Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-13
SUNSET.

Standing on the summit of the range
Of hills southeast of town yesterday
evening, N of the most picturesque
and beautiful scenes was visible, the
eve taking in all the beauty of a Spring
sunset. The orb of day seemingly but
a few feet above the rocky caps Of the
western bluffs, threw q crimson flash
and prismatic halo V the bare hills,
,;ntiny he dark waters OF the many
numerous miniature lakes with CULVER
ing shafts Of amber. The Spring
feshets in the valley had broken the
lex letters that enchained them in the
vaIes and dark recesses of the mount
ains; numbcrleSS streams could he
seen traversing the valleys, running
hitler and tbitller, until, their course
spent, sluggishly they sank from sight,
while new streams were starting from
the long line of 10Y and ice, which,
fo,tiny with the moving waters, looked
like fieecy crnline frinwing the bosom
of the turbulent streams. The sun
was nearing the horizon; Il moment
and then, with one long, lingering
t,,s, !, the brioh' orb of day. its diurnal
course compile ed, sank down behind
the huff, Il huge bank of clouds in the
zenith still rejecting the crimson rays
of sunset, and drifting restleSsly about
by the force of II fresh south wind,
tracing shedowy pictures on the placid
bo on of the miniature se1s of water.
As the last lingering solar rays di>ap-
peared from the lowering clouds above,
and the twilight dccpencd. a most glo-
rio,Is picture came out in full relief;
before us. behind us, to the right and
TO the left. wherever the long chain
of bluffs raised their chevron heights.
was the iire-tiend raging, fed by de-
,iduo,s refuse scattered ovc the plain
and mountain sides. What fantastic
pjc,ureS it preserved! The movements
Of the clouds were forgotten i'm the li>-
inr ideal of contla~ration; a most
weird scene; here. the caprice of the
fire. or. rather, the line of former vegc-
tation, formed on the face of the hills:
directly before us appeared Il ring that
seemingly hung suspended by some
invisible hand in the blue vault above.
waving to and fro by the rcfluN of
the wind: away to the right. up the
side of one mountain and down that of
ano her, was a zigZag line, with Won
dertul scrpentine winnings; and. as
a ra>the eye could reach so,.thv ard,
the >I,imlneriug of the rcfl,lgent
rays threw sheet of flame,
leading us in imagination to likcn
il to the famous Mount NeSuviuS.
The last respondent ray had now en-
iirely faded from II view; sombrc
night. with its d%arkening veil, was
spreading DER; and the flcecv clouds
OF an hour ago had changed 10 banks
of leadcn hue. Stiffness reigncd SUI
prrmc; the twinkling Of many lights
throughout the town beneath, and the
millions of stars in the broad eNpanSe
of the celestial sphere. seemed in an
cmtlouS strife to rival each other i'll
ci>ting their brilliancy ovcr the world
hnn"a H.. The she'd >ieuce j. now
broken: a busy ham of VOICES brings
Us once more to reality, and descend
ing the rugged cliffs To our own again.
"e emerge mo the busy scenes of life:
hut the memory of the bright Spring
sunset haunt> Il thoughts. while re.
@rrttullv we ponder and realize that
the glorious sight is among those Of the
fDfetfr past.