Arizona republican., 1916-01-02
TRIP ID DANCE IS
 SADLY MUSSED UP
Four Young People Make Excursion That Turns
 Out With Disaster

This is a mud singing story, but it is not of the muck raking variety. The young people whom it is about will their names in the paper. but when a real honest news story breaks, even if it does break in a mud puddle, the Re publican is constrained to print the truth and nothing but the truth.
 The mud on South Central avenue is very severe. Fred Myers, of the Re publican, Miss Euginia Glasscock. Miss
 Tina Brown and Lyle Abbott also of
 the Republican can testify to that and never bat an eye. The quartette
 named above, felt the call of the dance on Friday evening, and determined to give vent to their feelings by jour lneying to the Neighborhood house south of the city where there was said to be a dance.
 The party started Jut fine. Every thing was fine. The young ladies were attired in their best, and the young men had made the necessary appropri- ation of an outfit consisting of an auto and chains with which to attire the
 rear wheels of the machine.
 The muddy part is coming. Mir Ab-
 bolt was at the wheel. Miss Brown
 was in the seat at his side The other couple was comfortably ensconced ia
 the tOnneau. They were all speeding
 towards the dance. Something hap
 pened. The machine slowed down and
 stopped. A look to the outside dis
 closed that the road thereabouts was
 one large and salubrious mass of mud.
 MT. Myers was requested to get out
 in this mess and crank the machine.
 After much demonstrating and grum-
 bling on the part of the worthy ad
 man, he compiled and did so. Again
 the machine refused to go and the
 engine stopped dead. Once more Mir.
 Myers alighted from the machine and
 spun the motor, this time running the
 shine which he had somewhat spoiled
 on the previous trip.
 But in spite of all this self sacrifice.
 the machine would not go. and MT.
 Abbott aGghted to give the affair an
 expert looking over. He discovered
 that the mud, had somehow or other
 crept up around the hubs of his ma
 chine to such an extent that, they were
 all but immersed.
 An attack was made by the young
 man on the weeds and grass of the
 roadside in an effort to mitigate the
 mud somewhat. All attacks failed and after attempting to pull out several times, the job was given up as hope less and it was determined to send out
 an S- O. $. call This failed. Finally
 MT. Abbott looked at himself He was
 now mud to his knees, and determin-
 ing that nothing was to be gained by
 remaining with the machine Like q | hero, he started out to look for help. He approached a Mexican shack and 1 Sa alUtp6 those wifi hin yI-itI, fo,,. al,1+-.- Mex words. He received an answer and after considerable dickering the lord of the house consented to go to the scene of the trouble and pull them out for consideration. The consider alton was produced after much parIev- ing and the Mexican and his mule , proceeded to the scene of the immer- sion.
 The mule did his duty, and after a short time the happy Party pro- ceeded on their way which happened i to be in the direction of Phoenix. Too much time had been spent in getting out of the mud to think about dancing. ! It might be mentioned here that about two hours were spent in vain attempts to get out and also Mir Abbott walked about miles in search of the mule. At l0.30 the party walked in the Reoublican office much the worse for
 wear They refused to disclose what had happened, and indirectly inferred | that they had gone to the aid of a stranded aUtoist and had so disported | themselves in this occupation, that i they were unable to continue on to the l dance, but the truth about the l stranded motorist' leaked out and the above story is the result.
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