The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-08-21
LETTER FROM LIEUT.-COL W
B. WYNN.

CciVeU your leCCer OF June 3Oth
| received yours of June % on the
9th of July. / am sure you have
received many letters from me
since writing your letter Of the
Both of June. The first lette
that / wrote you telling you of
Germaine being sick got to you
in a very short time and no doubt
the others were not so fortunate.
The Doctor told me today that
he did not think Germaine would
have another relapse, and that
it there was no trouble she would
continue to improve and would
be out of danger in another week.
It will be the middle of August
before she can quit the hospital
at the least.
1t she gets strong again and
everything goes well, we should
will be able to sail by the 1st Of
September for / do not see how
| could stay over until November.
AS it is will loose three months
work.
lam in the best of health. I
spend most of my time writing
upon aviation, and reading his
cory. Even at that, it is hard to
pass time by. l go out to the
club and play golf and tennis,a and
that is about all there is to do.Liv-
ing is awfully high, it costs me
over $500 day to live here ex-
cepting my room,and it takes two
or three dollars a day for Ger
maine. For about ten days they
led her on champagne alone, and
chat cost $500 a bottle.I have
spent over 100000 the last two
months. Well if she will only get
we'll, do not care if it takes every
cent l have.
| guess that Cole is at home now
and that his wife, father and
mother are happy. Have him and
MS wife to come out to see you. |
last saw him about the goth of
May.
| had store here mail some
photographs to you. want you to
save some of them for me. l have
SO much luggage now that could
not take them with me.
sometime ago sent box to faith
er by American express. It should
get there by the first of Sept.
anyway. It contains some things
chat | wish to keep. If you open
The box, which you may do if you
desire, do not let the things get
crushed up.There are three Ger
man helmets some shell cases and
few other things in the box. I
do not remember all that l have
sent to you by mail from time to
time, but some of the things |
will want, while you may have re-
ceived packages containing things
that | intended for you, Just
keep everything in good condi-
ton until / get there, and we will
sort them out.
In your last two Letters you
failed to mention how Grandma
was. / am very much worried a.
bout her. hope your next letter
will enlighten me as to her.
received the two Brandon
News"you mailed to me. / see
that papa has entered the po-
litical arena. His name in the
News was the first I knew of it
Firm all appearance it would
seem that he has clear field of
battle.
In the Air Service we could call
it "a clean sky,not a hun to be
seen. Well ! hope him all the
luck in the world. / will donate a
pair of engineers boots and
britches to the County Surveyor
| when elected. If Rankin Co. will
elect Col. Sidney McLaurin as a
member of the Board of Supervis-
ors and Joe Wyn the County Sur
veyor | am sure that it will have
good roads and few hills.
It is quite late, / must quit for
tonight.I hope all Of you are in
good health. Give my love to all.
Lovingly Your Son,