The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-04


came at q most opportune time for to-
morrow we start in again.
1 can hardly believe what you wrote
about Margaret Root and Rosabel. it's
so terribly sad and | feel awfullyl
sorry for their families.
have been having pretty good
rest here and incidentally I've man.
aged to pick up quite little to eat on
tho side There are n great many
places wherf we can get something TO
eas but abort 5allAthev have is Freiieh
Tried pota teesSan1;coifee last niehtsI
hunted all over the place for something
to eat but every place that | knew Of
was sold ont SO I started in going to
every place that had LIGHT. Guess |
must have gone into more than twenty
places and still l hadu t been fed. |
was getting dosuerate when l saw'sa
door with Some kind of n sign on it. I
couldn { read what it was. but | took
\ chance and went in. Well, I was
never more lucky in my life. 1t was
rrivate house with a nice family who
were cooking fer few Of the boys.
| Here is what they were putting out:
All the steak. potatoes. bread and but
ter, coffee and apple fritters that n
man could eat and it ONLY cost six
| francs. You can Just bet l went there
| AGAIN today. Tonight I went to an
other place and had all the potatoes
| dap- Jacks and coffee I wanted and
there was a pretty little girl who
PLAYED tho piano while we were eating
There are several bakeries here but
the stuff they sell costs like the dickens.
| IN one place they sell little cream puffs
at two for a franc and at another two
cream tarts for n franc In spite of
tho price they sell all they can make.
| We got two month 8 pay dav before
yesterday, and the puffs and tarts taste
awfullv good There is some very
pretty lace here that I would like to
send you, but it's very expensive and
| IN told TINT there is quite a heavy
| duty on the American side
You don't realize how proud l am
that you took those Liberty bonds.
! That the right spirit and I'm glad
that my mother Is backing UP the boys
over here good and strong II 3 news
like that that puts life into the boys
when things are going a bit badly for
them. But then I always could bank
on Mummy" doing the right thing.
a shower bath was set up Yesterday
and everyone had n hot bath, after
which we were isued clean underclothes
and socks and new pants if we needed
them. | got new pair of the latter
for my old ones were all worn out
almost all rags. Life at the front i.
hard on one S clothes, and ii was es
pecially hard on them during that first
drive as we had to stay in the open al
the time and If was wooded country
with much barbed wire entanglements
: Up here we have stayed in some sor
of q house and the barhed wire ha.
! been very scarce.
| Perhaps by the time you receive thi.
| letter there Will be peace, for we hav,
heard unoffieially that there are Ger
! man ENJOYS in Paris now for the pur
rose Of negotiating and that German,
has been given seventy-two hours il
| which to sign an armistice and if the,
, don t sign they sure are going to &c
. all they are looking for. Austria sur
: did sign away most everything didn
: she? And at that she was lucky.
| sure would like TO see those tw
, little girls again Probably Alice won
) remember me, but l guess MadeIin
, will.
Its getting. late and / want to pc
p as much sleep as | can, for they wax
e me up when anything comes in and
e expect that | will he called ofte
+ tonight. Love TO all,
PAUL
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