Chapter 19

           IntheembryocityspringingupundertheprotectionofFortInge,the"hotel"wasthemostconspicuousbuilding.ThisisbutthenormalconditionofeveryTexantownwhetherneworfoundedfortyyearsago;andnoneareolder,exceptthesparsecitiesofHispano-Mexicanoriginwherethepresidioandconventtookprecedence,nowsurpassedby,andinsomeinstancestransformedinto,the"tavern."

           TheFortIngeestablishment,thoughthelargestbuildingintheplace,was,nevertheless,neitherverygrandnorimposing.Itsexteriorhadbutlittlepretencetoarchitecturalstyle.Itwasastructureofhewnlogs,havingforground-plantheletterTaccordingtothegrotesquealphabettheshankbeingusedforeatingandsleepingrooms,whiletheheadwasasingleapartmententirelydevotedtodrinkingsmokingandexpectoratingincluded.Thislastwasthebar-room,or"saloon."

           Thesignoutside,swingingfromthetrunkofapost-oak,thathadbeenpollardedsometenfeetabovetheground,exhibitedonbothsidesthelikenessofawellknownmilitarycelebritytheheroofthatquarteroftheglobeGeneralZachariahTaylor.Itdidnotneedlookingattheletteringbeneathtoascertainthenameofthehotel.Underthepatronageofsuchaportraititcouldonlybecalled"RoughandReady."

           Therewasatouchoftheaproposaboutthisdesignation.

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