Milford chronicle., 1918-12-13

} Christianity would be to hide the sin
: cerity Of my heart. II you stop pro-
! ducing for one day the war is pro-
. lOnged a month or more. Without
> your production / hate 10 think what
might have been the result Of this
} war. You are saving lives Of our
blessed boys and our firm friends. the
, allies. If you think you are not heroes
on that side OF the ocean ! can as
, sure you that you are on this SIDE.
Everyone here has his hat OF TO the
great American farmer. Victory even
now might be impossible and probably
would be without you. / don't know
Of any millionaire farmers in our Mil
lord neighhorhood. either So do not
fear that you are not doing your bit.
Conserve your food as much as possi-
BILE until the blamed war is over and
you are adding still further 10 crush
this enemy Of decency humanity and
virtue. BY the way. talking about the
conservation of food. I mad a couple
OF meals a while back that seemed
like some of our folks back home mad
been Cheating. that is, had been
overfeeding. Please don't do this on
Thanksgiving Day.
! / suppose you have heard a whim-
perOf peace since Fritz has been get
ting some of his own medicine.
Wouldn't some OF US be dreadfully
put out if we had 10 eat Christmas
dinner al home? One of the horrors
OF war? Could you beat it? | thought
as soon as these rough-neck Ameri-
cans got in the game they'd help break
il up quick. It's the only war we've
got, too, and no prOsect OF another!
In closing with another big ~, !
can assure you thar l am well taken
care Of by the best Of friends. l have
a guard by me who are responsible
for my body (On,J and an interpreter
likewise, and my orderly 10 look after
my personal comfort and help me
dress, etc. (Pretty soft.) l have TO
run away 10 be alone. / am wet, well
fed. cold and happy d
Kindly pardon this letter written
at random, the grammatical and rhet-
Orical errors, lack of punctuation and
bum spelling. / know you will because
you Will not be able to read it. l can't
myself. l am expecting an Italian
friend who is going away on vacation
and will mail this for me from his
home.
Goodbye, my dear old friends, until
| see you in the best little town (or
big) on earth.
Sincerely your friend,
T. A. Ruddell,
Capitano Missione Americana.
Don't please be cheating" on any
If those chicken dinners on Sunday
when you have company.
Episode number three eighty-seven. {
See life of T. A. Ruddell page number :
me hundred fifty.
One day later.
Before going TO print. Thirteen S
ages are unlucky so I'll make it four
cen. I'm learning the Italian Ian
-auge fast but / can still talk English,
nat is, lot of it, including the slang. Z
Ny new General called on me today.
invitation some more for dinner. Think
I my "sufferings." He wants to build
le an apartment house with elevator, =
team heat and bell boys. I object TO g
he steam heat. Ia rather have our 9
itchen stove at home with Sarah 3
eeding the wood. He talks English. e
las been in y. Y, Chicago, and even 3
Threatens to be in Mil 8
)rd after the war Wanted me to 9
ake a request. ! did it, A certain 3
Ixury Tor the soldiers. Granted. Then 8
ley wonder why We boys leave homei &
oday discovered a certain First Lieu 8
nant, former juggler, sleight o. g
and, etc. and he is booked for one 8
nole three hours entertainment for g
IT. Italian boys. Believe me, il will =
crowded house, even the galleries ~o
I'd peanut heaven. Also two aero
It's and a clog dancer are to the res q
e. Wen win the war yet.
This time ! mean it. Goodbye for
while.
T. A. R.
If the General gets in Milford in =
ider saving time, its he and /, nick
d tuck. He might have something 3
me at that