The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04

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Gale Hewitt and the writer spent
three days last week at Point Isabel.
Point Isabel is about the size and
looks like Alexandria, Mo-, and is
located twenty-five miles from
Brownsville. The natives are all Mexi-
cans and are engaged in fishing and
boating. They have big hotel there
occupied by tourists and army Off
| GERS.
| Across the bay three miles is what
is called the island where the plea
sure resorts are located. Bathing Is
the popular sport and it is surely
swell along the beach bathing with
the breakers.
| Saw two baoy sharks about six feet
long playing ping pong with each
other out in tie bay. They followed
our boat all the way over. Perhaps
they spied my big fat auburn haired
friend and thought what an elegant
sandwich he would make if they only
had him
The engine that pulls the train
| from Brownsville to the point must
rhave been IN Noah's ark. 1t is a
wood burner ard the water is car
ried on a flat car in wooden tanks.
1t is about the size Of water power
"dinky" and the little cars are
equipped with the old style link and
pins 1t takes two hours to go to the
point and one hour returning. In
order to keep "Bill'' Monical and
Eddie Mackie from arguing about this
train schedule, will explain that the
train bucks the wind going out and
is with the wind inbound.
4 Eloxnaro for
About five miles out of Browns
vile the train stopped and little
American girl Of perhaps sixteen
mediately surrounded by dozen or
more little Mexican kids of both
sexes. They gave her flowers just
like SCATTERING" McCarty said he
used to give his teacher flowers when
he went to school. The school house
Iresem bles Hiram Darts residence.
Several of the boys had snipe
hunting party the other night. They
got two of the boys from M company
to accompany them and hold the
sack. From last accounts they are
still holding the sack.
Plans for Homecoming.
We all regret that we cannot be
lin Keokuk for the fall celebration,
but believe me correctly we will have
a celebration with trimmings Of our
own when we do get there.
All the boys are figuring on what
they are going to do when they get
| back home. Johnnie Sturgeon is
going to start laundry in West
Keokuk.
Beans" LeFaivre is going into the
garage business.
Corporal Wharton is going into the
shawl business as he can make them
himself.
Frank Monical is going to stay here
and go switching on the Point Isbel
special.
'Leona" BRASIL is convalescing.
Sergeant Ben Moody is the cham
pion sleeper in the company. He
surely does love his pillow-if he had
one.
Jack Wellehan is going to put in
an application for a position as straw
boss with the city commissioners
when he returns to the dam city.
Sergeant Aura Leighton likes sol
diers' life; in sct, loves to be sol
dier, but says there are several things
in border soldiers life that ere ex
tremely obnoxious to his refined mill
ltary nature. Josephine Burke thinks
more of his tin Lizzie than Speedy
Grodan does of his beans.
We have family of ground SPUR
rels in our street and it is amusing
to see all of them sitting up on their
launches eating. The bunch thinks
well of their pets and supply them
with plenty of "eats." They VIII
allow us to approach within about ten
feet of them, but on getting closer
they will all duck back in their holes
They have more subways built than
the city of Chicago has.
Acting Commander Chase is now
ordering Fall in for inspection" and
as l have to beat it, will close with
best regards to all from Company L
Yours,
THOS. J. LEACH.