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Chapter 19

           Indeed,itisowingtothecheapaccommodationthusaffordedoftenofthemostconvenientkindthatthelattercanscarcebesaidtoexist.

           EveninthelargercitiesoftheAtlanticstatesthe"club"isbynomeansanecessity.Themoderatechargesofthehotels,alongwiththeirexcellentcuisineandelegantaccommodations,circumscribetheprosperityofthisinstitution;whichinAmericais,andevermustbe,anunhealthyexotic.

           TheremarkisstillmoretrueoftheSouthernandSouth-westerncities;wherethe"saloon"and"bar-room"arethechiefplacesofresortandrendezvous.

           Thecompany,too,isthereofamoremiscellaneouscharacter.Theproudplanterdoesnotdisdainforhedoesnotdaretodrinkinthesameroomwiththe"poorwhitetrash;"oftenasproudashimself.

           ThereisnopeasantinthatpartoftheworldleastofallinthestatecalledTexas;andinthesaloonof"RoughandReady"mightoftenbeseenassembledrepresentativesofeveryclassandcallingtobemetwithamongthesettlements.

           Perhapsnotuponanyoccasionsince"OldDuffer"hadhungoutthesignofhistavern,washefavouredwithalargercompany,orservedmorecustomersacrosshiscounter,thanuponthatnight,afterthereturnofthehorse-huntingpartytoFortInge.

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