large/4813/old_coast_road_1402_librivox_64kb_mp3/oldcoastroad_01_edwards_64kb_50
large/4813/old_coast_road_1402_librivox_64kb_mp3/oldcoastroad_01_edwards_64kb
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Speed on, O solitary Indian  to vanish down the narrow trail of your treading as you are destined, in time, to vanish forever from the vision of New England!... Behind the red runner plod two stern faced Pilgrims, pushing their way up from Plymouth toward the newer settlement at Massachusetts Bay. SPEED ON O SOLITARY INDIAN TO VANISH DOWN THE NARROW TRAIL OF YOUR TREADING AS YOU ARE DESTINED IN TIME TO VANISH FROM THE VISION OF NEW ENGLAND BEHIND THE RED RUNNER PLOD TWO STERN FACED PILGRIMS PUSHING THEIR WAY UP FROM PLYMOUTH TOWARD THE NEWER SETTLEMENT AT MASSACHUSETTS BAY
omfortably, as is also the modern way, picking up what bits of quaint lore and half-forgotten history we most easily may. I think that as we start down this historic highway, we shall encounter--if our mood be the proper one in which to undertake such a journey--a curious procession coming down the years to meet us. We shall not call them ghosts, for they are not phantoms severed from earth, but, rather, the permanent possessors of the highway which they helped create. We shall meet the Indian first, running lightly on straight, moccasined feet, along the trail from which he has burned, from time to time, the underbrush. He does not go by land when he can go by water, but in this case there are both land and water to meet, for many are the streams, and they are unbridged as yet. With rhythmic lope, more beautiful than the stride of any civilized limbs, and with a sure divination of the best route, he chooses the trail which will ultimately be the highway of the vast army of pale-faces.  AS IS THE MODERN WAY BUT COMFORTABLY AS IS ALSO THE MODERN WAY PICKING UP WHAT BITS OF QUAINT LORE AND HALF FORGOTTEN HISTORY WE MOST EASILY MAY I THINK THAT AS WE START DOWN THIS HISTORIC HIGHWAY WE SHALL ENCOUNTER IF OUR MOOD BE THE PROPER ONE IN WHICH TO UNDERTAKE SUCH A JOURNEY A CURIOUS PROCESSION COMING DOWN THE YEARS TO MEET US WE SHALL NOT CALL THEM GHOSTS FOR THEY ARE NOT PHANTOMS SEVERED FROM EARTH BUT RATHER THE PERMANENT POSSESSORS OF THE HIGHWAY WHICH THEY HELPED CREATE WE SHALL MEET THE INDIAN FIRST RUNNING LIGHTLY ON STRAIGHT MOCCASINED FEET ALONG THE TRAIL FROM WHICH HE HAS BURNED FROM TIME TO TIME THE UNDERBRUSH HE DOES NOT GO BY LAND WHEN HE CAN GO BY WATER BUT IN THIS CASE THERE ARE BOTH LAND AND WATER TO MEET FOR MANY ARE THE STREAMS AND THEY ARE UNBRIDGED AS YET WITH RHYTHMIC LOPE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE STRIDE OF ANY CIVILIZED LIMBS AND WITH A SURE DIVINATION OF THE BEST ROUTE HE CHOOSES THE TRAIL WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE THE HIGHWAY OF THE VAST ARMY OF PALEFACES
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