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Two had blue swallow-tailed coats with brass buttons; and a fourth, a dashing young lawyer's clerk from Clement's Inn, was absolutely stirring a mixture, which he called a mint julep, with a yellow kid glove dangling out of his hand.
Following the pleasant Spanish custom, I went a-serenading, but was kidnapped from beneath the precious casement by by a zealous arrival. Host, `zealous arrival' is not the julep in action: it is a triumph of paraphrase." "I wish you'd let Joe take you back to bed," said Richard. "Always bent on thoughts of the flesh," observed the other sadly.
"They feared that you might have been ill used by some evilly disposed person during your unconsciousness," explained the editor diplomatically; "but as you say THAT was only for a moment, and that you were aware of everything that happened" He paused. "Perfectly, sir! Perfectly! As plain as I see this julep before me. I had just left the Ramierez rancho.
"Well, don't shake hands with me yet, sir. I don't know. You see, I'm a railroad man, and I'm here on business." "Damn it, sir, if it was only your description of a julep, if it was only your mention of that old family silver mug, devoted to that sacred purpose, sir, that would be your certificate of character here. Forget your business. Come down here and live with me.
I would at any time trust my life in his hands." "I am willing to do so." Then turning to the bar-keeper, Mr. Hobart said "I'll take a glass of brandy and water, and you may add some mint." "Perhaps you'll have a mint julep?" suggested the barkeeper, winking aside to a man who stood near, listening to what passed between the two members of the Order. "Yes I don't care yes.
A negro carrying a pair of saddle-bags advanced, obsequious and smiling, to a high desk at one side of the room and placed thereon the news from the outer world The genial Mr Lynch, proprietor of the establishment, took his place behind the desk with due solemnity, and a score of lawyers, merchants, and planters left tobacco, wine, julep, and toddy to press around his temporary throne.
Peaches abounded; and a drink called metheglin, made of their juice mixed with whiskey and sweetened water, the thirsty traveller thought a rival to mint julep. One night Arlington put up at a locally celebrated tavern on the border of Tennessee.
I never did see such nerve. He says he'll go and ask the servant to make it. He has an old darky named Monroe on the place, says he, who makes the best julep in Virginia. 'No, says I, putting my hand on my hip pocket in a suspicious manner, 'I guess not. You fork over the five first. Well, he gets to thinking hard. Finally he says he'll be hanged if he'll be blackmailed.
Such a cocktail or julep no one else could prepare, and there were numerous subtle accomplishments in the matter of mixing liquid refreshments which would have earned a reputation for any man. There was no more familiar figure than his in the market or business streets of the hot, sunshine-flooded little town, which the passing armies had left so battered and deserted.
Wearing neither coat nor vest, the bartender's ruffled shirt displayed a glistening stone; the sleeves were ornamented with gold buttons and the lace collar had a Byronic roll. "What will you have, sir?" he said in a well-modulated voice to a big Virginian, who had preceded Barnes into the room. "A julep," was the reply, "and, while you are making it, a little whisky straight."
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