The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-15

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liar. ChasIcsis. H. \. He ID also I
nephsw ii our toansmas. III. l.,
Toiar. and tiaa letter viii be III la
,sssss 10 bic naay irisnds ia ID,
County. He bad heen la the trsn
cbss 4 seek whsn be wfots ,his
Somewhere In Frxncs," Oct. :
isia-My Dear Amt: ! wrote yos
. letter iasi .be other dAy and told
yoo that hsd ealy sess~n ee~ l~t
ter since bad been over hSse, hut,
the last dag cs t~o have beer
getting lots Of letters. | think thew
must have ssvsd them bach 80 theJ
could give them oil to TIE Al ones
l don't care when ! get them jos
80 ! get them, slways iees a io'
better just after g~s q letter iron
home.
You spoke oi The great tims thai
tbs home coming will be. and yol
are righ, too. The .oy VI eomins
home will almost pay for the trit
and the hstdshlps and everything
'aF tho fellow that has stayed al
home during this var sill neye'
know what il IL TO really 10 home,
The end OF The var wiiI'sarsly be .
grand time tor ail Of 10, To over
here aud you iolks n home too. and
it's the same way Ia almost ali the
counuiss Of the world
This little plane. Of our. has nsy,
ri 10 all It's eiieekvr-d history held
as many glad hearts 81 one time NJ
viii be- here when the war ends
And .hs end 10 mol ~ Tar on nov a.
/, use TO b.. either The ls,est news
looks mighty good 10 me, Anyway
il can last'iofever. We have al.
Ways got that to TALL back on,
am sending you in Ibis letter a
souvenir poet card that was given
TO me by some French people that
/ got Eequstntsd ~ith At - it'fit
village where W. stayed couple ol
weeks before wa csms 10 the iton,,
Take care Vi IL for me. The writing
ON The back il French. This ia wha.
1t Gays, Souvenir Of your little
friend
None ri this French family could
speak word q! English and Its
precious little French that | know,
But | managed ~ become good
friend With them, | use 10 70
down TO ttsir home almost every
evening aud stay while, learn
ed little French from them, but |
couldn't teach them any English.
There Was 4 girl In that family but
| suppose you had guessed that by
tbi. ,imt. The only trouble wac
she couldn't understand my English
nor NY French either, But che
was nice and friendly. aud she ssve
ms some post eards too, but cant
seud them home because they have
pictures OF a certain French town
on them. anl the Censor wooldn I,
pass them. ! will keen them and
bring them home when | come II
they don't wear out ' ''' '.''.'
When the time came ior ~ 20
leave that yillsge..l hated 10 60 it
seemed like leaving home again
And my French friends loaded me
~ith souvenirs zach one OF them
gave the something. ons thing they
gave il a French Army busle, and
Il has tassels and cords strung s.
ruund all over it awful bunglesome
TO carry around. Blu. II | can !ns,
manage " get 1t home. II viii pe
tine souvenir, alro. IL will he foe
,or Jack 10 call HE fox dos.
With | shot nj 4 red fox the other
morning He srus~d up Irnm h-..
hind n ha1k and sat down on, in
No Mans Land He was Abou,
a tnudlsd, .Atds AxAy~,'l shot 4,
gun and used ba,iI. sights
so ! couldn, kill him ba, he
moved.
| sm still. we'll and isrins iins,
aud hope you are oil the same.
| think 1t IL getting aeas ,h-
ime ios us TO be relieved. And |
= ill he clad 10 get 4 chance to
Il can up a Bit and sleep so9e.
The artillery kicks up an awful
Jacket around here every once 10
!, v bile. They we're at il last nigh,
md this morning, Thew never have
blot rish. nj W, but some shells
andesl Mighty close TO Ne this NOR.
hing. By us mean hall Of the
Fourth Platoon. We are in . llnls
strong polo, BY Ourselves, down on
he aide ot = hill, There arr Is al
~,
l had reed about the nes draft
aw, bat dca't think any ~ sho~c
me ntioncd Ia ynur letter viii have|
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