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Bleak and homeless the old rock now lies passively in forlorn state under its atrocious shelter, behind a strong iron grating, and any of a dozen glib street urchins, in syllables flavored with Cork, or Genoese, or Polish accents, will, for a penny, relate the facts substantially as I have stated them. BLEAK AND HOMELESS THE OLD ROCK NOW LIES PASSIVELY IN FORLORN STATE UNDER ITS ATROCIOUS SHELTER BEHIND A STRONG IRON GRATING AND ANY OF A DOZEN GLIB STREET URCHINS IN SYLLABLES FLAVORED WITH CORK OR GENOESE OR POLISH ACCENTS WILL FOR A PENNY RELATE THE FACTS SUBSTANTIALLY AS I HAVE STATED THEM
e a captive mammoth animal for curious folk to gaze at. Here it was granted almost half a century of undisturbed if not secluded slumber. But the end was not yet. In 1880 it was once more laid hold of and carted back to its original setting, and welded without ceremony, to the part from which it had been sundered. Now all of this seems quite enough--more than enough--of pitiless publicity, for one old rock whose only offense had been to be lifting its head above the water on a December day in 1620. But no--just as the mind of man takes a singular satisfaction in gazing at mummies preserved in human semblance in the unearthly stillness of the catacombs, so the once massive boulder--now carefully mended--was placed upon the neatest of concrete bases, and over it was reared, from the designs of Hammatt Billings, the ugliest granite canopy imaginable--in which canopy, to complete the grisly atmosphere of the catacombs, were placed certain human bones found in an exploration of Cole's Hill. E A CAPTIVE MAMMOTH ANIMAL FOR CURIOUS FOLK TO GAZE AT HERE IT WAS GRANTED ALMOST HALF A CENTURY OF UNDISTURBED IF NOT SECLUDED SLUMBER BUT THE END WAS NOT YET IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY IT WAS ONCE MORE LAID HOLD OF AND CARTED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL SETTING AND WELDED WITHOUT CEREMONY TO THE PART FROM WHICH IT HAD BEEN SUNDERED NOW ALL OF THIS SEEMS QUITE ENOUGH MORE THAN ENOUGH OF PITILESS PUBLICITY FOR ONE OLD ROCK WHOSE ONLY OFFENCE HAD BEEN TO BE LIFTING ITS HEAD ABOVE THE WATER ON A DECEMBER DAY IN SIXTEEN TWENTY BUT NO JUST AS THE MIND OF MAN TAKES A SINGULAR SATISFACTION IN GAZING AT MUMMIES PRESERVED IN HUMAN SEMBLANCE IN THE UNEARTHLY STILLNESS OF THE CATACOMBS SO THE ONCE MASSIVE BOULDER NOW CAREFULLY MENDED WAS PLACED UPON THE NEATEST OF CONCRETE BASES AND OVER IT WAS REARED FROM THE DESIGNS OF HAMLET BUILDINGS THE UGLIEST GRANITE CANOPY IMAGINABLE IN WHICH CANOPY TO COMPLETE THE GRISLY ATMOSPHERE OF THE CATACOMBS WERE PLACED CERTAIN HUMAN BONES FOUND IN AN EXPLORATION OF COALES HILL
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