The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
THE TWIN TOWERS.
ry sKRArte ENRIQUE.
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IL was an Angus, twilight m the year ot gracioasness i9Ss. The bay of Man. haysan spark,cd in all the glinung eNtrav. asance ot | fasl-hlown and decidedly oVer-hea,ed sunset. kNer craf; of every conceivable shape were skimm,nx. here and there, over the salne eNpanse.s drawn toward iheir respective docks and haNens by powerful submarine. electric. lnsuiatcd. dynamo-G,ahnlleo agencies, secured by letters patent ,e the ~ilard-skilled grand son oi Thomas Ava Edison. the elder. l, wa> pretty scene. and there aaS a geod deal oi II. lust inside the Narro~s, the un,aue. eigar-shaped. mastless eSear- slon barge, Great 1.csaf. WAS visible to the unelo,hed optic, making prodigious head@a ay 10 the mafble-;eiraeed per a, Cemmunipaw. A scan, description oi ! this elegant vessel may not he malapro- pos, II was constructed entirely oi spun glass. eementsd ~i,h hos-cas, porcelain. and ree,ed ~,th sohdihcd eeia,ine. lts beam .s triae less than that in hypo- erite's left eye. and l,s depth fully equal ,o the ehieaners of an ordinary shylock l From it's diamond-studded bow to the cmeraia- -gemincd rudder-ao>,. |, was eleven hundred and s,> feet over all We mean ovcr all possibility. II had re vefsihle hurricane deck, which. dunng \ hard blow. ooul. by Il combined tais,- ms of the pilots muscles and the mag. nc,ic spoked ~heell be turned completely outside in. Its main saloon was afsi >,ic- ally hocred with An inlaying ot malaehtc and Jasper, and hung with gorgeous tap estF,es imported from Nyack-on.iiudson, by the case
 Invisible comets and divshle xyio- phones, under the maestro-iike guidance of S,gnof fatsl oiimon SlItairc. made the peftume-laden atmosphere ,hrob with e. static cadence. Groups of supefbly be- diiened xaleslsdies eyed askAnee the knee -btces he'd lords of the iape-measute and the gallan, knights of tho bank ledger and commission houss h.o,,er Hale old men, and cosmetic preserved women. whose level was ye, an inch CT i~o above flittauans horizon. looked ~ith rl,ying sneeIs on the ant,rs ei eallow youth. And all was as merry as a cat rlage swell. when he gises the other fellow his dust
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 l. VAS the quNetng lutr-S,rrns. lust- the-cofre,t tieAm-oheese Natte et t sweet sifl gfadua,c. lthe and tall as medieval sun flower Hef own father ~.,s the dig uihcd etheial 'o whom her abrup, qucs- ton ~as addressed.
 He ~as an epalen, broker of t'nion square. the far. down haunt of the finance klnss et the persod. llls inc eyes dim- med with the involuntary moisture ot rec ollcc,on. As he gazed on the moss-tl.,d granite towers winch stood Ike gum sen,inels of Time, on either base of ful- ton ferry.
 Those. my expensive. syn,aHmaulin' innocent. arc rcl,es of the g,sb-..i age !"
 Why Ia ''
 Exactly so"' lloomily replied the self contained millionaire
 ust then the "trcai t.,saT sracetully curved to her elastic, rubber t,e ed land ing. aga'ns, whose amethyst-oapped bulk head her magnificent outline of na.al architecture struck with thud between the rc,erbera,ing of a steam carpet-bea, and the stioae of mufsled oar
 Inc passengers brlskly swarmed across the vel~t padded gang-plank AS the ohlv alfc pu'ser and his corps ot uniformed assistant. skiliiully distributed to each hNA s'iE FaRN faf AAh- - boat Be.l he hour voyage io the gar aens and spice groves oi Bermuda.
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 "\oa pa. that Me re |, home. lets have those sioty aboat them sf3Ebi,'s tna- CTS
 .Aeam tsas the mcled,ous va .llsm of Niis .s.4 efe de ere Iontshosldy Nb eh rfa | i.asi lni a'aetit as!y si,en ;Ae aEsi4.y ..s,.igs.tl,se.'l .'l anpanaa II heo bond proud pfeaen4tor
 lle .u,leles.t.y kscked an elee'ris eh,rne ihai was e.Iittef-,ans In fie mahogany ws,Aboatd of ,he fsnnly sifiix-feufe. and, ss f D5 faa.Ie. a prgnxlHs a'n4ef appearc'. n d part. co!prea ne-ftas-alifa- sort ef ia.Fy
 Tour pleasure. sir
 Co tn thc library. trcbaRh8yseH Blame. and on the t~en,y-cl. h;h sben from ihe top l.. ihe sesetsieenih FDse@a a.sd alrovc you will fnd. nee, in gh- ! lfe and "Reminiscences of Rosfo the rohte al Turkey Cook. a medium SIC tome li IS labe ed Lays .t Aneien, Gotham. and is bound In tree walrus. ~i'h convex ed .es. ruby-dusied top, and garnet cluster clasp. Vanish ''
 Ia Three minutes and quarter slOped into the vor,ea of eternity.
 This, my child, .mpresssely sad Papa Mou;shoddy, as the ser,nof re turned. is indeed rare book l; w2s written nearly forfy years ago by po- eticsl outlaw. during his term oi fife ins- prisnnmen, m Auburn Jaii ior committing .o pablie type sonnet on Sprkingulea 5 rights. Ihe puuishrnen' as severe .l' ast His fate has been A terrible. bot cntfeiy sallAf4aHs safhing t9 all sftsges sao haze been &elk enough fo iH ac Ina, hlm3uffy of consGense were f' ihe-ncA iof iisfsry ear lsr
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 Slowly the pa'tie.4n tiaAefs isassel l.e.- late .e>szs ci tae softa-iis--e .s.s-sss- Chi,i&a-sh.nefs volume. "Ah. aerc t Is" Mon,shodsy pteseu,- E e1c a,insd ii is called The Fioorl-ss Bridge. Nili read you extracts Tbsa o4ttpD.- Robert ksesa e.i-