. Historic towns of the Southern States. s quite outof my interest to come to America. Whatcould I do there ? How could I employ m)-self, out of the reach of libraries ? And thushe counsels George : Be careful of thoseAmericans. I could almost advise you tocome, whenever you have the sum of fivehundred pounds, to England. Those Ameri-cans will, I am afraid, still fleece you. In aletter to Georges wife in January, 1820, hespeaks of his wish to cross the sea with hisbrother : I could almost promise you thatif I had the means I would accompany Georgeback to America, and pay you a visit of a fewmo
. Historic towns of the Southern States. s quite outof my interest to come to America. Whatcould I do there ? How could I employ m)-self, out of the reach of libraries ? And thushe counsels George : Be careful of thoseAmericans. I could almost advise you tocome, whenever you have the sum of fivehundred pounds, to England. Those Ameri-cans will, I am afraid, still fleece you. In aletter to Georges wife in January, 1820, hespeaks of his wish to cross the sea with hisbrother : I could almost promise you thatif I had the means I would accompany Georgeback to America, and pay you a visit of a fewmonths. Had he made the trip and beheldwith his own eyes the loveliness of the OhioValley, and met the kindly people of Ken-tucky, he would not have been so inclined todisparage Louisville society : I was sur-prised to hear of the state of society at Louis-ville : it seems you are just as ridiculous there aswe are here — threepenny parties, halfpennydances. The best thing I have heard of isyour shooting, for it seems you follow the 528 Louisville A terrible tragedy occurred at the Keatsmansion, back in the forties, about which thereis a pathetic tradition. Isabella, the beautifulyoung daughter of George Keats, accordingto tradition, killed herself in a fit of despon-dency at the unhappy termination of a love-affair. A circumstance said to have takenplace in 1890 seemed to substantiate the tra-dition. An elderly, refined-looking and quietstranger appeared repeatedly at the Keatshouse and requested to be left alone in thelibrary, where the girl was shot. At first heoffered no explanation of his unusual request,but when finally leaving he said to the ladywho had admitted him, I parted from her inthere, and have returned from California tovisit the scene once more. The rumor wassoon circulated that the mysterious strangerwas the lover whose unfaithfulness had robbedthe unhappy girl of the desire to live. The descendants of George Keats still liv-ing in Louisville deny the pat
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