The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-28
TWO INTERESTING LETTERS
FROM SOLDIER EN- ROUTE

Another Day.
Y Ny life, my trip has been so full
since l wrote you the other letter. |
have been busy. l have worked hard
on this trip and all since my little
sickness I have been most busy boy.
Besides the regular work of the office
| have helped Goodson (you remenl-
her him, the stopped over, rather CID
5sh fellow who was in our detachmenD
get uD little paper on board this
good ship We, in connection with
the ships printer have worked with
untiring energy and late hours have
been spent getting cut this little pa
per. am sure that this little venture
will be one Of the things which
will tell you lots about and am
going to tell you "1ots" in this letter.
Mama has joke on me-not joke
either, but a reaiity--about how | once
touched the hem Of Mr.. Hobson's coat;
you remember it. l guess have al
ways wanted 10 meet and know great
people and I an not sorry for my
desire. / have had the finest intro
ductions~I have most ever had and
they AL came through my WORK WIZ
%'The Volunteer
First there was> Mr.. Beach Thomas.
He, Verna, is one of the best known
Journalists in the world, | am told,
hut I must confess that his name is
not familiar to me, but attribute that
TO my little knowledge Of things ut
erary. He was so gracious and you
will see a little poem from his pen
&@n the second page. I am sending
&Eou the original and this is valuable,
for he is a big man and folk On this
ship have heard about him and they
all seem to be honored when he talks
to them. I liked him so much. His
manuscript will be a. valued remem-
brance to me and l prize it,
Next came Lord and Lady Aberdeen
He is the expresident Of the Domin-
ion of Canal and is now on his way
to England 80 90 some charity work.
Tl.ey call hin the senior passenger;
hat is the way they do thia&s on
sNps-the aost remarkable Or di5tin-
Aed PASSENGER is the seaior, see,
! 8 queer old fellow and an
hat he lies your soldier. ! am
g yoa his manuscript We
Prize Il and keep it forever /
pt abe to tell you 50 much about
ne is q prominent Englisfm&n.
IL, thougn, in the days that are
come.
B Let me mention. right here, the
#most delightful diplomat who was On
board, Colonel Alexander, one Of the
greatest statesmen of England, and
: I liked him so much. He looks so
well kept. The first time that I saw
him was one afternoon late I stood
BRon the deck and was looking out
towards a beautiful sunset and re
came along and stopped and l asked
him if he would like to see. the sunset
through the glasses and he asked me
to let him have them. 1 didn't know
what he was; I thought that ne was
some successful merchant or some
thing and was so pleased when I
learned what he really was. He says
.sRight-o" most all of the time. He IS
eso queer with that "Right-o." He did
Dhot write anything; he is not allowed.
Do you remember how we listened
TO Harry Lauder on the talking ma
y chine. Little then did think that
some day I would talk with ard moat
this gentleman, but have and wish
that you could have met him. He was
nice and ''taIkative." Night before
last he sent for me to come down to
lOS CluHiS IVCIA eSiAo AO saw LIN SAAS
little piece which wrote up about him.
He was very hard to follow as his
brogue is not easy to write or to know
how to write. You know how his
songs go, well ne talks just so, and
Ihad some trouble to write what did.
You will find in reading the type
written articles that l wrote more
chan was printed, but we had to cut
= out little OF his piece on account of
lack of space and was sorry. And
again the whole paper is not, properly
punctuated, but the type outfit is a
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