Landmark, and just about the only placeleft in the city where you could still get a decent grilled cheese Of the authentic Deco design drive-ins, and the carhopsstill served you on roller skates, and it was a "And I don't suppose it's as great a loss as, maybe, say, the Great Library ofAlexandria, but it was the last "So I called the police, and gave them my name, and of course they didn't getthere till almost quarterĪfter seven (which is what makes me think they bought off acouncilman), and by then those 'dozers had well, I know you hate that kind oflanguage, old girl, so I won't tell So I told him I'd call the police, then, because it came underthe heading ofĭisturbing the Peace, and he said. Supposed tobe only for grading, and since they were demolishing and not grading, they could Subsection E,' and they lied and saidthey had special permission, so I said to the big muckymuck inĬharge, 'Let's see yourwaiver permit,'and he said the Code didn't apply in this case because it was "But I was out there waiting for them, and I told them, 'You can't do it, that'sCode number 91.03002, Sneaks: they come on holidays, can you imagine! Got wind of it andcall the landmarks committee. Thought they'd sneak in and do it before the neighborhood Six, even before six, barely lightfor godsakes. Supposed to hold off till at least seven on weekdays,eight on the weekend but there they were at "Came in with bulldozers at six o'clock in the morning, and you know that's notlegal. "I tell you, they must have bought off a councilman. Moundwhose headstone had tilted slightly when the earth had settled sitting in the rain andspeaking to An old man sitting at the foot of a grave The winter-barren trees lay flat andīlack against analuminum sky, unmoving in the chill wind. Gray, thin rain misted down atĪlmost the same, angle as that atwhich the spike pierced the ground. Thrust at an angle into the soft ground and trimmedgrass of the cemetery. Very old man, this old man perched on an antique shooting stick, itshandles open to form a seat, its spike Not an incredibly old man obsolete, spavined not as worn as theswaybacked stone steps ascending the Pyramid of the Sun to an ancient temple not yet arelic. "Paladin of the Lost Hour" copyright 1985, 1986 by the KilimanjaroCorporation. Harlan Ellison - Paladin of the Lost Hour
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