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He expresseda purpose of being buried side by side with his enemy. "I doubt whether their dust will mingle, " remarked the old sculptor tome; for often there was an earthliness in his conceptions. "O yes, " replied I, who had mused long upon the incident; "and whenthey rise again, these bitter foes may find themselves dear friends. Methinks what they mistook for hatred was but love under a mask. " A gentleman of antiquarian propensities provided a memorial for anIndian of Chabbiquidick, one of ...the few of untainted blood remainingin that region, and said to be an hereditary chieftain, descended fromthe sachem who welcomed Governor Mayhew to the Vineyard. Mr. Wigglesworth exerted his best skill to carve a broken bow andscattered sheaf of arrows, in memory of the hunters and warriors whoserace was ended here; but he likewise sculptured a cherub, to denotethat the poor Indian had shared the Christian's hope of immortality. "Why, " observed I, taking a perverse view of the winged boy and thebow and arrows, "it looks more like Cupid's tomb than an Indianchief's!" "You talk nonsense, " said the sculptor, with the offended pride ofart; he then added, with his usual good-nature, "How can Cupid diewhen there are such pretty maidens in the Vineyard?" "Very true, " answered I; and for the rest of the day I thought ofother matters than tombstones.
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