Arizona republican., 1911-08-12
INTERMITTENT ALARM
RAISES MALED|CT|ONS
HERE is SWEET MUSIC THAT
SOFTER ON THE SPIRIT LIES
THAN TIRED EYElIDS ON
TIRED EYES.
Chauffeur's Arrival Saves Life o
Prominent Phoenician.

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spent last Tuesday in the Florence
hotel at Florence, and because of an
| episode which occurred about three
o'clock i'm the morning it is doubtful
whether he viii ever forget his stop
! in the leading hotel of that flourish
ing little town
The Florence hotel, like many 9TH
ors of the same kind in the west
| is fronted by long porches on which
cots are placed for the accohmoda-
! ton of guests who like to sleep out
| doors during the hot months. There
are fifteen of these cots on one
porch. and on Tuesday night, it hap
pened that every cot was occupied
by a weary, thought worn traveller.
All were men of affairs Such men
as Adolph w. Lautz and Judge
Jamison were scattered over the porch
fifteen strong. 1t was an aggregation
of solid and substantial good citizens
1t was about 10 O'clock when Judge
Jamison, Who had been talking about
the superiority of Arizona ostrich
feathers over those of South Afri-
ca. decided to go to bed He had
exhausted his vocabulary of super
latives. Later in the night he drew
on his expletives. Saying good night
to his companions he withdrew to the
Open-air dormitory, and prepared to
lay his tired form down for a night
of sweet repose. But before going
to bed
1t was necessary for him to set an
alarm clock. He was planning to
10 a ri Sfa ~ in ha inn
His trip was taken for the purpose
of looking over some lands in a dis
tant part of the country, and in order
to be well on his way before sun-up
he had ordered his chauffeur to come
for him at o'clock The judge had
never been up so early i'm his life be
fore, but he wanted TO impress all the
good citizens stopping in the hotel
with the fact that he owed his pros
perity and success to a habit of SUI
perhuman industry. So he ordered
the car for 8 O'Clock. set his alarm.
and went to bed. So did fourteen
other men.
Night fell down like n mantle over
the slumbering Wales of Florence.
The bullfrogs hushed their gentle
croaks. and afar off n night owl was
heard tunefully hooting. NauSht was
heard save the haunting noise OF the
erickets. The stiffness was also dis
turbed now and then by a saloon
sign down the road swinging against
the post which supported it. 1t was
marked Popular Thirst Parlor," and
every time it hanged the men on
the porch shuddered, AMI started up
in their sleep only to be reminded
that it was past midnight. and too
late 10 have anything.
The night wore on. All were snor-
ing. and the little son of the pro-
prietor dreamed he was attending
three ring circus. listening to the
music of steam calliope. AS it
drew towards morning every man on
the porch settled down into complete
Inconsistencies One dreamed he was i
back on the farm, and another, now
the depository of the peoples trust,
dreamed he had returned to the early
days when he tended bar. and dealt
faro. Suddenly the alarm went off.
Everyone started up. The rude shat
tering of the things that dreams are
made left them dazed for a NOM
ent AT about the same time every
man on the porch realized that his
slumbers had been disturbed in order !
that the judge might make an early
start
Pipe the alarm" said one.
Get an AK" said another. who was
of a practical turn of mind.
He doesn't think anything of wax
ening every man on the porch.
ring all night
Choke it off"