Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
gust ~ yesterday and forwarded

gust IL yesterday and forwarded
it by dispatch rider to me today.
In going through it thoroughly
| believe there is q little some
from everybody, and l
think we ever did get so
much news since we. have been
across the pond, You can
not imagine how much joy we got
out of them. To read them put
right back where you were.
l could just taste all them good
eats that Leota was writing about
Is it possible that such things
are std in existence! It's nnbe
lieveable to me now. just think
today for dinner we had salmon
and cooked tomatoes. that's all.Of
course, we have better than that
most Of the time, just once in
a while they run short, like we
used to at home pretty often.
You all understand me. I guess.
And Mother, she has to go and
tell us all over again about that
good spring water she had to
drink, l was listening for that.
You know | never received a let
ter from Mother that sounded as
good as that one of hers. AS l
was telling her in another letter
today, she wrote like a girl in
stead of a mother with so many
kids Il forget how many now. l
am certainly glad she got to
make the trip, as 1t seems a trip
to Mansfield each summer keeps
her alive until the next summer
comes around. She has never
failed to go a year yet, and l am
afraid for her to miss one. Aunt
Sarah, you don't know how much
| appreciated your letter. You
are the same Aunt Sarah, can
write just as good a letter as you
used to do, only I can't say that
you write as often as you used to
but | think l understand all right
Guess it keeps you busy writing
to Ira. l was certainly glad to
get Ira's address, as l had been
trying ever since l came over to
get it, so now 1 will have a chance
to see him if we get near each
in the future, and l am certain
we will sooner or later. II we
have ever been near his division
[ have not known it, and l KEEP
my eyes open all the time except
at night. One of the Hyndmar
boys from Beulah is also in his
division, so you see l am liable tt
run into a whole nest of friends
/ hope so, as4I have not seen any
one I know yet since coming oy
err outside of our own regiment
1t seems like you are having lots
of visitors this year. They SURF
do like to come down and ge
some good square meals, don
they? Sure would make then
pay FOR their board if | were yo'
Understand Walter was ais
down for awhile. I'll bet you ha'
to do some cooking to get hin
fed up, didn't you? l hope the,
left a little something, as | wan
to come down soon as we get tn
Kaiser, and it is going to TAX
lofts of grub. l forget l al
sending copies of this letter t
the rest of them, they might &C
mad. You know the truth hurt
some time, Guess I had bette
send a copy of this toWalter ais
so he won't have any come bac
at me. Maybe / can get a fus
started and get you all to writin
Don't you see the idea? We ce
tainIy was glad to hear of Crane
t pas health had improved
much. He must take care
: himself this coming winter, {
we sure want to see him whe
this war is over. Tell him he W
9 2 have to go some If he can put
a better story than we will hav
= We have been through three.go'
scraps. The real good one W
) with the British in' the .spril
J when we we're forced to take t
Z lead with Fritz right on our het
a tie certainly can make sol
speed in both marching and fig
ling all at the same time. In fl
= he was away ahead of US W
t his airplanes and artillery Fl
We we're real lucky to get o