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The trip to Dorchester Heights, in South Boston, is, through whatever environs one approaches it, far from attractive. THE TRIP TO DORCHESTER HEIGHTS IN SOUTH BOSTON IS THROUGH WHATEVER ENVIRONS ONE APPROACHES IT FAR FROM ATTRACTIVE
es. Thus, then, from a thin thread of a trail barely wide enough for one moccasined foot to step before the other, to a broad, leveled thoroughfare, so wide that three or even four automobiles may ride abreast, and so clean that at the end of an all-day's journey one's face is hardly dusty, does the history of the Old Coast Road unroll itself. We who contemplate making the trip ensconced in the upholstered comfort of a machine rolling on air-filled tires, will, perhaps, be less petulant of some strip of roughened macadam, less bewildered by the characteristic windings, if we recall something of the first back-breaking cart that--not so very long ago--crashed over the stony road, and toilsomely worked its way from devious lane to lane. Before we start down the Old Coast Road it may be enlightening to get a bird's-eye glimpse of it actually as we have historically, and for such a glimpse there is no better place than on the topmost balcony of the Soldier's Monument on Dorchester Heights. WHOLE UNITED STATES THUS THEN FROM A THIN THREAD OF A TRAIL BARELY WIDE ENOUGH FOR ONE MOCCASINED FOOT TO STEP BEFORE THE OTHER TO A BROAD LEVELED THOROUGHFARE SO WIDE THAT THREE OR EVEN FOUR AUTOMOBILES MAY RIDE ABREAST AND SO CLEAN THAT AT THE END OF AN ALL DAY'S JOURNEY ONE'S FACE IS HARDLY DUSTY DOES THE HISTORY OF THE OLD COAST ROAD UNROLL ITSELF WE WHO CONTEMPLATE MAKING THE TRIP ENSCONCED IN THE IMPULSTERED COMFORT OF A MACHINE ROLLING ON AIR FILLED TIRES WILL PERHAPS BE LESS PETULANT OF SOME STRIP OF ROUGHENED MACADUM LESS BEWILDERED BY THE CHARACTERISTIC WINDINGS IF WE RECALL SOMETHING OF THE FIRST BACK BREAKING CART THAT NOT SO VERY LONG AGO CRASHED OVER THE STONY ROAD AND TOILSOMELY WORKED ITS WAY FROM DEVIOUS LANE TO LANE BEFORE WE START DOWN THE OLD COAST ROAD IT MAY BE ENLIGHTENING TO GET A BIRD'S EYE GLIMPSE OF IT ACTUALLY AS WE HAVE IT HISTORICALLY AND FOR SUCH A GLIMPSE THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE THAN ON THE TOPMOST BALCONY OF THE SOLDIER'S MONUMENT ON DORCHESTER HEIGHTS
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