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The Horror in Clay

           Ithadbeenlocked, andIdidnotfindthekeytill itoccurredtometoexaminethepersonalring whichtheprofessorcarriedalwaysinhispocket. ThenindeedIsucceededinopeningit, butwhenIdidsoseemedonlytobeconfrontedbyagreaterandmorecloselylockedbarrier. Forwhatcouldbethemeaningofthequeerclaybas-relief andthedisjointedjottings,ramblings,andcuttingswhichIfound? Hadmyuncle,inhislatteryears,becomecredulousofthemostsuperficialimpostures? Iresolvedtosearchouttheeccentricsculptor responsibleforthisapparentdisturbanceofanoldman’speaceofmind. 

           Thebas-reliefwasaroughrectanglelessthananinchthick andaboutfivebysixinchesinarea;obviouslyofmodernorigin. Itsdesigns,however,werefarfrommoderninatmosphereandsuggestion; foralthoughthevagariesofcubismandfuturismaremanyandwild, theydonotoftenreproducethatcrypticregularity whichlurksinprehistoricwriting. Andwritingofsomekindthebulkofthesedesignsseemedcertainlytobe; thoughmymemory,despitemuchfamiliaritywiththepapersandcollectionsofmyuncle, failedinanywaytoidentifythisparticularspecies, orevenhintatitsremotestaffiliations. 

           Abovetheseapparenthieroglyphicswasafigure ofevidentlypictorialintent, thoughitsimpressionisticexecutionforbadeaveryclearideaofitsnature. Itseemedtobeasortofmonster,orsymbolrepresentingamonster, ofaformwhichonlyadiseasedfancycouldconceive. IfIsaythatmysomewhatextravagantimaginationyieldedsimultaneouspicturesofanoctopus, adragon,andahumancaricature, Ishallnotbeunfaithfultothespiritofthething. 

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