Arizona republican., 1912-07-23

chauffeur's license on it, it is a hole.
 Gov.-What say the rest of you? Is 1 it hole?
 1 Cobb-We fear it is a hole. my liege.
 It hath depth, circumference. and
 blackness. but it hath not altitude My engineers lore tells me it is. alas a l hole.
 GoV.-And must it be said I have l come to this? Shall it be said of the 1 1lrst governor of the state of Arizona l that he started to Florence and ended 1 in hole in the ground? Never. The i answer IS it shall not Such a blot 1 shall never appear on my escutcheon. 1 Wen conquer this hole or we'll turn over the government to the republi- l cans. Up, guards, and at 'em. CThe clotheless guards try to move 1 the automobile They began trying at Il o'clock and kept it up until three in
 the morning. Then they quit. Gov.-1t3 no use; we can't budge it. | We must give it up. (Bitterly) Con- l quered by a hole in the ground. 1 Nichols-Hist! I have an idea l Cobb-Ye gods and little fishes; Nj | chols. An idea. Then I have not lived
 in vain. Unload it, Nichols! Tell to us your thinks, old man. Nichols (with dignity)-And I have 1 had ideas before; yea, many times and l oft. But We will not stop to talk of l them now. What I would suggest is 1 this. You climb into that machine and go to sleep whilst I-yea, even the 1 mai treated Nichols, the lowly one at l whom you laughed because he said he | thought--will proceed back to the | ranch Of the ruralite Buchanan; and l there I will get horses or mules or i asses to drag you from the mire. Is it an idea--what?
 | CObb-NichOls, forgive me I did but 1 jest Now I will say this for you-yOur sky piece is all right and the man that 1 hencefOrth disparages your dome of | thought will have me, even me, to l reckon with. Retrace your steps, | brave Nichols Rouse the granger from | his heavy sleep and bid him haste 1 hither with horseflesh for the gover- | nor hath sad need of him. 1 Nichols-I go; but first I win re-
 sume my habiliaments It is not seemly i that I travel thus unattireI | (They i'll dress. Nichols starts back
 along the highway. The others climb | into the automobile. l CObb--its the seat for mine Ladd-Me for the cover 1 Chauffeur-Tm quite comfortable l tween decks.
 Gov-And what about me?
 CThey all offer him their places The
 governor tries them an) 1 GOv.-By my halidome; when I lie
 I'm taller than when I stand Keep 1 your places. boys. I'll walk up and l down the highway. Gle climbs out of l the machine. The others compose | themselves to rest and soon are fast 1 asleep At eight o'clock they were | awakened by the goyernor,) Gov.-Hist! Something approaches. All-Nichols?
 1 Gov.-Nay, not Nichols I think it is !! an automobile.
 1 (The autOmObile-an EMF ap- | breaches There are several men seat l cd in it. One of them is a man named l Pickard, from Phoenix. The others are 1 unknown to the gubernatorial party) l Pickar1-Art stuck? l Gov. Aside-Any fool ought to know
 that. (Aloud) No, fair sir, we're not | stuck. We're merely sitting here awaiting the news from Oyster Bay. 1 Pickard-What! the governor? But 1 I might have known. No other man in | all our fair and joyous state could 1 spring so blithe and funny a joke on l such a morn. An, I see, you're in l hole--a treacherous hole a cavity in 1 the ground. It is a fearsome hole, your 1 excelency. may you never get into worse one. But let us see what can be l did
 CThe Pickard car is attached to the 1 gubernatOrial buzz wagon and the lat i ter is soor drawn to firm land) i Gov.-~en thousand thanks, kind sir. If there is aught I can ever do for 1 you.
 1 Pickard-To have helped the gover- l nor is enough. Aw, reverie, your ex l cellency.
 Gov-Farewell brave sir. I shall 1 not forget your kindness. 1 Somebody approaches. l Laid-It is Nichols, our brave Mi | chols Ani see, he is accompanied by l some one in rural garb and they are l both on horseback. An. that must be | the Farmer Buchanan. (Nichois and Buchanan ride up and 1 consultation is held. The party is l profuse with thanks for the farmer l but having no use for his horses he is | dismissed and goes back home. The party proceeds to Florence, reaching 1 there at II o'clock-sixteen and a half l hours from Phoenix. Yesterday, all | returned to Phoenix, reaching the city l about six o'clock)
 Gov. AS they are about to separate) 1t was a great trip.
 l Alt was.
 l Gov.-I wouldn't have missed it for anything
 l All-Nor we
 l Govt was great fun when he were
 splashing around with our clothes off. Cobb-1t was. And, governor, you
 have furnished the people of Arizona
 an example they can never forget.
 When you stood there in the mud,
 tugging at that machine and dropping
 a-er cUss word once in awhile
 l when yor worked there so heroically
 l with nothing on but your hat and
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