Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-22
A TWILIGHT IuYl.
a Ysasg Mss's Fearful Expsrieses
- the Zee Cream seasss.
fBariinrtop Hawksys 4

tBariingtop Hswksysl
Last Friday evening Ellis Henderson.
one Of our best young men. went out
walking with two OF the sweetest girls In
Burlington. They were nice girls.
Beautiful. accomplished and modest.
And Mr.. Henderson, Was . ntce young
man, too. He wore that evening little
straw hat with baby.blue band. cut
away coat. . pair Of light wide panta-
looms, . white vest. button-hols bou-
qust. and fifteen cents. Tho evening
was very warm. and as they walked
these young people talked about the
baseball match. the weather and sun-
strokes. By-and-bye one OF the young
ladies' gave delicate little shrek.
10000 What q funny sign
"whsre ? whersf Which one.
Elfrida 2" asked the other young lady.
eagerly.
"Ha- yss." said Mr.. Henderson. in
troubled tones. looking gently but reso-
lutsly at the wrong aide Of the street.
"Thers." exclaimed Elfrida, art
lsssly pointing as she spoke. "How
funny it is spelled see, Ethel"
"why." said Ethel. "it Is spelled
correctly, isn't II. Mr.. Henderson p
"Ha-why-aw-why yes. yes. TO be
sure" said Mr.. Henderson. very hus-
kily. staring a. hard as he could at a
windowfull Of houss-plants.
"why. Mr.. Henderson. said Elfrida.
in tones Of smaxsment. "how Can you
say 30 Just see. leo. ice. c-r-double
s-sm. cream that's not the way to spell
cream"
"Oh. Elfrida." cried her companion.
"you must be nsAr.sighted. That
isn't an .. It's an q. Isn't II. Mr. Hen.
derson 20
And Mr.. Henderson, who was pray
ing harder than he ever prayed before
that an earthquake might come along
and swallow up either him OF all OF the
ies-cream saloons in tho United States.
he didn't much care which. looked upat
the chimney OF tho house and said
"Thatf oh. yes. yes Of course. why
certainly. How very much cooler II has
grown within the past few minutes"
the young man suddenly added. with a
kind Of inspiration. "surely that cool
wave the single service dispatches an
nounced - having entered this country
from Manitoba must be nearing US once
move"
And he took out q handkerchief and
swabbed . face that looked ~ though it
had never heard OF o cool wave. nor
sven looked into the face OF man who
had heard Of one. He knew. whom he
talked Of its being cooler. that his face
would scorch an iceberg brown in ten
minutes.
BY this time they turned q corner.
and the appalling sign was out OF sight.
Mr.. Henderson brsathsd like q free
man.
81 always like TO stroll along Jetfer-
son street in the evening"" said Ethel.
"It's so lively. My. just look at that
crowd Of people going in that door.
What 10 going on there. NIr. Hender-
soni"
Mr.. Henderson looked across to the
other side Of the street a. usual. and
said
"Oh. yes that Is q clothing houss."
"why, no, Mr. Henderson. sI-
claimed Elirida. "that's an ice-cream
saloon"
Ethel laughed merrily. "po you
know" she said. 81 wondered what So
many young ladies could want in a
gsntlsman's clothing houser"
Mr.. Henderson said. " Ha, hs to be
sure" And oh. the feeble. ehastly tine.
ture OF mirth there was in his nervous
cha, ha." IL sundsd as though q boy
with the sarachs should essay To laugh.
els ID true. Mr.. Henderson" asked
Ethel. "that soda fountains sometimes
eIplodsf"
Mr.. Henderson. gaspiug for breath.
eagerly assured her that they did very
frequently. and that in every instance
they scattered death and destruction
around. In many Of the Eastern cities.
he said. they had been abolished by law.
and the same thing should Be done here.
In New York. the young man went ON.
all The soda fountains bad been removed
far outside the city limits, and were To-
Gated far in lonely meadows. side by
side with the powder houses.
"I am not afraid Of them." said the
daring Ethel "I don't believe they are
. bit dangerous.
"Nor l." echoed Elfrida; "I would
not Be afraid 10 walk up TO one and
stand by IL all day. Why are you so
afraid Of them. Mr.. Henderson 20
Mr.. Henderson gnashsd his teeth and
secretly pulled out great sheai Of hair
from his head in nervous agony. Then
he said that be once hal fair young
sister blown to pieces by one OF those
terrible engines Of destruction while
shs was drinking at II. aud he had never
since been able to look at soda foun-
tain without growing faint.
"How sad." said both the young
ladies, and then Ethel asked
"How do they make soda water. Mr..
Henderson,"
And while the young man was getting
ready to recits recipe composed mainly
Of dirt and poison. Elfrida read aloud
four Ice cream signs. and Ethel read on
. transparency, Lemon ices. cooling.
refreshing and hsslthful." and Eifrida
read. Ladies' and aentlsmens ice
cream parlors" twice. and Ethel looked
at the door and said. "Oh. don't they
look nice and cool In thersi How COM
Portable and happy they do lookr And
Elfrida then said, '' Yes indeed. IL makes
this dusty street and scorchinR side
walk seem like an oven just to look at
them, svsn;" and then young Mr. Hen