The sun., 1918-12-22
XIII
NEAR UNCLE BILL: Well after all
~ things. are not as bad as I said in

my last letter do, YOU remember. was
blew because 1 did not brake nay back
picking potatoes when had a chance and
Dad said had Yellow Streak. But that
very same week got a chance to do some
other work Thurs and Fri p m and a m
Sat at. 81 per the day, makes 81 fifty
for three u days and, ii is offace work
which, | enjoy, inserting cataloggs and
cerculars in envelopes and such and doing
some errends which, is like coming up for
air. 1t is much more dignaffved work
than potatOe picking and, more in my
line as ! work in a literary surrounding.
SO as it buys, thrift stamps per the
week which, pays for thirty cartridges
and aught to account for at least, II
huns if, the boys shoot fairly good feel,
that | will not have TO wait until the next
world in order, TO become useful cit
tazen. So Dad, he SAYS I'm not such
bad, old scout after all. Indeed Uncle
Bill | am rather like him for, he does not
go in very strong for, cutting the grass
digging garden and etc as, he says he
might get an idea, for his business if he
just sat and smoked a good cigar that,
would be worth one 100 times as much as
it costs to hire the work done and, some
poor fellow needs the dollar more than
we do thank heaven.
He prefers to work in his offace where
judgeing, by what seen l mean, saw
when I was there once where they do not
work at top speed all the time, sinse he
was only talking to, a couple of men and
laughing and enjoying them selves though,
he did say he.had signed them up on, an
exceptionally large Contrack because, he
went to School with one Of there best
Friends. So Sammy Jones you don't
nessecarrily have to brake your back to
produce Business. Use your Bean.
So | don't intend to write yon all about
the war as, you know probably as much
about it as / know and yet sometimes a
fellow that is not in the Game but, on
the Side Lines can tell more about it than
one, buried in the Hurlie Burhe of it. 1
do not worry about the war at all us
Yanh; are finishing it tasty and when the
news, of surrender comes, it will not sur
prise me bit, for my faith has never
wavered like some bluebellys who think
We cant do better than a draw.
Nor vet Uncle Bill do l endevver TO
tell you all that is going on here as, it
would not all be worth telling for, the
scratch feed is not all sunfOwer seeds and,
there is always, some chaff and, you would
not care TO know as for instance about,
who is getting marryed or burryed and,
so on but, as suppose You want some
real news | will, just tell you the things
that are importent anil also interesting.
Some things are inportent but, not inter-
esting like School and some, are int. but
not imp. such as, when two of our roos-
tiers have a fight especially Hindy and
Ludy, do YOU get me on those names they
are abrevyatiotIs of alias Hindenburg
and Ludendorf The more importent
things are the less, interesting they seem
TO be so, L am telling you what think
YOU can best enjoy hearing.
think Duke Kent and Aunt Mary is
tremendously interesting as, they are a
regguler human dramma. I undertook to
settle their BUSINESS for them once and it
was a FizzeI, they both got the wrong
dope. l seen that is saw Aunt Mary one
day crying over the testemant Duke gave
Tom and, l pretended I dident see what
it was but I saw all right. And it gave
nc a bunch.
So I dident say thing when, she slipped
it in under some sowing she had on, her
lap but let on was looking for some
thing she mended for me and, then l said
gee Aunt Mary / should think there must
be n lot of mending and darning for
soldiers to do they must, ware out there
things awful fast.
So she said very thoughtful and IN
suspecting yes, there clothes must get in
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