Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-06
ROMANCE OF ..LovERs' REST"

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tiest and crustiest old bachelor on
earth TO take a moonlight walk and
revel in romantic thought. The sky
was cloudIess and the beautiful stars
| shone forth in all their brilliance;
while fair Luna-who was as full as =
tick shed her radiant light upon this
mundane sphere and stood out in the
! planetary system like a bright and shiu-
ing twenty-doilar piece among a my
Rad OF fiye-dollar pieces. IL Is seldom
that We ere favored with 80 beautiful u
night in these parts; and it was lnaie
the most of by signing SWANS and
maidens fair, many of whom took
moonlight walks to Lovers Rest"
I. Lovers Rest" he it known, is the
freight platform OF the Eureka and
Palixade Railroad. LIS quite a long
walk down there; aud on arriving at
the platform, lovers, AS well A. Sensi
bic people, sit down and rest; and
that's why the place is called Lovers
Rest"
Thsy walked 10 the platform, he and
she, and sat them to rest on soine
piles OF coils OF telegraph wire intend
ed for the now telegraph limo TO Bel
mont. Long had he yearned 10 tell
tho talo pf his heart, but hal not
dared to give utterauce to the passion
which was consuming him; but with
the gentle moon shedding its mild
light upon him and her; with all ma
lure hushed and naught breaking the
stiffness but the ripple of the water in
the railroad comfany's ditch, the seal
on his lips was broken, and the de-
claralion of his love gusiled forth like
Oregon champagne rom the bottle
which confines its sweetness. Softly
Dressing her bcauteous hand within
hi. own, with fsltaring tongue he
poured forth The tale Of his love and
asked her 10 he "his'n."
"Can / have a piano and a solitaire
diamond wedding ring and seven
button slovas till | can't rest :" u
INJURED the lair creature. Anything,
darling, anything you want. Do you
suppose | would SEQ you want for
anythingI No; l would shut my
eyes first"
lie was about to clasp her to his
manly breast, when she exclaimed:
sI'u, stuck !" Yes, dearest, | know
it," he returned, How could it be
otherwise? From the moment | first
beheld thee | have felt it in my bones
that you were stuck after me" THAT
amt it, you fool,n she shrieked, I'm
stuck in the wire" And as she made
an effort TO release herself, IA sunk
further into the treacherous coils, ill
she was doubled up 40 that her body
assumed the shape of a letter v. Gal
lantly the lover rushed to the rescue OF
his precious one; but his strength was
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release the maiden from her cruel
bonds were futile. Assistance must he
procured; and in desperation shouted:
:. Murder! Fire! Thieves! Cloud
burst /! Help!
His cries aroused some Of the rail-
road employees from their slumbers,
and they jumped from their beds and
rushed out into the night, thinking
Bedlam had broke loose or somebody
was trying to steal the railroad. When
the foremost of the party saw the red
stripes on the maiden's stockings aud
beheld the stockings and their con-
tents waving TO and fro in the air, he
took them for "A danger signal, and
shouted to a companion TO look To the
switches. But the maiden's young
man o o informed the men OF the sit
ualion, and bars were procured
and the young lady soon pried out Of
her unpleasant predicanent. When
she as at last released from the wire,
she had acquired the "Grecian Bend"
the "Roston DIP" aud the "Euseka
Limp" none OF which she knew be-
fore; and the last named she rracticed
all the way home, with variations on
the other two. When the door of her
palernal mansion was reached, the
young lady informed the young man
that he needn't come snootln' around
there no more" that she "didn't want
nothing to do with a snonzer who
didn't have as much strength ss = sick
kitten, and couldn't snake u girl out of
a coil of telegraph wire without calling
on The entire community TO examine
the color OF her stockings"
Thus it is that the happiness OF q
whole life is wrecked by the merest
trife. Had it not been for that tele-
graph wire, some poor and needy min
lister of the Gospel might have had q
chance to make a few dollars for him
self by tying the knot which should
unite two loving hearts. Now 1t Is
otherwise.
GOING TO THE CENTENNIAL.-Geo.
f. German, for several years business
man and local reporter for the Phoebe
Record, paid us a brief visit last even
ing. lie is on his way to the Centen-
Mai and will tarry a couple of months
on the sunrise side of the continent.
Since we saw him last George has pat
ronized a barber who has dyed his
m%ous.ache white. With that excep-
ton he is but Titled changed since we
fought the wolf together during the
early days of Reese River. We wish
him a pleasant journey and safe re-
turn.