Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-12

like the ratio Of . vollsy Of muskstry and
started into q SHORE ~ though he meant
business. His SHORES now we're sslid and
were linked together like . string Of saus-
ages, one commencing where the preceding
one had ended, each coming In regular and
harmonious cadence. 80 regular were the
snores that . baby might have been rock
ed to sleep on them but TO . tired man Of
nervous temperament and with . horror
Of snoring. they were simply agonizing.
A clock In the hall outside struck one.
I turned over again and pulled tho
clothes over my head. All sense Of drow-
sinsss had left me. Twas wide awake and
my eyelids seemed a. II they were glued
spen. ] would count myself 70 sleep. I had
heard that counting i've hundred was .
cure for waksfulness. couutsd Ave hun
dred and another i've hundred and started
In on still another Ave hundred. I was
growing drowsy.
Fifteen hundred and fortyseven. fifteen
hundred and eighty.threo, seven hundred
and eleven. three thousand two hundred
and ninety-seven. fifteen hundred and
thir-. The count was mixed. I was
nearly asleep, when, bangi
The millionaire had the nightmare and
had fired his pistol at an imaginary assas-
sin.
"Pshsw. what's the use Of being
squoamish about such . little matter ~ .
pistol shotf I will turn over again."
The cleck struck two. i got up and
filled my mouth with tobacco. I have
often steadied my nerves with tobacco.
can't describe II on paper. the sound
that a.u.a Nrou. tha okha- laI uVbo aaar-
est I can csmo 10 II Is that which would DO
made by . coyote and . bull.frog singing q
duet from tho Italian opera.
"Great heavens I" "will I nerer get 10
sleep2 viii that fellow never letupf"
The only reply was . long-drawn yawn
that seemed TO have been dragged from
the n~illionairc's toes and up through his
body till II found egress through his
mouth.
And tho clock struck three.
Here's o pretty 60. i went get 4 wink
Of sleep. It's three O'Clock and ! must
get up at seven In order 10 catch the eight
s'elook train. II will take an hour 10
dress, eat breakfast and get to tho depot.
All wa still ; the millionaire had ex.
hausted himself. I would do some moro
counting.
nix hundred and forty. six hundred and
thirteen. nine thousand and seven. eight
and nine thousand. eleven hundred and
seventeen. seventeen hundred and eleven
teen, elevcntccn hundred slevcnty-two-I
was bolt upright In bed and wide awake.
but II was too late. Tho tobacco had
slipped down my throat.
The cleck struck four.
A sound like the blowing of OF steam
caino from the other bed. The millionaire
was snoring four-mlnuto SHORES, without a
break. i would get up and dress and go
out for 4 walk. 1 lifted up this covers with
that intention. The cold air struck my
legs aud I concluded to stay In bed.
Tho millionaire snorcd.
The clock struck i've. / turned over In
bed so that I lay face downward and pulled
the pillow over my head. Ifslt a smother.
Ing sensation and rolled over again on my
back. Then i began to get angry and
struck tho pillow 4 blow with my fist
that. had II been q glass vase instead Of 4
pillow. would have mashed II into o thou.
and fragments.
The millionaire howlcd a. II the blow at
the pillow had been struck right between
his eyes.
Just heard tho expiring strokc OF inc
clock striking six. and | was asleep. Tired
nature had yielded In spite Of enough an.
earthly noise to depopulate every cemetery
In the land.
! slept about i've minutes.
Zap. rap. rap. on tho door. "Seven
o'clock. get upi'
"Great snakes Here I had Just fallen
asleep and this cursed fraud OF a landlord
has been punctual enough to wake me at
the time i requested. Why couldn't he
have taken an overdose Of choral and died
for q couple Of hoursY"
I got up and dressed. went out and got
my breakfast. and caught tho train with
half nm hour 10 spare.
The next time i stay ovor night In vir-
GINA I will either sleep In n room by my
self or come back TO Carson 10 sleep, even
II there 10 . millionaire In the case.
CARSON. February 10, 1877.