Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1901-06-30

somefCU notwithstanding its beauty
| / nave considerable trouble trying to
make myself realize that | ought TO
get up; however, / do. at last. and dis
cover Joe a.ill in bed. This makes me
rather vexed with him, as | always did
feel as II | should be the last TO arise
on every occasion. think the majority
of people have the same ideas on this
question: at least 1t seems SO from their
action. On going up town | learn that
there has been wreck Gown the line
and that all trains are laid up at Gilt
Bend until a sidetrack can be built
around the debris. of course, II side
tracking Is the ia shion | must do some
too, but not being what you may call IA
adept at physical labor | content my
self with sidetracking Two young ladies
from Globe and Earning them almost
speechess: however, they do not seem
~ mind It very much. We make our
start about Il. m. with Sentinel as our
destination This lies thirty miles
down the railroad. Oh how monoto-
nous these never ending deserts are,
and how intensely, hot 1t is To make
matters worse. tn, horse shows signs
of giving out. presumably for want of
water. We give him what little we
have in the canteen. and being very
thirsty ourselves w resort to the pulp
of some nearby niggerheads, which, al
though by no means proving a good
substitute, yet it fills the bin In regard
to moisture. During the latter part of
the trip we take turns at walking.
walk one mile ana Joe walks five miles.
courses on 1t at length with anybodv
that is willing to listen. I'm very glad
to Sc Joe have such a pardonable pride
and should circumstances again COM
pei one of us to walk | Will promise
on my word of honor to give him every
opportunity of repeating the heroic
deed Sentinel. at last. and nice sup
per mt us both in "A good frame OF
mind and we retire for the night on
the freight house platform. picking on;
the softest planks on which to lay our
tired bodies.
June 18th.
wish Joe would keep his clumsy old
hands off my face and let me sleep; its
not even daylight yet. Great Scott,'it''
not hand, it's snake. Joe. wake up!
There's a srake in the bed! It's just
gone under the blanket! There it is,
There at your head. XIII it," says
Jo., waking up, then turning over and
serenely drifting back into a deep
sleep Seeing that ! can't get any sat
isfaction out Of him again retire. after
first of all making sure that his snake
ship has taken his departure from our
immediate neighborhood Somebody
saying. Boys, breakfast is ready" Is
the next thing, that | remember. and
looking up | see the sun has risen ana
it is now broad daylight. w need no
second invitation, as our appetitee ara
our whole stock in trade on this trip.
At last we are at Ague Cal
iente. We leave Aqua Calient5
FOR PdlOras at p. m. and do
not arrive at destination till
away after dark: are then informed
that party We are looking for lives
three miles further on; We make finel
effort 10 reach said place. but as road!
seem 10 BE- very BAD We return to town
and rsii-e for the. night. supp rless.
~ sN''ad - a. IA tlli pldN- 10 lfbNt4 ia
If YOU only knew ii. but somehow Ia
queerly constituted and do not appre
cIate a good thing when see IT,
June 18th.
A nice hot breakfast puts Joe and
myself in the finest Of moods and we
hitch up and start on that three mile
"trip we attempted last night. Joe In
sistS that | tried 10 commit homicide
You seo, it's this way: In the dark
mistook the ton of a canal for a road
bed and drove over it for about mile
the previous evening. Had attempt.
ed this feat in the daytime el con.
hdent that we would both have found
soft spot at the bottom of the ditch
to lie in. but you see It was not day,
time so | think Joe ought to overlook
| it, don't you?
w see party and consummate bust.
ness deal; return to town II a. m; eat
a light lunch; remain there till / :3C
and then start bach; for Sentinel. Al
| last we are hOmeward bound, hut how
much longer the road > Sc EN- to be goine
| back than they were going. / think
there must have been about five miles
Arrive at Aqua Caliente p. m: re-
| main there one hour, then continue
! journey. Joe and ! are feeling very
| blue on account of not seeing any rat.
| tlesnakes. We had been conjuring uC
in our minds. the awful slaughter OF
about hundred of these reptiles and
the return to Pho nix with their rattles
and numerous snake stories for the
ediftcation of our girl friends, but these
castles in the air are in gr at danger OF
collapsing, as we have not seen a single
| rattler; by the way, / wonder If
couldn't buy some somewhere: thai
ought to answer the purpose Just "A.
well.
Darkness comes on very fast and we
nave some frightful pieces of road [,
cover. in fact the worst stretch OF
| country met with on the trip is ius,
ahead: however. we are getting USED
to such things as these. as We have
| learned by experience that conditions
always do work out so that the hardes,
| tasks have to be Undertaken unde II the
most adverse circumstances Joe and
nave not spoken for an hour: we had
misunderstanding. Joe wanted tc
drink outside the buggy and | wanted
him to drink inside the buggy. Now
don know whether | was in the RICH,