*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1098 *** the turmoil a novel by booth tarkington 1915. to laurel. chapter i there is a midland city in the heart of fair, open country, a dirty and wonderful city nesting dingily in the fog of its own smoke. the stranger must feel the dirt before he feels the wonder, for the dirt will be upon him instantly. it will be upon him and within him, since he must breathe it, and he may care for no further proof that wealth is here better loved than cle...