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Show o Pleasant Grove Boy In European Waters Ionian Suciimmi Writes l'nim IT. s. Italllcdilps anchored al Gibraltar. Tho people of PleaBimt Grove aro proud of Lyman Swenson, who Is a Cndct in the V. S. Military Academy. Ho takes u crtilso eaeh summer on a government battlo ship. This year tho fleet went to European waters. He-canst) He-canst) of tlio battles being fought there now the two loiters, which ho wrote from theio last month, will be of Interest to his many friends here. The letters follow. Gibraltar, July 'J, 1911. My Dear Mother: Hero wo aro tied up In the mole at Gibraltar wnltlng for n ship to arrive, wo don't know when, to tako us to England and from there home. The other two ships of our siiuadroou left Oils afternoon for merry England, and I wish very much I could have been along with them. Tills In (lie third time wo have visited thin port, which Isn't very largo, and I've aeon all there Ih to sec In It. I'm not upending any more money hero if we stay a month and when you don't npend money there Isn't much yon can do, Wo hnd h Hue time in Naples and Home. The chapllu organized a party to make (lie trip up from Naples anil 1 went along. Wo wero blessed by tho Popo and shown through tho palace where ho lives, which Is tho most wonderful place In the world, I oxcepl for tho church or St. Peters, which Is just next door. Wo saw a marble Blah that Christ had stood on, tho bones of tho Apostle Peter, tho catacombs whero tho early christians were burled and tho "colcs-souin," "colcs-souin," where limy were killed. We walked nlong the path where Julius Ceasar drove In his chariot when ho returned from a victory. We visited the Itoman Forum where every stone Is Interesting historically. I wish John could have been nlong, and then took a drive nlong tho Aplnn way. Near Naples we visited a city which was burled by ashes from Vesuvius, which In a volcano nenr by. It has lately been uncovered and overj thing Ih Just us they left It.even to the pictures pic-tures mi tho walls. It wiih destroyed years alter Christ was bom and judging from some of tho pictures you see on the walls, It isnt surprls- ng that It was destroyed. It was one of the most Interesting plr.ceH I've ever visited. Next time I'll tell you about tho Amalli drive which Is absolutcly I111 most beautiful drive on earth. There Is another letter coming up 30011. Your affectionate son, I.YMAN Gibraltar, July 10, 1H11 My Dear Mother: I llud 1 have time to write you another an-other 'cttor so 1 am going to do It. fou must excuse tho sloppy letters I write, becnuso wo write all our letters on our knees and my fountain pen IcakH every tlmo put It down." I wiih going to tell j on about the Amalli drive which I daro Bay you never heard about before 11 In noth. ng but 11 road CO miles long, but hero are- inoro pretty pictures for me ilong that road than thero are In tho ten mllo galleries of tho l,owro. Just Imagine Homo perfectly green 11101111- alns dropping straight down tor HUOO feet Into tlio bluest sea you ever Haw, and then a ntao automobllu drive cut in tlio Kolld rock about 1000 feet above the water's edge, with a thiee foot doueovnll on the out-board rlder with 101 e erookn and tuniH then you can inagljie. Every point Is guarded by 1 lime worn stone caBtle, and a mona- itery or convent Is perched on every ouk. Koine or them aro so high anil jtcep that you can't see how a man -vor got there. There Is one old con- in which ban been turned In to a iitlel, and ir ever I marry a rich girl. vhlch I wont do becuuue 1 111 gilng l" iau-y a IM11I1 girl, but I don'l know Oilch one, I'm coming buck there to Ive for a month Well 1 must clone again ami gel -eariy to inuBler my duty Hiiiad. 1 eeiim like I'm alwajH on duty on this hip The Maine Is coming over to 'el us In a week or so The ship we r on has been Hold to Greece for Mi.000,000 and will probably never ii) he HtaiH mill stripes In an Aniciicai. M.rt again. Greece Is in-opining t ght Turkey, and jyhrji olio iIoob, ) u ,iay hear or some good work from tl 0 I," best Hlifpln the fleet before l.e got retired n year ago. I h! 1 ih vY uounlil have gone along t I.ubIiiim' vltli the roHt of them. J Your ntrcctlonate , AN |