Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 264
and mortar. However, one who makes a practice of delv-ing into the mysteries of the citys past mustnot be discouraged by such an ordinary obsta-cle as a building, more especially if this be atenement where the door is always open.So, resolved upon solving the mystery ofthose waving tree-tops, I… … WHERE SILENCE REIGNS of the tenements hid a long-forgotten cem-etery. There, far below me, like a miniaturepicture, was a graveyard, so shut in by dwell-ings that to one who walks the near-bystreets, unconscious of its existence, it is ascompletely lost as though it had never been.There it lies…
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