Arizona republican., 1903-11-12
he WAS PIPED OFF
How kr. White Promoted the nunici-
pal Ownership Idea.

y Ehoenix man Learned on Tuesday
night. OF to be more particular, yes
terday morning, that theTe is such a
thing as one living too near TO his
place of business. There is in this
town 4 certain organization known as
the --- Club. Among the members
of il are three men who, for the pur-
pose of this truthful narration. may
be called Messrs. White, Brown and
Black. Mr.. White is an attorney al
law, Mr.. Brown is money changer
and Mr.. Black is an undertaken.
About nine o'clock On Tuesday night
they sat down in the club room TO a
little game of solo. The game was at
tractive enough to keep them there
until the early hours of the morning
Oblivious OF the fact that the window
blinds had not been drawn. About
midnight the janitor and steward, ac-
cording to his custom locked the door
and went home. He, had hardly gone
before there was a vigorous knocking
at the door, to which at first no atten-
ton was paid. II the llnocker was al
member OF the club he ought TO have
had a key. If not a. member he had no
business there anyhow. The knocking
kept on until Mr.. Black became I'M
easy. He did rot know hut somebody
had died and had come to ask his ser
vices. for an undertaken can have 10
regular business hours. He went to the
door and opening it found the wife OF
Mr.. White standing there. She asked
If her husband was within. With the
solemnity which belongs to his profess
sion he assured her that he was not:
that Mr.. White had gene away about
II o'clock.
The lady departed but in the courge
of fifteen minutes the telephone began
ringing and rang most of the time dur
ing the rest of the sitting. It was al
ways answered by Mr.. Black who did
not want to take the chances of miss
ing a corpse. He found always,
though, that the person at the other
end was Mrs. White still inquiring if
her husband Yves there. She was uni
formly told that he had gone away
promptly at H.
About l O'Clock in the morning NJ.
Brown who is an unmarried man, and
unused to that sort Of thing said that
that internal telephone wss getting on
his nerves. He thought that he fore
saw that there was going to be a
rough house in the Club and he
did not want to be party to it. He
could not be prevailed upon to stay
any longer and the game broke up.
Messrs. Brown and Black left the
club in one direction and Mr.. White by
another, which happened to be a direct
but not a greatly frequented route
to his home 1t was what is known
as a short cut. At the first corner
Messrs.' Black and Brown met Mrs.
White. who was en- he way to the
club TO get the latest bulletin rcs7rd-
ing the whereabouts Of her husband.
In the reantime Mr.. White was pre-
pairing a very elaborate explanation o.
his absence from home. The expl9na
ton involved "a important meeting a
the court house Of the municipal own
ership club which, but fer the wo k he
had materially assisted in accomplish
Ing that night, would certainly be de-
feated at the approaching bond cleo
ton. His explanation seemed 10 him
as he viewed it from all sides to BE-
When he got home he was met by
the hired girl and he asked her if Mrs.
White had retired yet. No" said the
girl, "she is out looking for you. She