. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . d homesteads di-shevelled and worn, and he will find theold houses, the home of charming hospi-tality and refinement, sadly dilapidatedand unfurnished. He will be struck bythe apparent want of things to which heis accustomed elsewhere, and for the pos-session of which ready money is needed;but in a little time he will forget this; hewill be in an atmosphere which will soothehis senses and lull him into a state ofcontent, and he will become aware thatthere is something even amid this sim-plicity which he had not before discov-ered, a certain
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . d homesteads di-shevelled and worn, and he will find theold houses, the home of charming hospi-tality and refinement, sadly dilapidatedand unfurnished. He will be struck bythe apparent want of things to which heis accustomed elsewhere, and for the pos-session of which ready money is needed;but in a little time he will forget this; hewill be in an atmosphere which will soothehis senses and lull him into a state ofcontent, and he will become aware thatthere is something even amid this sim-plicity which he had not before discov-ered, a certain restful feeling with whichthe external is in harmony, and in whichit is well with the spirit. Assuming that he was not in a Pull-man, he has discovered that he is in a newi-egion, or, more accurately, a new envi-ronment, from th»^ time he crossed thePotomac. The low, soft, slow speech,with its languid long vowels and neglect-ed final endings, has caught his ear, andhe listens to it as music without trying tofollf)W the words. Then; is a difference. <«■• ■j\ IN THE BLACK BELT. not only in the manner,but in the is a difference, too, not very marl^edat fiist, but still perceptible, in the peo})le all seem to know each other,and they talk with easy familiarity of per-sonal concerns as members of one conversation is more personal forthat reason, the tones less repressed. Thewomen will appear less expensively dress-ed. A man will probably not notice this;for they will be generally prettier thanthose he left tlie other side of the bridge,and they will have something about them—an air, a manner, a something—whichwill be more attractive. Among the olderpersons, men and women, he will note agentler air than he has seen the otherside. They will in a way be more indi-vidual, too; there will be individualitiesof dress. He will see more men otferseats to ladies, and more as a matter of course. He will be surprised to seehow many get otf at Ale
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