Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21

II once was. Tho old theatcr IN In |
line shape. Beautiful pieces lor sculp- |
To- work lies broken on tht ground. |
Tourists hardly ever get this Ear In
land. so thousands OF beautiful relics
are strcwn over the ground. The old
tombs are just as the piliaRcrF let
them In the search FOR wealth. Every
thing u left so that one can gct an
Idea OF what n ruin is that has never
been cNcavntcd and carried part away
to decorate some museum. This town
contains the most intcfcating ruins
have yet visited. We had to move
on to reach our destination that
night Ancient Tfipoli Nv the place
where Philip was killed. II has few re.
mains Of an old temple and stadius We
had to sleep IN an old stable with "a
hnfd-luoking lot OF Turks aud Be
douins around us the whole night. We
were so tired we couldn't sleep. 90
started out again by daylight. ! have
lost skin enough 20 cover "a saddle In
my ride. My horse Il called Jericho lie
livcn up 60 his name In mcaunesa when
he " not falling down. lie tries To-
catch Hes with his teeth. Aud JUST
misses my les every once Ia awhile. I
feel proud Of his descent though A.
my bagEarcman Informs the. h. dcs-
ccndcd from the ones Noah saved In the
arb. fcdross has lost two square Inches
Of skin 10 my one. lie can hardly nit
In his saddle. His horse always wants
to trot. said 10 the old man, why. you
afc az fresh as q daisy You ride Hu
wei. mover saw a man look ~ grace
iul ~ you when you go on the trot. 4
Hickly panied look. meant for a smile.
spreads over his face. while hc says.
Yes. I never get tired. We viii have tn
tie Hanna on To his horse before long.
lie looks ~ though he was IN the last
stages. lie win not talk as he says
talking gives him pain.
y few weeks ago the brigandH seized
young fellows on ~ pass we have To
go over this afternoon. No We have got
n couple Of guards to go over with US
They held this fellow In captivity until
they got $1,000 ransom Tor him. The
usual formula gone through II W the
friends don't come To- time with the
ransom they clip on an ear and send
II 10 them to remind them ~ his cap
uvity, After that n nose. etc SO We
have got bright things In store for uH
" caught. We went over with only one
SCARF 40 we approached the top. Some
fellow was yelling at the top of his
voice We all wanted to turn tail aud
ny. Yet. each one did not want To mako
the start. | remembered an the horri-
| BILE hrigand tories ! ever heard at that
time I could even Imagine them
Whncklng on an ear. We pressed on.
hair ON end when We found the man
was yelling at his herd OF goats. We
were brave Instantly.
We reached Philadelphia that night
| This " the fourth of Johns cities We
| have visited. There ~ small village
here where we put up FOR the night. 4
I Few ruins ~ the old church IN all there
u left ~ this place. We Invested In "a
| few antique coins here. while I had
! frdfuhr relating "A few pieces Of poetry
To revive our dropping spirits lie tells
me today that he has been engaged Ia
I writing M nroheologic studies In Asia
Minor. lie has written " volumes, l. 900
pages per volume He has been re-
latinE things he had found In his re-
searches. J have led the old man un Ho
that lac ~ always making himself out
the hero of some tale or another.i don't
know what We would have done " We
had not had him to fool with. We left
| Philadelphia about noon the following
day cnroutc for SardiH. We arrived
there and visited the ruins the same
day. A couple OF old temples are all
that u sitting upon the hlllnidr Stop
ping there over night. we rode the next
day 20 Thyntorla. the 9th city mcn-
toned by John, Surdls being the bth
and Philadelphia being the ith. Thyn-
tcrla was not much tu See ns there
arr only few ruins left, We stopped
there FOR the night aud arrived Ia Per-
/ kNNNNN INV wv N'MA NMNH Nf NNlNN
here are very fine and numerous The
temple Of Jupiter aud Apollo m" nne
old ruins aH we'll a. the theatcr which
commands me view ~ the sea Per-
gamoH h on tho sea shore very prot
lily situated. n must have been quite
important IN oldrn days by the looks
~ IT, ruins. This completes our tour
81 the seven cities. AZ We reached
Symrna the next day after living on
hard tack ana fresh air Tor week,
fedruaH tells me has not changed
his clothes even 10 removing them Ia
sleep In. He says he has not even taken
his shoes on. or course we are All
quite proud ~ having poet. nfcheolo-
HiHt and dramatlHt fur n guide. We rest.
ed In SMYRNA a few days to get linn.
bered up. ms We have been on the move
every minute since leaving, Tho bn-
EARS hold most NJ our attention. We
have seen all there IN 10 be- seen. given
an nffoctlonntc ndieu to Fcdrusa. and
leave for Jerusalem In tho morning via
Athens. Alexnnderin and Jana. Fed.
ross IN going 10 send me n copy 81 hif
Turning Love. Chamber of Horrors,
call H. RAYMOND MCUNE.