. Romances of Mobile . Cawthon Hotel, Mobile. THE SHINING TOWERS OF EL DORADO Beyond the shore, behind the wood, Fast locked from prying eyes,Sir Juan beheld a city fair Where golden towers arise. —Songs of the Gulf Anxiously the mail-clad figure in the bow of the Spanishcaravel scanned the long, low coast, now veiled in a roaringcurtain of shoreward hurrying breakers. The great, clumsysails had been lowered, yet the blunt-prowed vessel sped alongat racing speed before the rush of a September gale. It wasthe close of a windy, blustery day at sea in the year of grace1519, and now with the swift
. Romances of Mobile . Cawthon Hotel, Mobile. THE SHINING TOWERS OF EL DORADO Beyond the shore, behind the wood, Fast locked from prying eyes,Sir Juan beheld a city fair Where golden towers arise. —Songs of the Gulf Anxiously the mail-clad figure in the bow of the Spanishcaravel scanned the long, low coast, now veiled in a roaringcurtain of shoreward hurrying breakers. The great, clumsysails had been lowered, yet the blunt-prowed vessel sped alongat racing speed before the rush of a September gale. It wasthe close of a windy, blustery day at sea in the year of grace1519, and now with the swift approach of night the tempestwas rising. The unknown coast was a fearsome place, wherenameless terrors lurked, and it was plain to the daring littleband aboard, that shelter must soon be found or, with thepassing of the storm, the bones of the caravel would strew thevirgin strand. Another and heavier figure, also in armor, joined the anxiouswatcher who peered out into the murk over the smoking spraythat leaped from the forefoot of the lab
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