Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-10-03

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little On gong a little farther I
seemed 10 b. drawing nearer 20 the
music. - ! knew that ] was getting
close 10 q church even II ! ecnld rot
see h. Fmlly ! located Il; a little
church wss completely hid frum the
road and Was only reached by sort 81
a Cow lane, which led around 70 the
door. whieh Nas on the opposite end
from the read You sec from the last
I had 70 - around the building to
lind the door. Because I WIS a little
shy Of going in right away, ] looked
around TO see II there were another
road by which the church was reached.
Sure enough there was, and | found
that there were many teams tied 10
the trees around. so there would De
quite a crowd ] thought If there
should be a crowd, | was sure that ]
would receive a hearty welcome, so ]
returned to the church, and went in.
Well, I hadn't been in the church
very many minutes until ! found that
it was quite different our church at
home. / had a feeling Of wondering
what it all was about. Things were
going OF differently from anywhere
else that ! had ever been. One man
would get up and preach a while then
another, then another, and so on. Ev-
eryone, however, it seemed, spoke
from his heart, and as though ne
meant it. They said some real good
things, too, that ! wish / could have
remembered to tell you. Well, / list
ened to them for about an hour and a
half and decided that as it was 2:30
/ had better get back to camp as
quickly as possible before darkness
fell.
Before / left, however, | found why
they were holding such a joyous meet
ing. 1t was n of the old mems 73rd
birthday, and ss he was such a devot-
ed Christian they were holding an all
day religious affair to his honor.
Would we back there have ever
thought Of doing such for an old Chris
tian man? Inever met him, but | sure
like to. His name was Black.
| learned, from the different talks
given.
Well, when | left the church, / no.
tieed that on an old sign near the
graveyard gate that it was Mountain
Creek Baptist Church. After hiking a
little way, some fellows overlook me,
driving a Ford. They picked me IN,
and got to ride to within five or six
miles Of eampt Their | had to walk the
rest q tfe way. get home here
lo5nt 1880, just as Taps sounded. I
think shall over forget that
meeting because Of its queerness to
ME,
Well, mother you ave asked 60
many times about sending me card,
and things. Yes, the candy is ali
right but there is NJ use Of sending a
much. Send a smaller box; il would
10 Just as good. A small Lox or even
half a box Of :hnco,atc bars is about
best to send. But yoq might miss
sending candy Cor "A while and nut The
money IN a good fountain pen. That
would be pretty useful.
on, yes i jusr want 20 tell You that
n Z Company of this regiment we
nave a Prince Of Serbia. They say he
IS a dandy fellow. He speaks 10 Ian
suages. have heard that he was I'd
a commission in his own countrvis
army, but came to America to fight in
me ranks as a private. What do Won
think of that?
Wen, | guess ! shall close for to.
night.
On, yes, had some pictures taken.
moving my ivory top, so you can sec
What | look like when / am old and
'aldheaded. | guess that III get them
about Thursday or Friday.
How's the pigs comingg
Well, goodnight.
Your Son,
HAROLD D. WILLIS.
VI. Z Co, seth Inf, Samp Sewer,
S G. 1902