The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-28
Interesting Letter From Dorothy
Seton to Her Parents

r reeded for his recovery. be gets n
i, Smiles. nor unnecessary words, from
any OF ns. know that he knows NOR
English than he prctcnds 10. SO whci
we go In 10 wall on The other patti
. ents. We all rejoice openly, over on
. victories. and wish all sorts Of i'll 4
tie Huns. Last night II rainea, 50 W.
lad no aerial ylsitor1 and, wa
asleep before O'Clock forgot 4,
tell you. that iho buildings whore ~,
nurses sleep is equipped for scan
heat and il gc have sufficient iue
ven have it ths winter Wont il be
fine If so2 IL would be like being al
The Lee lluekins
] bclicye this viii be better place
20 winter Than on the coast, as our
I II itude is much higher, ana there
vill be snow. instead OF The rcfpet.
/ nal rain 4 man who has been hero
for years sdys lhai ia starts showing
about The middle of October ana
spring commences ate in February
an germs should b, killed by that
tine. and our blood thick
am taking Fre'ch lessons very
irregalary. An knew before came
right back to me, ana seem 70 catch
a. much quicker, this time to what
he French have to say. at any rate
when we 30 out 10 cat ! can make
quite a favorable showing. with what
! can say and my hands
We have nlcnty to ear. but then
no nearer TO the ghtIug line YOU
are the better YOU fare. The active
Fighting units get the best of every
tang on the principle suppose. oi
flooding The animal wen before YOU
slaughter him. Well I am growing
better sa isiied the longer am here
and | hope this win he onr abiding
place for Tho winter I am going or
duty now then to The village. thcn
20 prepare for our "dejeuner" TO-
night 50 shall try 10 finish tomor- /
Tow. know that YOU viii forgive
rot hearing from me when YOU get
I &c long letter. won't YOU
Sept 2l-Now wcll see if can't
finish to-day Last nigh, we had our
dinner AT the farmhouse. and Lieut.
Anderson and Lieut. S,anlcy. an
oihcr Iicut., who had just arrived,
uncXpec edly with orders from the
base, We look aions too, and now
'ncy did enjoy lhemseNes. We had
omcete, iricd ham,
';-ah. French fries. bread. coffee
md beer and lettuce salad We took
lem for mile walk. before dinner
mo rs II was clear and cold, they
rad good apHettes. Lieut. Stanley
aid II was he best time he'd had in
france. and ne ato lot. For that we
Ill did Lieut.. Stanley had Just come
Down from 81 Mihiol. ana OF coursi
Ie had q lot OF Interesting things 10
ell us. lie said the Hun dugouts and
.uts were fixed up like regular
ZONES. and they were settled down
or the duration OF the war. They
',ceiycd rather nasty jolt didn't
hey? lIo said the engineers ana
ordinance coras sllyaged some fine
aings, and restored a lOt OF furnit.
irc 70 the civilian population. II
''rtainly viii miss al the interest
fg people and conversations when
he war is over. bal III have few
iings TO tell when ! SCI home
Last night was clear as day but
here Was a raid because there were
co many allied planes circliug ab-
nj. They carry q light ana look
'rctty flying through the air like
treet cars or autoes on earth. then
wen there is bombardmen on
'o'h the allies ana Huns, send ~
Llierent colored flares signaling for
-ltacks etc. and when the schrapne.
hells explode hey show flares OF ;
i-e so that We have Fourth Of mly
very night
This country though beautiful. Is
ot so picturesque as on the coast
Gd we do not have The variety ii
lowers. In fact there are practical
no pretty wild flowers. There arr
carcely any Sky -larks and miss
he birds We had before. because ,
vas naturally looking forward to ,
lem. Wen feel I've written you 4
eally decent letter this lime. sc
God bye. with my best love to you ,
9th. from your loving Dorothy b
'cton