Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-10
HONEYMOON HALL.

and sand Is terrible spoilspolt.
with no pig sticking, no shootingand
no cricketcxcept on sand puddled into
aephnlt, the chief ADJUSTMENTS Of tho
British warrior aro brandy and soda
and Irritation.
Kurrachec IL the lovcmakingcst
station In all the glowing east, and
thc loyemalsing il Of the sort that
ends in SUPPLIES and white favors
not OF malice nforcthuught on the
mart OF the men, but because there 10
no help for them. There Is sand all
around and they cannot run.
Tho wary mother Of mai1iagcahlo
"spinsn knew this, and regards Kur-
,pchco with the calm content Of q
huntsman, who has got all hisearihs
nicely stopped.
Thus II was that a great want
came TO 10 felt at Kuirachco in
scindc. There was no place TO spend
the honeymoon in. In that great
sandy plain, the acquisition of which
cost England oceans Of. blood, and
one awful pun grim old Charlie Ma
piers PERSONAL---VERY. was not an
oasis big enough toaccommodato tho
smallest pair OF love birds that ever
billed in u cage.
At length the grmnbles Of rapidly
mating couples grow 50 loud and long
that thoycachcd the ears Of one Cow
asicc Rcadymonoy Bottlewallah an
astute Parsec tiuDncier with an eye
20 the main chance.
Cowasicc set about rcctifying mat
tiers In II truly commercial spirit.
He selected a site five miles out in
the desert, wrcstcd It from It's lawful
owners, the iaclSals, and there build.
Cd and furnished u large bungalow,
which he dubbed Honeymoon Hall.
From that day to this Honeymoon
HILL has lived up It's nomenclature,
and Cowasioc ReldymUncy Bottle
wallah's rupee bags have grown pie
thoric.
OF all the officers in her maicsty's
Two Ilundrcdth Foot who arrived ut
Kurrachce in state of single bless.
cdncss, only two remained who had
not passed through II period of Ie.
tiremcnt ut Honeymoon Hall.
Colonel Spriggihs and Charlie Han.
cock remained as yet uncapturcd-
solitary monuments TO the once in.
vinciblo bachclorhood OF tho rcgi-
mcnt.
The chief was confirmed woman
hater and never gave the ladies' n
chance while the gay lieutenant was
such an arrant ilirs that the most
strategic mamma could not lay him
by the heels
Tho colonel aud Hancock sat In
the vcranda Of the mess bungalow
Il was the day before the regimental
ball, and the two were discussing ar
Judgements.
Look here" growlcd the colonel
at last ~ hope 10 goodness, Han
cock, you won't 60 and get iloOrod
tomorrow night | must have one
unmarried man in the regiment be-
sides myself for common decency's
sake
Right you are, colonel, " laughed
Charlie; 'never fear for me. Wen
be tho last of the Mohicans together
but / mean to have my bit Of fun
tomorrow all tho same"
There's that Miss What'shcr
name-Bella Bcamish, isn't itl-she's
got her knife into you tight. Shell
land you rs sure as fate IL you ain'i
spry"
'Sho Il dear little thing" said
Hancock, "but her mothers u ter
ror."
Tho chief divod into his peg glass
When he came out again he an
swered oracularly, ITS my privat,
opinion, Charlie, that tho widow 4
just as busy on her own account ~
on her daughters"
Hidden In the mazo OF imported
grecnery the string band Of the Nv,
Hundredth was rceling out walt
after waltz. The assembly room
were full TO ovcrilowing,
Behind n group of palms in ono o
the rcccsses pair of tired dancer
were sitting out. If they wero no
tired they ought TO have been, 70
out OF tho eleven times on the pro
gramme that had been negotiated
they had danced nine together,
There was an air OF proprietorshil
about the lady and of suppressed cX
element about the gentleman, which
would have agitatcd the colonel In,
he seen them.
"Woll, that's all settled, then,
said he. I'm tell the padre 10 b
ready at the church at ON Mondn.
morning, and wen get Il done strict
lyon the quiet. ] should never huy
the face to break II to old Spriggin
after the way Two vowed move
to-
But, you silly Charlie, interrupt
ed Miss Bcamish, the colonel
bound to know all about IL long bC
foro we come back TO tho lines, b,
stiles, you'll have TO got leave.
"Oh, I'll tell the old boy I'm goin
10 hunt sandhies III the dosert-spec
mems, you know. don't mind tacl
ling him aftcrward.n
And what am 1 TO do about poe
mamma with NIL this secrecy Ism
fho 10 know ABOUT 1t till aftorward
Certainly not. She won't mind
I'm very sure OF that. And, Bell.