Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-03
1t Was Caused by the Visit of a
Couple of Civilians.
HOW THEY WERE CAUGHT.
Discover, that They Were Not spies nj
Ni-why The, Were There rsow
the. caiiow. Were cheated.

the corral into the little grass-Erown
drill ground. The band had played the
few patriotic notes which always end
There was hardly sound save the
voices Of the scrgeants az they adj.
vanccd toward the ofiicera' row shout
Ing; company A reports all present"
and Va ON down tho line until the last
report was In. and the men broke ranks
and moved quietly away Then the
captains returned their swords TO
their acabbarda and went away leaving
the colonel and his stan standing alone
on the hillock before his tent.
Night fell quickly then. for II was
autumn. and soon the blue mist en-
vclopcd all the iowland. and to the few
observers standing silently together
the stars had never seemed 10 large
and 80 rad. one by one tho tents OF
the other camps began to glow. here
nnd there the sound OF a hammer On
an anvil Mt the rcgimontal HnithicH
rang out ON tho stili air. and On an
sides cRmpnrcs began to send their
showers OF sparks up through the mist
into the clear sky above. From behind
upon Ridge dark and forbidding against
the sky. came sounds ~ revclry az the
cantccn. aud above all rose "a voice
singing lone dltty ~ the sen.
II was odd. incongruoua almost. In
such q place. but the voice was a rare
one and tho singer had thrown his
whole heart and soul Into his song ana
the entire camp was listening Tho
colonel had not even then sought his
tent, Tor he loved that time Of night.
and. though grizzlcd ana bearded and.
ms the men said bullet proof, he had
the heart OF n boy and the soul Of a
poet. The majors were silent ~ they
listened aud the colonel unused aloud;
Yes. that's u. know IT,"
e. home on the bounding aca-c-c,
For home on the bounding s,a.
will quit the sailors HE.
For darling little wlfe, go
WIN sweet Jennie mako for mol
lie waited FOR the next refrain and
was humming H. when his ORDERLY
came out OF the gloom aud Halutcd.
80 see me. UrlmcsT' Inquired the
colonel
Yes. sir. It be Of Importance. Colo
nell"
Al gesture from their superior the
majors turned aud went away.
well. Grimes" said the colonel, as
soon NJ they had gone. What Ia IL?
"colonci," said Grimes. raiutlnE
again. 1T be a bit long. but I do think
there nre something wrong hcrcabouta.
where II be ! don't know. but sure
am that Il be somewhere. icAtlddy
seed two fcllors MT the dcppo, an hccrd
'cm askin' for our camp. l steps up an
axes 'cm who they wants. ana they
gives me lookin' over an says; oh,
nothing. jca' tnikin' bout the camp,
that's ALL didn't like their looks, an
-.
timc-Jcat about rundnwn-i walks my
crittcr an watches 'em. They keeps
the main road IN past the horplttlc.
an turns Ia an goes across the hills.
l lost 'cm then. but uH turns IN here
you seed me, colonel, an you rctnefn-
bcr--i seed 'em climb the biz hill yon-
der by the lake, an set down ON
stone there Well. colonel. they set
there an 1 couldn't see en- no more.
lust Htarln' an rtarin' right at this
camp. | don't mean to say that they
amt got q right To set on hill an
starr. but las nlght they came down
here. an Fritz an the Niger cook seen
'em pass the sentry an go up an down
the streets pccpin' into all the tents.
They didn't let a single one 40, an
when they got through Fritz hccrd 'cm
ray Us somebody had evidently
escaped We mind the smoke over that
way at daybrcak this mornin'i Well.
y
was gone. but Fritz found EN- back IN
Fox'n Gully Just now. They's campin'
out with lot o. grub they bought at
the store today. ! don't like 10 say M
nobody Ia doin' crooked duty, but sem
try what stands sim wfen he oughtcr
be wnlkln' an whistles when he hears a
whistle what he knows, an then lets
a stranger In the lines without even
halt. nin't my kind,
Then Grimes aaiuted. and "a the
colonel seemed cngrosHcd with his own
thoughts the faithful fellow sought his
quarter. II was indeed u serious Of
Tense which he had reported, and the
colonel was vlsibly annoyed. lie knew
Grimes thoroughly and was confident
that he was telling the truth.
After a few moments he summoned
his ndJutnnt and searched the books for
the names OF the Hentrics, ana for an
hour tho two sat bcsidc the solitary
candle IN the tent talking earnestly AZ
the night wore on the sounds at can
teen Increased and again the colonel
left his trnt and walked out alone past
the camp toward the ridge, lie was
quickly followed by Grimes, ana ht a
convenient distance well In tho dark
mes the two paused
GrImes9" asked the colonel.
at We're LarkIns, SIR" answered
Grimes.
"IIe II q recruit, believe
Yves, Dir. Hc an every one o. the
uentries last night but one KEN IRON
Fort MCPHERSON last fortnight
'Larkins was on guard at the canal,
wasn't hef"
Eyes. sir"
Where was II that the strangers en-
tered the lines7'
at the TAR end. behind the Company
A mess tent. Rex was there. SIR"
Are Rex and I.arkina friendlyf"
II never seed 'em pass word. 7lr,
Iarklns and Bills air pals. They bunk
together, and the strange part about
81 In that when one Is on guard this
other stays out with him all night"
DO they mingle with the others II
am"
Not bit. colonel I never seed en-
apart. an ! never seed 'em with any
body else but Jest themselves"
The weather WIS plainly thickening
and Just az Grimes answered the last
query heavy cloud ohacured the au-
tnmn moon. which had Just peeped over
the horizon, a rustling In the grass
close by and the appearance OF soil
tary figure on the top VI the ridge
caused the colonel To lower HIS voice,
For a moment he talked In q Hubduoi
tone 10 drmes and then slowly re-
truced his footsteps, leaving the order
ly alone. lie purposcly passed close TO
the canteen, and saw Larkins intoxi-
Gated and trying To pick a quarrel