Juleps and Clover -- 1898 -- CHAPTER I. But come ., . . . and leave
the Lot Of Kaikobkd and Kaikhosrh forgot Let Rustum lay about him
as he will, Or Hitim cry Supper-heed them not. With me, along some
Strip of Herbage strown That just divides the desert from the sown
Where name of Slave and Sultan scarce is known- And pity Sultan
Elahmud on his Throne. Ontar Khayydm. THIS air is like champagne,
sir. It fills my lungs as no other air in the world can and the
speaker drew in a long breath anci fanned his face with his black
slouch hat. His companion smiled grimly, WitHout replying to what
he evidently considered L harmless delusion his Northern blood
failed to respond to the quickeniiig influences of the atxuosphere
the other man found so exhilarating. A few moments Inter, the two
Iorsemen emerged from the shelter of the woods into a low-lying
river meadow where the direct rays of the midsummer sun, beating
down upon them, speedily con- vinced the Southerner that whatever
merits the climate might have, it cer- tainly did not deserve to be
termed arctic. Then Wallace Ayer turned in his saddle toward his
friend and said What I admire in you Southerners, Lee, is the
absolute unanimity with which you all agree upon the beauty of
Southern women, the merits of Southern air, Southern questions,
institutions- in short, everything that concerns the South. You
feel called on to flare up at the slightest criticism of anything
that affects your section of the country. Now in the North, we have
no special respect for Northern air or whiskey, or Northern horses
or hotels as such, and would never dream of resenting any general
criticism of our institutions. a If I were to tell you, he
continued, thatthe air right here in these mountains, right here in
Gods country was rather hotter and more stifiilg than I have found
it in the Sahara Desert, you would probably flare up at the
suggestion. Ho-ivard Lee laughed and replied goodnaturedly Oh, come
now, you must not take us so seriously. We live by ourselves a good
deal down here and perhaps, have become a trifle provincial. Those
very faults you speak of, have their use -they all serve to bind us
to our coun- Dry, and to keep us in the road laid out by our
ancestors. Other sections of the nation could follow us with great
advantage, in that respect. and Clover Perhaps you are right,
replied Wallace Ayer, but then, too, some of us have ancestors,
though we dont itt- tach much value to their example. There is one
Southern institution, how- ever, that I do admire, without any
qualifying adjectives whatsoever, aud that is your Southern woman.
Now you are worthy of the hospi- tality of the South, cried the
Virginian. Why, sir, the fiuest work of the Creator is a Southern
molilall m110 can make a mint julep with just the proper quantity
of brandy and rum. Lee involuntarily moistened his lips and
continued The very idea makes me feel thirsty. In this fertile
country nature provides the need and the means to fill it at the
same time. Hum, returned the other, glancing dubiously at the
turbulent stream roll- ing a few yards away through the meadow they
were skirting, the his- nola looks to me solllewhat muddy. Juleps
and Clover 5 Lee rode down to the river bank...
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