Arizona republican., 1912-07-23
TRAGIC TRIP
 IN THE NIGHT
Drama of One Act, a Long One Containing M any Scenes, One a Deep Wet Hole in the Ground; the Costumes

Time-From 6:3O Saturday evening
 until II o'clock Sunday forenoon.
 Scene-The highway between Phoe- nix and Florence. | Dramatis Personae-George William Paul Hunt. governor of Arizona, La 1 mar Cobh. state engineer Thomas L.. l Nichols, assistant state engineer. L. A. Ladd. secretary to the governor. | Farmer Buchanan, unknown automo- bilists
 i Properties = Horses, automobiles. l cuss words, mud. rain etc, etc.
 Argument: Hunt, governor, con- ceives the idea of going to Florence He asks Cobb. Cobb says yes. He asks Ladd. Ladd says yes. He asks Nichols. Nichols says yes. Every body says yes. So, an automobile is 1 communicated and the party starts. 1 This is at 6:30 Saturday evening, | July 20 A. D. 1912. All goes merry as | a flock of marriage bells until along ! eight o'clock when the party is just | beyond Mesa. It begins to rain, (thun- ] der and lightning) Governor Hunt prithee. merry gentlemen; I think we will wait 1 awhile
 Cobb and Others-Yea we will wait | Perchance the time apprOacheth when i the damp and persistent raindrOps will cease their descent. And what is more l your excellency, it is so dark we can l not see out joint and several hands before our respective noses. We think | it well to wait.
 GOv.-Then We will wait. Gro the 1 chauffeur) What. ho, varlet! Canst discern another vehicle in this dod- | gasted gloom?
 1 Chauffeur-Not a darned vehicle your eXcellency. None but fool would venture out on such a night as 1 this.
 | Goc.-What. sirrah, wOuldst intimate | that we gre fools? Know ye not, sir, 1 that I am the governor of this sov- l ereign commonwealth? Chauffcur-Yea your excellency. l l know It. But I have never heard that | water, falling on a governors back is l less damp than water that falls on the back of one of common clay. l Gov-Forsooth, the knave is right: l and even now the moist and fearful | raindrops are chasing each other down 1 the gubernatorial spine. But welladay, l sirs; when the governor flOcks with | the commonalty he must eke accept 1 what the cOmmonalty gets. Is it not ! so. my faithful servitOrs? l All-It is cen so. your evcellency. 1 (At this point the rain ceases mo- | mentarilv and the party proceeds on ] it's journey. The automobile passes | the Buchanan ranch but nine miles be- | yOnd it gets into deep water.) | Chauffeur-We're stuck | GOv-Stuck?
 | Ladd-Stuck?
 | Cobb--Stuck?
 | NichOls-Stuck?
 l Chauffeur-Aye. stuck; stuck faster | than a laech to a pickapinny's shin or | the con man to the gay and festive l tourist. We're stuck so deep the car | bureter's drowned and even now I can
 hear the spark plug gasping for breath.
 If we want to get along we've got to get out and push.
 Gov.-I thought a man was in the
 push when he was on the inside. All-A joke A joke by the gover- l nor. Ha, Ina, ha. Everybody laughs )
 Gov.-Pardon my levity gentlemen,
 I don't often indulge in such light and | frivolous conversation: hut when I do l the face of nature. an it heard my jests | would crack a smile. By Jupiter fair l sirs, I am not to be resisted when 1 press the funny button Ladd-A truth by my hali3ome. The
 governor is sure a funny one when the | mirthful muse is on her job.
 Gov.-Jobb, did you say Ladd, did I hear you say job?
 Ladd--Yes, er-no, I hardly think su, l your excellency. But an I did it was a
 mere figure of speech. 1 GOv.-Well, see to it Ladd that you
 don't figure so much. The governor can supply all the figure that is need | ed
 l Ladd-Even so, your excellency 1 GOv-And to prove it, here goes. Let ! every ma,i remove his garments. We've | got to get this-ahem-dOd gaste3 ma l chine out of the water. CThey 9Il disrobe and then climb out 1 of the auto into the water which IS
 couple of feet deep) | Gov-Oc-o-o-o-, it's cold. | Everybodv-'Tis awful cold. | Gov.-Stiil it's not so cold l Everybcdy-I have stood in much | colder water.
 l CThey try to push the machine out
 The governor is attired only in hat
 and a shirt Lamar Cohb wears his | glasses. To more. The others have
 on nothing but scowls and looks of
 anxiety. The auto mOves)
 Govt moves. it moves, felt 1t
 move Now. all together. What ho | shall it be said of the governor of Ari-
 zona that he met with a difficulty ne
 could not surmount? Never. Forward
 my braves. Push, you democrats 1 play ball everybody.
 Oittle by little the machine moves ! forward. They proceed in this way foi
 half a mile when there is a shock an,
 all their efforts to move the automo'
 bile result in failure)
 Gov (arxiOusly) is it do yot
 think?
 Chauffeur-It looks like hole.