Source, Rutland, Vt. Daily Herald--Tues.Oct.22, 1918. WALLINGFORD, Vt. T. R. HOLDEN WRITES OF LIFE ON SUB DESTROYER. Mrs. George A. Holden of Wallingford has received a letter from her son, Theodore R. Holden, who is in the navy on foreign service, in which he tells of his life on the U.S.S. Luce, submarine destroyer, and particularly of the rough seas. The letter is in part as follows : " I will try and write a few lines tonight but the ship is rolling and diving so I can hardly keep the pencil on paper. " We are having a great time, at least what a fellow at sea could call a good time. We have not seen land for over a week but expect to soon . Have been having some wild moments and hours lately, but that is just what I like. " I am fine am enjoying all. I have been awfully seasick and I believe if I cussed the kaiser once I did a million times. I could not look at anything eatable or eat anything for five days. " Of course destroyer life is no joke at all. It is no picnic, we are sent for business, and this is just the crew that can do it. " Mother, at times it seemed as if the sea had gone mad and was trying to fight us instead of helping us along. We had a four days' gale and it sure was rough. The wind blew and the spray from the bow of the boat was flying like rain only a lot worse. We are always dressed for all kinds of weather. " We climbed over mountains of waves, and are still climbing and will be for some time, I guess. When we sea fighters return home you sure will hear some interesting stories. I did not get what I wanted but almost. " We saw many flying fish and porpoise. The flying fish grow about a foot long, and are light blue and are very pretty. The porpoise grows from eight to 10 feet and more. They often fool the ships by sitting up in the water and looking like a submarine top. They are lazy and roll around on their backs and dive all ways. "