Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-16 | Page 20 | Couple Take Honeymoon Hike are on way to Ohio Home

CoupleTake Honeymoon Hike; n n n n ni Are on-Way to Ohio Home' MR. AND MRS. PAUL J. EVANS, who have hiked from San Francisco jl to Salt Lake, coming all the way across the desert on foot. They are ii i on their way to Akron, Ohio. j V,.' ,. , -.-I ey V , i- : - :: . ,. h i ,::: fry iS ! " i 1 vv I r ' - N I -X I ; : s : V - - i- - , ' ! f l f : - - .. Sailor and Bride Enjoy Trip, but Come to Grief in Desert. v HITHER thou goest, 1 will RO,'5 is the motto of Mrs. Ijjy Paul J. Evans, a 16-year-old bride, who gave up the comforts of home in Los Angeles to accompany ac-company her sailor husband on a hike to his home in Akron, Ohio. The young couple ,iust arrived in Salt Lake from San Francisco, after overcoming the hardships of the desert and losing their blanket roll; but declare they will yet reach their objective. They undoubtedly undoubt-edly will, "for all the world loves a lover. ' ' Mr. Evans, who still wears his navy uniform, served during the war on the U. S. S. Nebraska, fourteen months in France and with the armed guards on merchant vessels. He has led an eventful event-ful life. His real adventure, he says, began June 16, the date of his marriage. mar-riage. Bei"- low in funds, the couple decided to pass the honeymoon in hiking hik-ing from the bride's home at Los Angeles An-geles to his home at Akron. Mr. Evans said: "All had gone well with us until the last week. We reached San Francisco all right and, leaving there August 25, started east over the Lincoln highway. We were given rides in several automobiles, auto-mobiles, but when we reached the edge of the desert our troubles bearau. By this time we were again on foot. Passing Pass-ing automobiles were too heavily loaded load-ed to give us lifts. Though the way was weary, the road hard, dust' and dry, our spirits were gay. "But, by and by, we began to grow footsore and tired, especially my wife. When we were within twenty miles of Montello, Nov., our water gave out. Our tongues began to get dry and we began to give up hope. "Just then a freight train approached. The crew sighted us and took us to Ogdcu, across the Lucin cutoff. "When we started our hike from Ogden, a kind-hearted automobtlist gave us a lift. We tied our possessions to the rear of the car, but when we readied Bountiful we found thev had been lost. All our clothing was in the bundles. We searched and retraced our steps, but couldn't find them. "Yesterday hard luck again befell us. An awning of a store fell on my wife and painfully injured her. But we are not discouraged, and it' we don "t find our belongings we will find work here and later proceed on our journev. The Red Cross is helping1 us now, and mv wife is game to go wherever I go So I m sure we '!1 reach Akron some time. '