The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-03
LETTERS FROM FLOYD WAYNE

The following letters were written
by Floyd Wayne, to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T, A. Wayne, and are inter-
esting:
Tutuila Samoa, June 7, 1918.
My Dear Parents:
Just few lines to let you know
received your two letters, and was
more than glad to hear from you, and
to know you are feeling better.
surely hope you will feel better after
you have been home few weeks, and
| think you will, because you will be
near Sallie. and that will keep you
from worrying some. We have been
having lovely weather, in fact, it is
ideal all the time, only once in while
we have little earthquake, but it
only lasts for few minutes.
A few weeks ago we had pretty
big one, about 1880 p. m, ! was in my
room reading, and all at once heard
u noise and then the house started to
shake. ran for the door, and
couldn't find any door, cause it passed
me just the same as it does a drunk
man. After got out, looked in the
bay, and all the water was gone, and
natives were going and coming like
n bunch of ants, all yelling FLOOD,
flood" and the earth was so shaky you
could hardly stand up, and boats and
all were on the bottom of the channel,
and all at once out of the entrance of
the bay you could hear the water COM
ing and it was a pretty sight--a wall
about 30 or 40 feet high, and foaming
and everyone ran up hills and after
the water settled everything was OK.
think the island must have risen "a
few feet, | can see no other reason for
the water leaving, but after it was
over we had lots of fun thinking the
proposition over, but it wasn't much
fun while it lasted. ! am detailed in
the drug store as book keeper for n
month, as the other fellow is on fur
lough and | think ! will be detailed
here for six months after he leaves,
because the Captain seems to like my
work pretty well, and like the work,
so may get the place regular in few
months.
! am in the best of health. weigh
l55 pounds, and am an inch taller
than when | joined. Have gained 25
pounds since came in the service
so you see it must be the best thing
] could have done. or course there is
time when ! want to he home, and
be with you in fact all the time ! do
because at last | realize what you are
to me, but it does no good to think of
home, can't be there, but there are
lots of fellows who are in u worse
place than am and have no right to
worry or fuss, and consider it lit
tie honor to be vonunteer. ] would
hate to be single man and not be
in the service.
FLOYD WAYNE
Samoan Disp. Aug. 2, 1918.
My Dear Mother
Will write page or two as there is
nothing to do at present. We are hav-
ing lovely weather. Cool trade winds
in the day, and it gees cool at night,
just cool enough to make you enjoy
spread over you. You see we gen.
orally sleep with nothing over US and
wear pajamas, but for a couple Of
months it will be cool, then along in
October it starts to get real hot, but
we don't notice the heat so much after
being in the south sea few months.
Tom Parker and | went on hike
about five miles and the place we Wis
tied had swell sandy beach, so we
got lots of shells, and they gave US
a chicken dinner and we had u nice
time. am going to send some bead
necklaces home on the next boat. They
are not nice but | Want them for my
room when come home. Some friends
of mine gave them to me, so ! want to
keep them. so all send on the next
boat will he for me.
was relieved from the drug store
last week. The Captain gave me $40
for working there. II has been four
weeks since received any mail, and
will he two weeks more, but it will be
six weeks from the last. mail before
you will receive this, but when you fail
to hear from me, don't worry, because
| il ! were to he sick, Tom would write,
and you see we take trips to other
islands all the time, and it might hap
pen that will not be here when boat
leaves. We are generally here when
the mail boats come and go. ! am go-
ing to a dance tonight. | have about
forgotten how to dance as | havnt
had much practice. Love.
| FLOYD.