| Show CHAS DICKENS EDEN SOLD Scene of Martin experiences Changes Hands Town Towel of ot CM I II Mo 1110 1101 lure Mark lark TWain T v ln Got Clot ot Ills Il tar el ern or of Napoleon Special Correspondence a Mo May 5 The record r flied filed mO In time the county clerks utile olee here hers of the time transfer of f acres acre of at Mississippi hot bot bottom t tom land located about alx si miles mies east ost of ot this timia city to 11 Ii 1 C of ot St Louis Luie for tor a 11 consideration of 13 recalls tIme the l c story of ot the time sudden ludden rite rise und amid precipitous ul fall ot of Marion Marlon City CI with whim wih which the tho of two of ot tho the most famous characters ot of modern Mellon are aro associated These characters are aro Martin Martn and end Colonel Mulberry rr Sellers Seller time the former form r era cre created cr by b Charles Dickens and an the he latter Inter by Mark Marlon ut ImI Li was Wall founded by b Colonel William in II I jIb located oil ell the Mississippi river about l bu be bet c tween t en Mo Jib Io and amid in iii I Al AI Although though boomed after mae trie manner of or many mil boom cities it ut ur that period us Its time tho coming coining of r the val viii valley nl ley Icy It U never got cot ot beyond tho time paper stuie tu UKO o and collapsed just prior to the time visit of or time II great to the time United Unite Mates In Mi ml It l will wi be ba recalled that Dickens Dicken found un vim that hint occasion many mun things thing about this country which offended his itis sen selMe sense e of or propriety Amont Amun them was Marion Mariun ti W hen he h returned o to his native land he lie to lampoon lampon us u In iii II a n amo most mo t caustic manner manlier and as ns one of or time thu th In iii vl h to 10 turn lurl looe his hll satire he lie 11 wrote wrol As tm s Dickens tIme the story Martin Chus Chul visite tIme the and ant caine ni tar far ta west vest no its 11 where he lie hI vl t tl l td d hu iii hi mooney money lon And find that of or Mark lark bl ImI hl servant in the boom town of It dI This hl Imaginary KUen was 1 In reality hun Mur Murlon Ion lon city elt On their way west Martin Martn and nn 1 Mark Murk tell loll In with 11 one General Choke Who Introduced them to time the th agent of or tho the boom boomtown boomtown town He lie le them a II beautiful map of the wonderful young town ton with lh I Im u market place public buildings and Ind busy streets and they Inv Invested sted be being belag lag ing assured that there was WIS not an nn archi architect toot In iii the tho city A couple coule of It days das later lal they the took u ii I boat up the tho river to the tho Ih place This O to Dickens na story stor storIs Is what they the found foundAs At As they proceeded farther on their tracks mind and caine more moro and Ind more toward their journeys i end nil tho the monotonous deco deto laton of the scene Iene Increased to that de Il degree erco gree gro that fur for any redeeming feature It I presented to 10 their eyes ees they the might have entered In the body bd on the grim rm domains of giant dellutrI that Mat morass morau with fallen fallentimber fallentimber timber a marsh on which the tho good Gul growth of or the e earth nh seemed I med to wreck and east cut away 81 At M last they At A t Eden E en too The Time lter of at the deluge might have left ler U It I only the week before so choked hoke with slIme and an matted growth was wan tho time hideout hl swamp which tr that name There Icing no lie depth of or WI tr close In Inshore shore chore they thov landed from the boat boal with wih all lil their goods good Iod brittle beside them I he I There were a it I few tow log houses hous visible among tho the dark trees the beef be a 1 cow shied JhN or a n rude but for the wharfs the tho market time th buildings lle mme comes m nn an I said 11 Mark and come com one anI dbl JIO They The Thc told toM lbs Ih man time the nature of ot their an ml inquired where It Icy lav 18 Clue Clo Clo tu to 0 his imIs hil own dwelling he said so close that hit he had used It I for tor a I for tor some le lerr corn He lie II Ii then gems gave them to understand rr of or local chitchat as ami H an ni scrap loot that he hail bail 1111 burled the last proprietor with his own hands hami ThIs hll dismal picture of Rilen was wit doubt doubtless K less an exaggeration of at the tho teal real Marlon city cl but It Served Dickens purK purpose e of ot a peculiar phase of American life hire that Oil di not his fancy Thirty dl years after ater Charles Dickers Dickens M wrote hll hi of ot tho place pIne Mark IRk Twain collaborating Ing with Charles Dudley 1 u le Warner wait rot The 01 Olde Glided Wed Age AIe In which l Is tout told time the olor staCy lr n of ot Colonel Mulberry Hel Hi tol It who In real reul life was ms Colonel l 1111 M ul lived 11 within a n few t miles r of ot the Ihl departed Marion Marlon ll cli and 81 IM Is IMIng 1 lug InK familiar whim Ith Its I history end anti that of t Colonel Muldrow lulo It 1 na was U not strange that Clemens 1 should hould have hae selected It 11 as O one nf of t the striking linking events ent of a golden ns nJ ge th i lore It I wax was Wi that Colonel Colone Mulberry Sel Sd Sellers lers hr ht Mark Iak Twain creation of time the mo t x type tyre tyr of or the visionary mann man Inn to build bul 1 a gloat metropolis it t time the tl west well which tinder the name of at Nu Na world poison Ien was to 10 conquer the commercial In I ts features feature the story stOr nf or Mulberry Sellers Napoleon wn W not different from that tint of the lime Eden In which Martin Invest ill Cd J d anti and Ind both boll are re fairly if f tU tL tt experIences experience In actual life of or Colonel Muldrow and his boom town ton of ot Marion Manon rity 1 the memory of or which Is II now rOI l lafter after atter a I period rO of 01 O 01 0 years f by the time transfer of or the time plot of or wild ld land Ind upon which It ii was Wa proposed rope to built bulU Lul It I |
