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           Therestofitsfeatureswerevoluntary,andtheywerethese.

           YousawnothinginCoketownbutwhatwasseverelyworkful.Ifthemembersofareligiouspersuasionbuiltachapelthereasthemembersofeighteenreligiouspersuasionshaddonetheymadeitapiouswarehouseofredbrick,withsometimes(butthisisonlyinhighlyornamentalexamples)abellinabirdcageonthetopofit.ThesolitaryexceptionwastheNewChurch;astuccoededificewithasquaresteepleoverthedoor,terminatinginfourshortpinnacleslikefloridwoodenlegs.Allthepublicinscriptionsinthetownwerepaintedalike,inseverecharactersofblackandwhite.Thejailmighthavebeentheinfirmary,theinfirmarymighthavebeenthejail,thetown-hallmighthavebeeneither,orboth,oranythingelse,foranythingthatappearedtothecontraryinthegracesoftheirconstruction.Fact,fact,fact,everywhereinthematerialaspectofthetown;fact,fact,fact,everywhereintheimmaterial.TheM’Choakumchildschoolwasallfact,andtheschoolofdesignwasallfact,andtherelationsbetweenmasterandmanwereallfact,andeverythingwasfactbetweenthelying-inhospitalandthecemetery,andwhatyoucouldn’tstateinfigures,orshowtobepurchaseableinthecheapestmarketandsaleableinthedearest,wasnot,andnevershouldbe,worldwithoutend,Amen.

           Atownsosacredtofact,andsotriumphantinitsassertion,ofcoursegotonwell?Whyno,notquitewell.No?Dearme!

           No.

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