Arizona republican., 1899-06-28
A DRIVERS ERROR
By Which an EaSferner Was Given
 an Unnecessary Night Ride.

A funny thing happened here and at Tempe a few days ago. A prominent i young banker of Prescott is in the habit of coming down to Phoenix reg ] ularly once a week. At the train he is
 usually met by young lady who lives at Tempe. The pair, which will soon enjoy honeymoon, according to in dications, go from the depot in a
 buggy to Tempe. The last trip made down here by the young man he was
 not met as usual Circumstances pre-
 vented the young lady from being present :. But she had made provfs-
 ions. She sent word to Finch's livery
 stable in Tempe for the proprietor to
 meet the young man at the train with
 buggy. It was also impossible for
 the proprietor to go, so he sent an em-
 ploye who was unacquainted with the
 young Prescott banker.
 A man from the east arrived that
 night. He came here to visit a Phoe-
 nix doctor. When he alighted from the
 train he WIS courteously piloted by the
 Tempe liveryman to the buggy in
 tended for the banker. The. man, as
 explained, is an customer. He had heard many stories of the west and its hospitality, and he did not want to appear ignorant of it's customs. so he submitted to the directions of the Tempe liVeryman without asking a question. He thought this was char acteristic hospitality
 The liveryman was also misled He knew the banker only by description The appearance of the customer corresponded so closely with that de- seription that he felt certain he had the right man. He did not want to ap- pear rude by asking the name of the man, and since the stranger asked no questions his first impression seemed confirmed
 When the Prescottite alighted from the train with no one to meet him he was surprised. His surprise was aug mented by the fact that the lady had sent no explanation of 50 unusual an event. He came up town and hired a buggy to drive to Tempe. He didn't know but that the young lady was i'll, and his trip to Tempe seemed a long one
 In turn the eastern visitor thought it was a long one He had been told about Phoenix and understood that it 12,000. He knew that the doctor lived in the city proper. Also he had heard that there was a question in the courts here affecting the annexa- tion of additions. A drummer on the train had told him about it. He be- gan to feel uneasy after he had gone 1 four or five miles. Could it be that a town with no greater population | than this place, which reached out so far could be clamoring for more ter ritory? He stood it a mile farther. | The only life he saw was at the Four mile house.
 'fWhere in the hundred are we go- :ng?" he finally asked the driver
 That's all right replied the | driver. "I know where we're going. | You can't play me for a greeny."
 The traveller did not know the west ern customs, he guessed, and he al lowed it would be better for him to conceal his ignorance for fear scma one would accuse him of being a ten derfoot
 So he finally got to the young lady's house and so did the young man. The young man looked daggers at him. The young lady had been to Mesa, the young man learned at the house. The young man perched himself in a ham mock where he could await the re- turn of Miss So and So All this time the customer was getting more and more uneasy. The matter was finally explained. The two men. one of them looking for the doctor, compared notes and each found that neither was an aggressor. The young man hastened to get the stranger back to Phoenix and to the doctors place, and until he reads this the Tempe livery pro- pIietor will not be aware Of the con fusion resulting from sending a hired man to the train instead of going him self
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