Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-16

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binary circumstances Il might no, I
write, The other morning l took,
together with my assistant. care OF
several French soldiers who were
wounded by shells exploding ana Il )
Is really remarkable how brave apd
r patient the poor fellows were. was
awakened to peculiar thing us Il
watched my assistant work. He is
a big six-footer and Regular two
fsted fellow, and as no dressed the
poor fellows wounds with the ten
derness of woman. no constantly
cursed the Huns and everything
German, but the ourslng was the
most melodlous thing that | ever
heard. and he meant every word OF
Il. too. know that this fact will
} seem funny TO you, father. but these
fellows with all their curslng are at
heart good boys, and | know that
God. in all OF His goodness. under
stands these curses and judges each |
one In a crisis like this, not In words
spoken but In deeds done. am In '
terested In the papers that receiv
from home. am also glad to =,
the Masonic papers.
l have a vet" here who
crackerjack. He Is the funp -, =,
fellows and his witty sayin' -, ,
keen source OF enjoyment :,
times. and he Is as tend -,
animals as doctor ~
tients. He Is n big G ~.
oozes enthusiasm T. 'as' an" "' JUS
his skin, and fatb. .om every pore y
oo,,o.,o,n Oh. ,se he was the Inter
Won can i'm .mpi6n wrestler ana 81
d,a ho !. .sgfhe what a husky lad
aor., 4. He 10 really keen and
such, are start anything with tw'
90 >oys about. but they would boil
lie ..Arough anything for me and
l. very comforting and encouragin
60 have two such rowdies with me
Ibeeause l can depend on them in an
AZ pinch. ,tl Jt8fl faat
INT Here's funny one: The otne
'k- night DR.. Hess and myself almos
ms got hit by big shell and we onl
les escaped because we ran like every
uii thing and when we got to the dug
Ism out DR.. Hess started to swear. an
200 I said to the boy ''tut-tut." and h
me said, II major think wi
II say my prayers tonight. that was
der close one" and I said. why don
are you say them now for that was
am very providential escape" and b
ave said. why D. II major. woult
to. MT know what to say now I'm all OF
1t, OF breath and having a H Of
oa, time finding out II we are both hei
the or II I'm Just dreaming"
arel Well the water Is burning and II
our cocoa is about ready to consume, I
an l will close with the always presei
lie hope that dear father Is enjoying h
zeal usual good health. af
nenl Very likely by this time you na'
hat guessed that It was not me wi
TEL wrote the proceeding. started Il
mt, letter and then the boys wanted n
his to start making the cocoa which v
late are going to have for little luns
low before going to bed. One OF u
'ery boys said: III you make the coc,
on major. I will write the letter
He your father" and he sat down al
ON wrote as II 1t was really lett
res, from me. only he said things Will,
best 1 would not say. We are really ha
ith-- ing a good time when we have o,
test late supper, and we try to have
een little to eat before we go to bed al
han we don't go very early.
no 4 have not had my clothing o
the for almost two weeks, and my sho
to have not been off more than two
nat three times In that time. The shel
put come over and the gas comes ov
give and that Is vile thing. Our mas
in are ready with us at all times and
heir takes us very little time to get the
'ure on.
ling Today the fiends shot into o'
the town and shot out the kitchen whe
uty' we used to have officers mess, ar
he 1t sure would have made a dIffe
ink, ence to us II we had been the
In when the she'll came in, but we hs
re- been ont Of the place some time.
to The boys are here now, one on OF
ced side reading McClure's magazin
and the other on the other Sic
In reading the Ladies' Home Journal
to at least they we're a minute ago, OF
hat has put down the journal to e.