The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-01
VII
DEAR UNCLE BILL: It is very hard

when your heart Is ANXIOUS but, am
striving to do my duty however growing
for Betty, as a soldier would have to stick
on Che job even if he had bad stommaek
ache or some other mallady to which, flesh
is heir to. - .--...
We are now engaged in the Liberty
Loan Drive and, you need not be uneasy
lest your affectionate Nephew is doing his
bit. We shall once more go over the top
if S. C. j. Jr. can have a say. Us boy
scouts are cleaners as, yon may know
which means that we come in at the end of
everything and have to take a chance on
our friends having waited for us TO get
around. We gather up the leayings from
the regaller eanvaSers, though some folks
will wait for us so that we may have
better record. But we do get a great
many people who the men miss:
There are question blanks and they gave
them to US to land out and get them
signed up because it is not very pleas
ant job, and some people do not care to
sign them at all, they say what business
of yours is it if we have bought bonds or
not, indeed one lady as big as a tank and
she had red hair chased me. She said
was, rude impertanant boy, your father
had better put You to work she cried and,
I did not try to talk to her as I would of
to a man, they are not so savage. She
appeared to be really dangerous.
Another man talked a long time and
said he could not buy bond as he was
going to buy ear before they stop letting
cars be sold this winter The very next
day man said he wanted to buy bond,
he lives away out in the country where
went on my bike thus, combining busarless
with pleasure but he said he would have
to sell his ear to do it and, he was willing
because, gasless Sunday took his only
chance TO ride away so, what do you think
I did.
Well uncle Bill l went to the first man
and told him how cheap he could get car
second hand and he said yUu show me a
decent car for that price and it viii save
me the cost of bond which, you can then
sell me. And I went to the other man
again and said if sell your car will you
buy a bond and he replied viii and 70
make long story short Uncle Bill got
by with II and the man who sold the car
said boy What do you get out of this. I
replied proudly get the glory and Uncle
Sam gets the money, and good for you he
said LII give you a commission. will to
said the other man dolers. So l said
Id rather not take It and, insisted firmly
I could not unless could have it in war
stamps and they said of course and 81
they each gave me a war stamp. Now
Uncle Bill what, do you know, about that.
Well Uncle Bill Dad said III take one
for each of you kids SO he ordered four
50ies. Then l went next door for |
thought those people should not get by
they are, the ones thought might be ger
mans YOU know, and he was 50 nice that
l am sure he is not a BIT more german
than me and you and, he said I've got 5
thousand in the loan but, if you sell ten
bonds LII be no. IL. So you bet | will
make good on that.
Wei Uncle Bill what do you think The
first house | went TO when our canvas be-
gan | sold 100 and the second house
was Il man whose only been here few
weeks. he works in an airoplane factory.
So he said well I'm buying bonds at the
factory and, besides some in my old home
town 50 | cant do much here but, III do
something. Now he said about how much,
have you been averaging. So l said
well Mr. Wright | haven't sold anything
lessen a 100 and he said I'll take a 100
then because. don't want the folks around
here TO think I'm under average. Ever
since I've been feeling e1treemly worried
that was dishonest or not quite honest
which, is not Just the same think but, al
most equally bad What do you think,
Uncle Bill was it a wrong thing for a
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