The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-21

WAYS which run through from one SIDE
of the ship to the otner. big wave
come through, 'Specks" slipped up
and holding his hat high In the air,
rode the crest of the wave through the
nassageway and landed against the OBJ
posite side in a sitting posture.
laughed until my sides ached. An
other instance: We were on the top
deck. Anderson feeling it coming,
that is, his last meaD, yelled Took
ont below I" and let her go just as ne
hit the rail. But, alas! there was one
On a deck below who was in the same
fix himself and hanging over the rail-.
| He couldn't move and so caught 1t in
| the neck.
II sure is a novelty to see the quaint
buildings and the people wearing
wooden shoes. They dress more rs
had imagined the Hollanders do.
The scenery is wonderful every
possible inch Of soil is utilized and Is
green. The picture l saw OF europe
along the waterfront as we came 10
our landing place was one OF the most
beautiful / he We ever seen. WISH L
could tell you more about 1t.
| American tobacco is very scarce Get
this! Camels are luxury, and Prince
Albert with brown papers is as scarce
as hens teeth. Sweets such as choco-
lates are hard to get. Do you remem-
her what did with my sheepskin moe
casins, the ones with the wool inside,
which / used to use when l built the
fires in the morning, to keep my feet
warm? / must have misplaced them.
Write often, for mail day lover
here" is going to be gala day for the
soldier.
hope our Xmas boxes get here In
time for the holidays. Had turkey on
Thanksgiving. Harley ate three din
ners, and managed to keep the las,
one down.
Don't worry about me. I think Il
will be the big pick and shovel Jot
for us far from the front.
Paper is scarce, that is why l only
write one sheet and use all space, alst
material to write with. This that
am writing on is a Y. M. G. A. ISSUE
and the pen is borrowed.
: | must close Remember l love yo'
. all and neither army officials nor dis
lance can keep me from mentally tele
graphing that to you daily. Your Low
n ing son and brother, Mac.
! JANUAR IL, 1917.
a Dear Folks I'll bet you will thin
l have entirely forgotten you, but no
n so. Honestly l have written letter aft
4 err letter and after reading them owe
+ desroyed them because / knew the
e would never go through. Now, how
o ever, mail has arrived and 1t ism
g nearly so hard to write and say some
thing. Gee, such a small mail, too;
letters, the home papers and the mags
:. zines. No boxes have arrived as We
but suppose they will soon.
|, Now I want to go back a littl'
b Don't worry further about my havin
d to fight. l and ID others are on d,
n tached service far from the f1ghtin
q and danger. It's a job which gets U
h up at a. M, go to work at 6 80 an
y quit at 5 80. There is nothing to
!. but has to be done and there is L
!. chance for advancement, l tell 20
n this much, too, the worry you ma
) have felt will be dispelled 1t is
q permanent detail.
= Xmas we got half day off and "
had swell dinner. Our captain lie.
800 for us out of the Company mes
fund to insure a good dinner and "
}. got it. also got box, for any so
der, in France, q Red Cross box frol
NJ. contained everything; coolies
paper and tobacco, candy and a foul
tain pen. New Years day we also ha
v half day of but no extra feed; Jul
the same beef stew. Don't worry, T.