Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

holds eight cartridges, then with one
In tie barrel might shoot nine times,
lust as fast ~ | can pull the trigger.
for tile thing II an automatic relood-
CT. II Ia much more simple and much
better balanced than our automatic
Personally, would rather carry an
automatic than revOlver-they are
heavier and better balanced. We
got back In camp ut midnight More
cold am not warm yet altho my
fire place IL blazing cheerfully. and
= fine feather bed awaits. Oh, these
French bedsl They are The softest
thing / ever saw, with three feather
mattresses Whoever gets In them.
or on them just simply sinks ont Of
sight, literally swallowed up. Not
satisfied with that they have two soft
pillows for the head aud another
which looks like n pillow but really
IL not. | suppose. Anyway. this bal
loon affair covers the whole bed. and
helps keep the cold ont. II IL about
foot thick, but is very soft and
light. After year and half on
hhrd blankets and army cot such an
opposite extreme is certainly a
change But II you notice I have
not said word about objecting to
the afore mentioned change.
Dad, you auto drivers ought to see
these roads here. All over France the
government has built an immense
not work of fine, paved roads. They
are just like our city streets. ana
Just imagine touring along with such
roads, no matter where you went. |
Here the plan of roads is just sort Of
spider web fashion, radiating away
from larger cities. These cities are
close enough together to have roads
everywhere. / will show you a tour
list map soon and then you can see
for yourself. These roads saved
Paris when the Germans were com
ing across the Marne in 1914. Auto
trucks and private cars were seized
ana troop were pushed up from
everywhere, along these roads.
~ - "a
Mrs. Jordan, who now lives at
1910 Elate, Denver, Colo, has writ
ten the following letter to the Re
Hector, telling of the last letter writ
Ten by her son, Harold, before he
was killed In action wish to thank
my many friends in Abilene for their
kind and sympathlzing letters writ
ten to me, from the sad accident of
my dear boy in France. | received
the last letter from him, written on
September 22nd, on Sunday before
he was killed. 1t was not mailed un-
I'll the both. In 1t he said he was
SO glad we had come to Denver and
hoped we would have a home for him ;
here when he came back, and thought I
they would be able to come home by
Christmas. He was camping away
out in the wood ani said the woods
had been their home for more than
4 month and 1t had been raining al
most all that time. He used his gas
mask for table TO write on and
said In few days they expected to /
be In some of the great excitement s
hey had seen yet They sure had !
hose Dutch on the run. Poor boy !; !
title did he think his excitement |
would so soon be ended. You all /
know how hard 1t Is for me, and / 4
amt help wondering why 1t had to !
20, fer | needed him so much, as he t
vas as father and son both in my G
amIly. But God knows best We
NOW his fighting and sorrow is over i
lie has gone to dwell above. t
j recently received a letter from
he American Red Cross giving the y
lie was wounded in the !
bdomen, taken to Mobile Hospital, o
To-. 2, unconscious and died almost
The splendid doctors u
nd nurses did all they could, but II
vas not to be. He Is buried at
In the ground which he
elped so bravely to defend. They i
ope his grave will never be dis Y
urbed, as Il should be an everlast- p
ng memorial to a splendid young n
older. who went fearlessly to help c
ave our country. They viii soon h
end me a photograph Of his grave,
o may know how the French wo-
nen keep the resting places of our
oys.
We like Denver very much but 6
ave all had our turn of the flu. {
AMOS has had it twice. l would love
o be in Abilene when the boys come d
'ack-tO see and talk to them about Z
he war. Perhaps some Of them Y