of which arose a unanimity of 

rhythm  that   contained   within   itself   the   essentials   of  art   yet   to   come。 It 

was art nascent。 

     There was nothing long´continued about these rhythms that we struck。 

A rhythm was soon lost�察�and pandemonium reigned until we could find the 

rhythm again or start a new one。           Sometimes half a dozen rhythms would 

be   swinging   simultaneously�察  �each   rhythm  backed   by  a   group   that   strove 

ardently to drown out the other rhythms。 

     In   the   intervals   of  pandemonium�察       �each    chattered�察   �cut  up�察  �hooted�察�

screeched�察�and danced�察�himself sufficient unto himself�察�filled with his own 

ideas and volitions to the exclusion of all others�察�a veritable centre of the 

universe�察�divorced for the time being from any unanimity with the other 

universe´centres leaping and yelling around him。                 Then would come the 

rhythma      clapping    of   hands�察   �the  beating    of  a  stick   upon   a   log�察 �the 

example   of   o

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