Arizona republican., 1920-01-12
Little Stories
 Of The Town

slipped away from his friends had quiet ceremony and tried to surround the whole affair with the utmost se- crecy. However, such news IS seldom successfully suppressed and it was only a matter of few days until all the old acquaintances of B. were keeping an eye open for the happy couple with the intention of bestowing blessings and offering congratulations.
 But the whereabouts of the newly weds remained a secret for several days Then a fellow worker surprised the two in the lobby of the Hotel Adams. For a moment B. was overcome with confusion. The f. w. advanced with knowing smile ana there was no escape for the bride and groom. B. recovered somewhat, but there was an unnatural stutter in
 his speech as he presented his life mate:
 .Er-Mr. smith, he said, T want you to meet my wife, Miss - Two men. grizzled as to hair and somewhat leathery as to countenance, were standing on the corner. Both
 were old timers, it could be told at a glance. and their converse tion gave promise of retentive memories, for they were talking about things of the past The day was Saturday-just before 1t
 rained in the afternoon-and appear anceS were that it might hail or, at a pinch, snow a little. Yep said the first man, lighting a
 stogy. Looks like it might snow Wouldn't be surprised if it did. They
 say it can't here, but l remember back
 in '94 when we had a regular snow-
 storm"
 "'Ninety four sniffed the second
 man. ''Why, it didn't snow here that year. It was in 'S9 that we had the last real snow
 .-"I said '94 and I mean '94-the year it showed two inches right in Phoenix Of course your memory's failing rom
 but mines all right. It was in 94.
 My memory failing?' repeated the second man in a. hurt voice. Why Dick, you've got a lot of nerve to say a, thing like that to me when you can remember your own sons birthday. II
 hailed bad here in '94. but it hasn't showed since 'S9."
 They went at it hammer and tongs back and forth. arguing about the last time it showed real snow in Phoenix l Presently they were driven under ar
 awning by a drizzling rain, but the ar gument waXed warmer and warmer At last the first man turned trl- umphantly to a third man of a decided western appearance who had sought shelter near them.
 Here, we'll leave it to this strang-
 er,' said the first man. Pardon me sir but perhaps you remember the last !
 was '94 and my pardner here says il
 was 'S9 Course I know his memory ain't what it used to be. but maybe | he'll believe you
 You're both wrong,' said the thirc
 man, who was attired in clothes little | too conspicuously AriZonan. Tt snowec
 here late last fall, in 1919. I was com l ing out here from Boston for the win
 ter then, and didn't because 1t showed
 Here I'll show you.'
 From his pocketbook he extracted a clipping from a Boston paper. Un- l der a Phoenix date line, the cl1ppine gave an account of how snow fell 1T Phoenix-thought to be sure, 1t didni l seem very much of a snow You see, that was the last time Il showed here, because the hotel clerk 1 told me it hadn't showed all winter,'
 explained the stranger. I'm going tc write the folks back home in Bostor | about how it snows once in a while l here. but never in the winter. I'm. l But the two old timers were on theii | way, and they had quite forgotten the argument.