American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . AMERICAN ADVENTURES retreated; and your humble servant for retreating whenhe should have advanced. Lee was a turbulent, insubordinate, hard-drinkingrascal, and nothing could be more characteristic than thewill, written in his own handwriting, filed by the oldrei)r()l)ate with the clerk of the Berkeley County Court,and expressing the following sentiments: I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any churchor churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Ana-baptist meeting house, for since I have resided in this county Ihav
American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . AMERICAN ADVENTURES retreated; and your humble servant for retreating whenhe should have advanced. Lee was a turbulent, insubordinate, hard-drinkingrascal, and nothing could be more characteristic than thewill, written in his own handwriting, filed by the oldrei)r()l)ate with the clerk of the Berkeley County Court,and expressing the following sentiments: I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any churchor churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Ana-baptist meeting house, for since I have resided in this county Ihave kept so much bad company when living that I do not desireto continue it when dead. During Lees life there, Leetown was probably a live-lier place than it is to-day. Something of its presentstate may be gathered from the fact that when a ladyof my acquaintance stopped her motor there recently,and asked some men what time it was, they staredblankly at her for a moment, after which one of themsaid seriously: *We dont know. We dont have time here. 116. Whats the matter with him? I asked, stopping CHAPTER XIII RIDE A HORSE And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel droppd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. —King Henry IV. CLAYMONT COURT, near Charles Town, thehouse in which my companion and I were sofortunate as to be guests during our visit tothis part of the cotmtry, is one of the old Washingtonhouses, having been built by Bushrod Corbin Washing-ton, a nephew of the first President. It is a beautifulbrick building, with courts at either end, the brick wallsof which, connecting with the house, extend its lineswith peculiar grace, and tie to the main structure thetw^in buildings which balance it, according to the de-lightful fashion of early Virginia architecture. Thehexagonal brick tile of the front walk at ClaymontCourt, and the square stone pavement of the portico,resemble exactly those at Mount Ver
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