. Fenimore Cooper's grave and Christ churchyard . Photo by Telfer The path well worn by the feet of pilgrims every visitor. The stranger, entering the gate ofChrist churchyard in Cooperstown, looks about himfor some conspicuous signal of Coopers sepulchre. 8 Fenimore Cooper s Tomb He anticipates some boastful monument, commen-surate with the authors fame, standing highabove all else, flaunting its claim for this he seeks in vain. An obelisk standingon the margin of the driveway commemoratesa more homely celebrity, the pioneer priest of. *A marble that bears upon its surface notribut
. Fenimore Cooper's grave and Christ churchyard . Photo by Telfer The path well worn by the feet of pilgrims every visitor. The stranger, entering the gate ofChrist churchyard in Cooperstown, looks about himfor some conspicuous signal of Coopers sepulchre. 8 Fenimore Cooper s Tomb He anticipates some boastful monument, commen-surate with the authors fame, standing highabove all else, flaunting its claim for this he seeks in vain. An obelisk standingon the margin of the driveway commemoratesa more homely celebrity, the pioneer priest of. *A marble that bears upon its surface notribute to fame Otsego forests. Toppling gravestones everywhereare inscribed with unknown and long-forgottennames. But when the stranger chances upon the pathwell worn by the feet of pilgrims, and standsat Coopers grave, he divines that the expectationis rightly disappointed. It is far more impressive Fenimore Cooper s Tomb 9 and affecting to find it so. It is not the simpletomb which is at fault, but the expectancy of itsbeing otherwise. No proudly glittering monumentmarks the grave of Cooper, but a plain, recumbentslab of stone. It is a marble that bears upon itssurface no tribute to the fame or virtues of thedead; only his name, with the dates of birthand death. No insignia of the authors craftare carved thereon, nor Indian emblems sugges-tive of his famous tales; only a small and simplecross, the symbol of the faith in which he livedand died and found assurance of is a grave that claims for its charge no higherplace than any a
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