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Soldier S Letters

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Woolfo1d, this county, have receiv--
ed the following letter from their
son, Private Stewart Parker, 154 F..
A. Brig. HID, A. E. F.:
Pierrefitte, Feb. IS, 1919.
Dear Mother:
| This is Sunday night, and 1 will
pen a line or so to you. l received
another letter from you tonight. i
went after the mail this afternoon,
and we got quite good bit, too, but
1 did not expect any from home, as
| had received two letters yesterday,
one from you, and one from Mamie,
written while she was in Virginia.
| She said she dreamed of me, ana
! that | was real tall, so tall she could
! hardly see my face. Well, L hope
! her dream will come true, so far as
seeing me. but I don't think l will
| be any taller, for 1 am not growing
| that way. I am about the same as
ever, but there will be some change
| in me when I get back to the States.
| We go about twenty miles after the
| mail. and there is snow on the
ground, and the old Ford would slip
! and slide, but she went, just the
same. They don't want us to use
| any chains on the French roads they
| say they ruin the road, but hardly
think they could get much worse for
| there was so much travelling done
here while the war was going on,and
we are travelling over some of the
worst of them now. We have some
German prisoners with us, and they
have to work on the roads, fixing
them. These prisoners We're captur-
ed by our Division, the 18th.
Mother, do you ever hear any
thing about the 10th Division, when
they are going to let us come home?
l think in two CT three months there
will be something doing over in the
States means We will be there;
what about that? 1 can't say that
am homesick, but you know, Moth
er, there is no place like home. L
don't care where you may go, and
how well you may like it, but when
YOU think of the dear old homestead,
I will then say that's the place for
me. l never will regret the time l
have spent over here, even II L am so
eager to get back. Of course, we
IoI ho, times hit
experience has been great, and we
will never regret it. Never will l
forget what war means. l will tell
you all about it when 1 see you. This
town where we are now is not very
large, but much better than the one
we moved from. We have electric
lights TO write by now, instead of
candles. Do you take notice of the
paper I am writing on? Well, got
it over at the Division Headquarters.
That's where we go after the mail
The salvation Army gives us the
paper, and they sure are doing som6
fine work for the boys over here and
so is the Red Cross.
You were telling me about Mr.. Jul
liam Parker's brother being dead; al
so Mr.. Lake Travers. Well there has
been many soul passed away the
past wear, from Flu and war.
have had an awful cold for a month,
but am feeling much better now.
Yes, Mother, l will take care of my
self the best l can, for after a While
I will be home, and then it will all
seem as a dream, as the song goes.
am expecting to get "a furlough
soon, then a fellow and l are going
to Paris. l think that is about the
only city in France that | haven't
seen, and I surely must see that be-
fore leaving this country.
Tell Papa not to work too hard as
am not doing much now, but IN my
travelling around in the Ford l see
lots of the soldier boys working on
the roads. Mother, am sending you
a picture of the camp where we were
so long in training on gun practlce.
This place is Camp La-Courtain. You
can have it framed. We had just
moved from this place to the front
when the armistice was signed, anu
believe me, my hat went in the air.
Now, Mother, I will close. By the
time this reaches home it Will De
time to begin farm work. Glad you
are all we'll Give my love to Hat
ties family, and all who ask for me.
Tell Louise I was sorry to hear she
had the humps so bad. l received
the Gods Revivalist, also two other
papers, and enjoy reading them so
much. Now goodbye. Love to SIS
ters. God be with you will we meet
again. Your only boy,
Orian Stewart Parker,
154F. A, Brig. HID, A. +. f.