The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-04-29

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and It poured little harder this
a1EeEnoon- Fellows were cuEsing be-
cause they had 70 turn out for for
mai guard mount and plough
around in the mud. others just nat
urally had grouches-
Top SAYS the mail orderly OF the
company. busting into the once Of
/ the first sergeant. gimme a detail
/ and cant tote ir alone
Il reminded me Of q tine AZ one
Y q the other camps ws were station
I e1 a. since coming 20 France. and
\ when / was I'm charge Of the reEi-
mental mails Ths poEtUEhca a. thai
II camp Vas fully q mile from the reg
L fnenta1 p1Etohioa. There had been
No mall Tor weeks. when we got
word Of some 80 sacks. walked in
Anyone wanting mall come On and
caTTE sacks
had Half the regiment volun-
I teering 10 do the dfsazrssAble work.
same today Half OF the company
offered 70 help
And nov. in order to tel you about
a. walked through 4 couple OF bar
-Jas< Has = Boy"
Hey Dom" i heard one fellow veIl.
ReEeubsr Jack Somebody or LIS
bon Got q tsn-pound boy
Gosh They've got IoE-nley On
the run Trytng him for treason or
something or other IN NinnesUta."
Vas ff1e newsrsg of another Who had
found . bit q news
wei. for the love Of Pete. Hey
guEs. take q look AT tails" exclaimed
another Wonder whether she
THINKS this IS pink tea and he held
I'd q Ezir o. mercsrized silk uafamzs.
instantly there Was an uprnar and
tlnH soldier wished he had hid them
under his blankets or something.
Put EN- On and let's see how you
look
-0h- joy on Boyi .Isn't be the
LADY, kEuerg"
Thsss and a lot more from the fel-
lows wao had read letters or were
trying % hide disappointment On
missing cut
Taan shut up. Tou poor boobs!
Hire = hazl1 Give rs a chance to rad
lsz1E-sl" from ths rest OF the crowd
an but onA
Sitting over On his bunk head.
bowed over q single envelope which
ths mails had brought hims motion
around him sat . Lad q Is years.
He IL nns q those shy sort cf boys. 4
has 10 girls On the string sending
him things only letters from home 4
ard this envelope ne had brought q 4
bsza1sd Christmas card
Suddenly he sat up. Jumped OF i
his bunk and EhuGAed his way out 1
El6s C the barracks
wzs not rae only one watching 4
him f1r uns O. the other boys looked 4
~ ne
-HsIz AHz-t that TOO hzdg Poor
lid. and turning 10 his own pile uf 4
NAL. he selected a package wnieh. H
from iEE ska and shape. apparently /
vas q eAE1Dn q E5Eare@E- ripped or /
the original WTa pper. pasted Cancelled /
Stamps On g and addressed II 10 this !
bDT. z1diEE q rsEUEn card from a 4
Elrl the good fellow knew vas a
tread Ia ths lifxle t0En back home.
Cmun-~ he said 10 ms after con-
r1e1inE the bundle
We hurrzad outside and the Good 4
Fszluw heEal shouting.
EeT wuE come here and n
- TuEr Uaflg"
TIE Lad re sought was walking II
s-gwlT away fEuU the camp and nuE n
-n 1hH hFHE AT his name being call
% Re haaf turned then continued On A
-zs way umtu ne ran zEnsr him cali
NJ his uaE1s the while III
The KlEht O. rhs bundle and uur
sTz1en1 Effort 20 attract his attention Il
Zz1s hsu pa1ss- and his hack To-
Ezm1 us. re saw him take Eoms1hlnR
.ua1 his pocket He turned and NE II
EnsW il wEs Handkerchief which he
Eaa zTl1E 20 stow away. he walk
g EluEsT toward uE-
szT. F01 poor mEh. d'Ea think I'm
EC3l+ I'd follow Ecu al over Ehs rCuu-
~ 1EE1 70 E&ta EEarsL Here's
! wzEEzEa from EDur girl that just
suEs and I want a EiEargt1e for
& 20 yuu-" he sid
Thzs Bsy MEss HagpY.
ne boy tnuk tbs pzrksEs. fnersd-
-aozElv rsad ehs return address In
he corner. Ehen broke into smiles
ha4 krn46E1en Sm1o ETfus
he G81n'r say anything, the lump
% his EhruaG WIS zoo biz and the
raGaH C tears ia his eTeE nearer the
Taal thing than traces. He tore unen
.he parkaEe. Dpanea a pack OF Gig
.rsts ard Frsassd nE 20 take some
Thsn re Ba1E him after ne nz1w him
roz1 1Ee urTuer and carefully uaG il
lwzT 10 LIS ppCkEfbQuE
Em1 New I've got mr. foot
. s. I've gotta write thai girl FiEht
a1w and tai her What hzppEned
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