Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
TR|bOLET LIGHTS OUT
 WITH HIS LIGHTS OUT
Takes UnIiuminated Cruise and Runs
 Afoul of Skipper Craig

It was nearing the uncanny hour of midnight and $. J. Tribolet had prom iSed to be home early. He had been detained down town longer than he had expected His faithful automobile waited restlessly at the curb in front of the Tribolet meat market on East Washington street. It was Thursday night, the one night of all the week when all good people either attend prayer meeting OF the Elks' lodge. And the hero of this story knew that he was expected home, in fact had been eX- pected for some time.
 There wasn't d soul in sight along Washington street. There wasn't even a policeman to be seen. The city hall loomed dark and forbidding in the gloom of the plaza. It was reasonable to suppose that the minions of the law weren't especially anxious to he reused from dangerous lethargy and Tribolet took q sporting chance.
 He gave the crank q quick turn, the engine began purring contentedly for it knew it would soon be slumbering peacefully in the Tribolet garage far out on North Second street. This isn't a study in psychology, but it is ru- mored that in the mind of Tribolet there danced visions of a doWnY couch soon to welcome tired limbs and pill low to receive sleepy head What
 need of bright lights to rouse the tired senses? There wasn't anybody on the street anyhow and the machine knew every inch of the way home.
 Like a bat out of d belfrv the road ster darted east on Washington street to Second and then north. And then like two bats out of a ncighboring church steeple dashed motorcycle bearing Craig, the gasolene broncho buster. Like a revenue launch on the trail Of harbor smuggler. Craig took the wake of Tribolet and overhauled him in latitude three blocks north. bv
 longitude two blocks east, Ward I. Churchill addition.
 Ship ahoy, Where's your lights ?'' mesaphoned Captain Craig from the main mizzen mast.
 This ain't no rubber-neck wagon so whats the need of lights?" or words to that effect came as a reply waited over the bounding pillows and through l the fog of North Second channel of Phoenix ocean
 What craft and where bound9" came brave and clear through the deep- aning gloom for the moon wasn't show ing much more than single quarter. i pr two-bits piece for fear of foot
 pads.
 x. J Tribolet. homeWard bound with
 cargo of fresh meats and salt fish" Four o'clock tomorrow afternoon YOU will he welcomed by Admiral Me
 Bride at the municipal wharf and tbe
 Lord have mercy on your soul" was
 the parting admonition of Skinner
 Craig. l Long before the hour set for the fes-
 tive gathering, the same being vester- 1 day afternoon, Tribolet was endeavor-
 ing to make his peace with all con- cerned. Commodore Brisbois of the 1 revenue service couldn't see anything
 but substantial guarantee that Trib-
 oIet would dock at the hour fixed Ad-
 miral Mcbride said ten dollars would
 he about enough And Tribolet saiJ fl
 m officer were to drop across the
 street he would be given a check for the amount
 i And l want to say that while I'm
 leart and s"ul for a new city hal
 building hate to think that the city is SO hard up it has to adopt such mean.
 of raising the money for the proposed
 building said Tribolet as he slippef
 the paper into the hands of the officer
 and thereby closed the incident as fa,
 as the city is concerned.