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Well -- I bemoan it not ; for if the fountain gushed at my very doorstep , I would not stoop to bathe my lips in it -- no , though its delirium were for years instead of moments . Such is the lesson ye have taught me ! '' But the doctor 's four friends had taught no such lesson to themselves . They resolved forthwith to make a pilgrimage to Florida , and quaff at morning , noon , and night , from the Fountain of Youth . LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE One afternoon , last summer , while walking along Washington Street , my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway , nearly opposite the Old South Church . The sign represented the front of a stately edifice , which was designated as the `` OLD PROVINCE HOUSE , kept by Thomas Waite . ''