Arizona republican., 1901-05-20
A SUMMER OUTING
Which Came to Sudden and Disas-
 trous End in Phoenix.

A funny transaction begun in Pres rott was ended in Phoenix on Saturday afternoon woman who may as well be called Mrs Jones was the party of ihe first part and musical character sfnd his wife who for the purposes of this story may be called Mir and Mrs Beethoven were the parties of the sec rnd part. Mrs. Jones. or rather her husband was the owner of team of horses and wagon especially de- signed fer camping trips. Such trip was arranged by Mrs. Jones and the Beethovena and was called Summer Outing" A contract involving many conditions was drawn up and signed. it was agreed that Mrs. Jones was to furnish the Summer Outing wagon and horses and that the Beethovens were to pay all the expenses or the journey, They were also to bay the outfit. pay ing $50 on June I and the halance at the end of this recreative expedition. It was stipulated that Mrs. Jones was to receive twenty-five per cent of the met proceeds" The net proceeds of what is not described in the agreement. but they arc understood to refer to the profits Of a series of concerts which the Beethovens intended to give en route. None of the parties to this pill grimage appear to have been well ar- quainted with the climatclogy of Ari- zona. otherwise they would not have headed toward tse Salt River valley in the middle of May The journey from Prescott to Phoenix was made without incident or concert or anything elsa to break the mCnC,eny Cf tedious jour rey other than the development of a uolygamous tendency on tho part of Beethoven He was. however. held in check by his wife. In whom distrust of Mrs Jones began to grow.
 On the arrival of the expedition in Phoenix the Summer outing wagon and the tired horses were put in Cannon's corral. The voyagers came down town for dinner and at the door of ras- taurant it was disclooad that Bee thoven was out of funds. Mrs. Jones, seeing no other way out of the embar- rassment, said she would pay for the dinner. She was figuring on six-bit expenditure.
 Beethoven appears to be man who hag seen better dayn He had cul- tivated taste which broke Gown the re- strictions thrown around it by an empty pocket. He ordered the dinner and Mrs. Jones ate with visible enjoyment and wondered how the restaurant people could afford to lay out 90 big a spread for so little money. The waiter suhse- quently handed Beethoven a cheek and he handed it up to Mrs. Jones' When .Ae saw "S6' on it her first Inclination was to vomlt up about S2 worth.
 She paid the bill. but her dlstrust of the Beethoveus and her wcariness of Summer Outings dat-d from that in- stant The next day she told Bee thoven that sine had decided to return to Prescott she had had enough recre- ation for one summer But in the meantime expenses were pillng up at the corral and Beethoven was unable to pay. In few days they amounted to $3j and Mrs. Jones saw that within few days the horses would have eaten their heads off
 She wrote to her husband about the circumstances surrounding the summer outing and acting upon his suggestion she sold the outfit for what 1t would bring. The husband came down from Prescott on Friday night and his wife went back with him on Saturday night.