The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-26
rHE GIRLS OF NEW YORK.
lBill Nye, in New York Mercury.I


 columns of your valuable paper in rela- tiOn to one of the features of your grow ing to~n which is too often ignored by those who visit New York. allude to the girls, large numbers of whom 1 me, while there. We did not have an oppor. tunity to become thoroughly acquainted, but met large number of them cas- uaily. used to get out early and con- tlnue late into the evening, meeting the girls of New York upon the crowded thoroughfares.
 Some love to sholl in the parks and others yearn to ride on the elevated rail- way, that they may see what the people who live in the second stories of New York have for supper but l think tha, to stem the angelic tide of young and beautiful girls in Gotham is certainly as pleasant duty as the stranger can per form.
 The girls of New York, whether dressed in the warm, tailor-6tting garments of re- luctant spring or the cool toggery of the heated summer time, have a habit of moving down the crowded stre .t with their eyes fixed on some object about 2So miles ahead and jostling the gentleman from the far west in a way that makes him almost glad he came. Of course. now and then, in the never ending hurry and rush and hustle, you meet a girl whose symmetry of form has been a:s- laid, or whose features are well calcu. lated to stop clock, but if you are on your guard you can evade her and catch the dimpled elbow of her successor in your vest pocket.
 l do not yearn for the wealth or the sewer-gas of the great metropolis, but I often wish that l could skip across the intervening miles and once more be Jostled by those young ladies with whom have had the pleasure of meeting casu. ally
 They have no doubt forgotten me long ere this. Living, as thsy do, in a large and booming town like New York, it would not be surprising if they had ceased to remember my thoughtful face. Meet ing new people, as they do day after day, it would not be surprising if they had forgotten one who never will forget them while reason continues on her throne.
 Girls of New York, we may never meet again, or at least not so much so as we have. We may never meet with so much expression and velocity as we have, but that you have made an i'm. oression on the subscriber which time cannot erase. Never have been knocked over and walked on by those who i'm. pressed me more with their genuine worth aud their parasois, their earnestness and their chubby elbows.
 You, ot course, will soon forget, but will never forget am not of j forgetting 
 got so that could steer clear of the girl with wart on her nose i'll time to nave the breath knocked out of me by one whose bright smile haunts me still Alter got so that l could do that suC- cesstully, did not care for the other features of New York l would eat a buried breakfast and dash away to where could be jostled. It is more exciting than lawn tennis and it is more Conyenial 10 my nature than tobogganing.
 The only conversation had was with a young lady who ran into my out stretched arms while her small wad of hydrophobia wrapped his chain around us both four or five times.
 Heretofore have regarded the dog as a nuisance, but am now convinced that there are exceptions. Some dogs are ex- tremely sagacious.
 l do not remember now just what our conversation was, but it was brief, and our remarks were quite commonplace. 1 only know that though tried over and over again to find another sagacious dog led by winsone young woman in good clothes, did not succeed in doing so. Many dogs have instinct, but very few of them are blessed with great mental pow CTS, hope that the young lady alluded to, in case this should come under her eye, will try to overlook the past and re- that harbor no feelings of an- 'ipathy toward her dog. Perhaps, had it aot been for him, we might never have been thrown together.
 wish to say to her that am we'll and nope these few lines will find her enjoy- ng the same great blessing. The lump on my brow which she erected with the hub of her parasol grew quite large and the next morning did not know whether t would be best to wear my hat on the head or on the lump, but it has subsided lump, mean-and hope the young lady and the cute little dog are yall