The Arizona sentinel., 1882-04-08
IT WAS ALL FOR FUN.
"We Obey No Wand but Pleas
 ure's."

long faces Oi sad hearts Were ad-
 mitted to our sacred brOihrr-
 hood, and as our boat dain,ily
 skinned the river it bore upOn
 the bosom of the waters band
 of gentle youths in whnse breasts
 reverberdted the chord stru:k hy
 Pleasure's wand. We were only
 u quartette of poor over worked
 mOrtals; but to-day We had cast
 behind us the trammeling infu-
 ences of our top utter civilization
 and had devoted ourselves tn
 recreation. Recreation may he
 had in many ways. other than by stage ride to Silver District; {;
 but he who thinks there Is any
 thing more collaborating than q
 drive behind six spirited horses.
 with a driver in whom one can
 place perfect confidence, has cer-
 tai ly never tried it. he road
 b..tween Yuma and Castle Dnme
 passes through long groves Of
 mesquite. willow and cotton
 wOUd-in some places: and then
 in some places it doesn't. At the
 l. tguna We took our luhch From
 here the road is more rugged, de- noting pointedIy that the noun tains are near. This rough cUun- try WIS passed over without mis- hap. save an uncomfortable desire on the part of Musico to get out of the stage and pick up his hat, while the stage was running on two wheels. The more reserved ones preferred waiting untIl the team was stopped. At Castle Dune we received an addition tu our party, Tn the prrsOn of an In. dividual not unknown to those parts, whose front name resem- bles that of the Father of our Country. No other resem hlancr, however, was noticed. He had evidently never been over the road before. for every now and again he would gently ak the driver " dow far is it to Silver DIstrict?' This uutuward con. duct Cast over our party feeling of glnOm about an inch thick ,- which was only dispeIled by the soft words ani winning smiles Of the petite MdcD ,ugal Silver District, which We reached about dark, received Us with open arms.
 This being the first visit of the writer to frontier mining camp: it Was but natural that his con duct should be modest and retir- ing. liter paying our respects to the various camps near the cen. ter of the town, we availed our selves of the kind hospitality of our friends, and were soon tull.d tO rest by the sweet notes of
 "Ah! que linda s VI. 'chacha mia!
 An! que ojIs. An! qIr boca!'
 The fool hath said Tn his heart. 'There iS no headache in the morning." but the wise man himself vii h d piece of ce. Ours was d wise party. As '0On aS We had Sucressiu ly bruk .n our fast, several If Us accep ,d the invitation of mine host to explore the workings If the celebrated Remnant mIne, where the writer had his first in- rOductino tO mining shaft For ear of Inak ing some of the many mistakes 10 which tender-feet re liable, We refrain from de-. criptlOn of the mine. saying On- y that t0 an unpracticed eye it Doked exceedingly rich. As We ad to leave for home hy nJuu Ve had no time to extend our in- peciiOn tu the other mines; but, together our little baud | chusen friends, We gave the Onest miners d tear, smile and
 pArting song. We left them in Drrow, and as our carriage slow 7 crossed the divide there fell pon our ears, like the evening pug of the Alpine shepherd. that weet lefrain:
 No sour shall awake hIm to glory again." ! Il say, drivel; now far is it 10 j astle Uoue? Our comp .riOn ' hose nianla it was to ask this developed wonderful ( ,nduess for Spanish sougS, as we ,nnkI 6nIu, fh.f ,n,,rninn IT tuAx