Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21

Elder Ezra Stevenson has written the
following interesting letter 90 bis moth
en-. Mrs. T. j. Stevenson Of th.s city.
u was written while crossing The Eng
lish channel, and dated about O. month
ago. lie writes Interestingly of Glib
raltar Rome I'D Naples.
Ny last TO YOU was written FROM
Rome and expected to follow % up at
once win further descriptions Of our
intensely interesting stay In the city
to which the world turns for us his
toric treasures lu art But alas for good
intentions We saw SO much that 1
could barely keen "a short outline Ia my
diary, and here We are now nearing
London before @ further word is write
ten. We reached Plymouth early this
morning getting our htst view OF OLD
Engldnd's shores, and certainly 10
seems that ve have arrived IN a favor
able season, Tor the green hills and for
ests are very lovely. We OF course have
been looking forward 20 this, and are in
q mood 90 appreciate, but after what
we have seen NO recently ln sunny
Italy, DO must needs be really bedutifW
To appear 10 TO u.s. Today we nave
passed very near dear old Jersey the
Island OF your BIRTH and though not
within hailing or even seeing distance
] did look that way with O fond thought
In my heart that 10 cannot Doe Ions no"
D 10 o.. ..r.... d ..aN 10 H
YOU ~ often have told me-
have within the week had the lOng-
wished-fOr pleasure Of seeing Gibraltar
the birthplace Of my father ana now
OF course look forward 20 Jersey our
visit az Gibraltar however. was an too
short lasting only q brief TWO hours. ]
should like tU have had the privilege of
q day there viewing the great defenses
OF the notable fortress which Us such
a familiar synonym for strength. The
time aid suffice. however for "a hasty
walk through the town. about some 0f
the great walls through the Land
Porte gate leading TO SPAIN, through
the barracks, past the line Uf sentries
and on the neutral strip from where we
could see the Spanish sentry boxes, ana
guard passing too and fro, just beyond
which Is their gate, where the many
labOrers, men and women returning
from employment In and about the
English port and town, are daily made
TO submit 10 careful examination by
the guards lest any dutiable article
might be concealed about them. We are
told that 5000 persons are thus daily
searched. That seems many, but from
the throng passing toward the Spanish
town, II may not be Overestimated. II
was evening and We had an excellent
opportunity Of seeing them returning
from their work. and to Judge per-
haps. Of the Spanish peasant.
and as 10 the material Of which SPANS
armies are made. There were those from
the gay and careless youth TO the care
worn and hard-yisaged All seemed
however. llghthearted. chatting gaily
as they trudged along. We noticed
many carefully preparing their bundles,
even breaking the loayes of bread they
carried, and wondered why. until tns
careful inspection was learned o. We
saw also among the many better
dressed and less hurried who walked
lelsurely or sat on the low wall skirtng
the way. some. perhaps. Of the much
spoken Of Spanish beauty. OF this lat
ter. however. we will not venture 90
Judge I'm We have the privilege OF really
visiting a Spanish city.
II seemed a bit odd to us. this neutral
strip paced and guarded by lines N
sentlnels. and to feel that In few mo-
ments the gates 10 Gibraltar would be
closed when only a pass from the Cap.
tain Of the Porte would open them As
| have remarked. II was evening, and
before passing out we had been i'm
formed that the gates are closed az 1880.
In the rock itself. / was neither sur