Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-28
THOSE INNOCENT GIRLS.
A Little of IN True I~nwardncss
OF Their Adventure.

a Littie OF the True In~wardncs
OF Their Adventure.
The San Francisco press is considerably
exercised over the recent adventure Of the
two young ladies who were arrested in Eu.
reka and sent back to their homes at the
Bay. The Chronicle of the oath has
lengthy item on the subject, which shows
that the writer interviewed one Of the
girls, who gave her version Of the escapsde.
The young lady, however, has not con.
fined herself altogether to the truth, OF
the reporter has misrepresented her. Az
is perfectly natural, she exonerates herself
and companion from all blame, and ac-
cuses the intelligence Office man, Mr.. Han
sen, Of misstating the nature Of their EN-.
ployment. This may be SO; but the fact
that the girls went into the saloon and
served n night, from z o'clock in the
evening to 4 o'clock next morning, and
were thoroughly satisfied with their pecu-
Ear occupation, ID a partial RECITATION to
their representations Of ignorance al to
what they were required to do. In an in
terview with a SENTINEL reporter, Mr..
Provost, the saloon-keeper who had sent
Tor and employed them, asserted that the
girls fares were paid to Eureka by Mr..
Hansen, but that the fares would have
been gradually daducted from their wages,
which were 81 and S. q night respectively.
In the interview with the Chronicle re.
porter one Of the girls stated she had to
pawn a diamond ring, a family relic, to
meet the expenses of the trip" Particular
stress is also laid upon the fact that the
girls slept in one bed together during the
entire time they were in Eureka-three
nights. Well. perhaps this is owing to
the extremely modest and virtuous char
acter of that class Of the Base Range pop
ulation who frequent pretty waiter girl"
saloons. The press of Eureka acted with
all due charity toward the girls, and re-
Trained from publishing their names. Civ
ing only such matters connected with their
adventure as had become gossip; but as
they appear to have a penchant for public
notoriety, and are e~ndeavoring to throw
all the blame Of their reprehensible acts on
the shoulders OF others, 1t is only just to
the latter to give the facts as they occurred.
Shortly after their arrest by the Sheriff,
which they accepted without the least
sign OF contrition, one Of the girls in
formed Mr.. Provost that she didn't care q
bit, but would run away from home
again the first opportunity she go.. The
two nights following their arrest they
were as happy and frisky as young goats
on a stable roof, and not until the father
Of the young lady of San Francisco ar
rived Sunday EVENING" did they appear
to comprehend, or desire to- comprehend,
their sinful step. Then they broke down,
and sobbed and cried as il their hearts
were breaking. This scene they kept up
for several hours. The next morning they
left the fumes Of railroad furnaces"
as the Chronicle states, which Eurekans
will recognize as the Base Range. The
San Francisco Examiner, in aliuding to
the subject, states that there was nothing
in the advertisement. calculated to deceive
the girls. and hints that High School
graduates reno SO easily misled. This
IL the sum and substance Of the whole
matter. San Francisco girls are not as
verdant aud unsophisticated as the Chron-
icle writer attempts to make them. or
this we have undoubted proof in the
waiter girls now in Eureka, some twenty
in number. all Of whom, we believe, were
imported from the moral city that lies by
the Golden Gate,