Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-17

Then we crossed the English Channel to Paris, and saw Gay Paree in all it's glory. We stayed TWO or three days in Paris, going
 around with a guide who showed
 us the chief places of interest. aMc
 as the time was getting near for
 the young man who accompanied ', ,'le to go back to school, we went on to Lourdes, which we reached when the great National Pilgrimage Of France was gathered there Words
 fail to describe the feelings one ex- periences in this wonderful shrine
 town, where so many are cured of their bodily and spiritual ailments No one can ever tell me again that the French are not religious. One was cured at LourdeS of all those that were brought there on filters, Iy0ung and old. And these filters iare carried to the Shrine by the nobility of France, who are pro l1 10 serve as bearers of the sick The hotels in Lourdes are wonderful, and the Basilica is well worth sec- ing.
 Then back from Lourdes to Lon, don and Liverpool where my little pal had to take the boat to get back to school for September 9th. I felt perfectly lost when we had said good bye to one another, for he had been my interpreter in France, and my delightful companion all thru Ireland and England.
 I must not forget to tell you of my experience while crossing the Irish Sea, where the poor old Sky Pilot met his Waterloo. It was
 dreadfully rough, and of course I got sick. If any of you have ever been seasick I know that l have your heartfelt sympathy I was So sick that if someone came along and said, Father, you have VOL the Nenana-Alaska Ice Pool of
 s50,0O0", I would have answered, Go away, and let me die" Many were in the same awful fix as I was Later I saw some very funny post cards which described just wat a fix I was in One of them showed three people hanging over the rail, and on the bottom was written, Bringing Up The Past" f.r.t ther one was two people clinging to the rail with one hand over their mouths, and the inscription read, "Too Full For Utterance." 1 felt like the man who had been seasick and was sitting up on deck, covered with shaWls and blankets, when his wife came alo'7e '
 console him, Waiting for the moon to come up, dear ?'. He answered, Good Lord. Marie, has that got to come up yet ?" I shall never for get the Irish Sea, for it made an { wful impression on my poor "tum- my"
 After bidding goodbye to my pal a+ Liverpool started for Italy, go- ing back to Paris. then to Milan, and then to Venice. In Venice I witnessed the gondoliers' race, and most exciting race 1t was. dar- d not take a ride in gondOla on account of the swaying motion, es- pecially when a large boat passes by, for I feared the "bringlng up again of the past"
 Florence is a wonderful city, rich in treasures of art-aS all these cities in Italy are The most won derful churches in the world, shown to visitors with the greatest pride; paintings in the galleries by the old masters which are a delight to the eve.
 And now, dear Alaskans, I have tcached this great citv of Rome, the center of Catholicity, and I am waiting for an audience with the Pope tomorrow. There are many things that I could enumerate in
 hi5 letter, but must do as all story books do, or as all story books say, ITO be continued in our next
 have been fairly well on the trip