Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

and ice cream sodas in the U. s. A? Somewhere, in the long ago, l remen- Der seeing them, but it is all ancient history to me now.
 Before the war the German mark was worth 24c, now it's worth about Sc, but the German people still use 1t at it's former value. We get paid in francs: of course, it varies, due to the current rate of exchange. This last pay I believe we received 5.S0 francs for S1, and we get two marks for one franc at the '; M C; A. headquarters' The poster of our show reads:
 Vaudeville. Vaudeville. The Fifth Machine Gun Battalion
 Presents
 ECHOES FROM BROADWAY,
 An Afflicted Man,
 One Act Farce.
 Mirth and Melody
 Sparks and Thornton.
 Harmony Four,
 Master, Smith. N'igSenest and Harris.
 Far From Home, Thornton, Meredith. Gray and Moss.
 Stranded.
 Horacl and Bjerk.
 Finale.
 Ballet.
 Here Evening, at - O'CLOCK.
 Echoes from Broadway.
 Don't know just when we will be home Expect to be here during the summer and wouldn't be surprised if We stayed here during the winter Like one of the jokes some show had: i "Why is pine tree and the Second division the same?" Because they never leave.''
 A year ago now We were in the trenches in the Riegor sector near We IEert- into the trenches ] on the night of March 27th. I think il was, and the first man was killed early in the morning of April 1st. When we came out of the trenches, about May ! Sth, some of the men bought baby fox from a French soldier for 40 francs Then he was about as big as a kitten and very cute and playful. We fec him on raw meat, eggs and anything sweet. We named him Pete" anG soon he grew as large as dog. A' night we could hear the other foxes barking in the woods and Pete would ! set up on his launches and yelp til i dawn. We kept him on a chain ant last August while campel in a woods after, coming out of the Soisson drive 1 1 made a dugout for Pete just outside 1 my tent. One night l woke up ant l Pete was licking my nose and biting my ears, as playful as could be. The next morning when I awoke I couldn' i find my wrap leggings. overseas cap ol 1 pistol belt. I saw Pete peeking out O his dugout and reaching my hand ir , there 1 found my leggings, etc. He hai l dragged them in there during the nigh and made a bed of them. 1 After leaving Beaumont in the Ar t, gonne, where we were when the armis. 1 tice was signed. I only saw Pete { l couple of times and didn't see hin again until about two weeks ago. Bil Patton came up the street here witt l Pete on his shoulder. Patton said tn, l fox was quite vicious now and would 1 only let just few pet him. I walked 1 up to Pete and the minute he saw m, he began to whine and shake all over 1 talked to him and he sprang iron 1 Patton's shoulder to mine and began 1 licking me on the nose and all over m, face, whining like a puppy He. cer 1 tainly remembered me all right. A few l days later he either broke his chair and got away or else someone stol, and killed him. We have never seer him since. but he is really better of if he is free. A number of times ", 1 talked of turning him loose Give my regards to all on the staf that remember me. Trust this will fin, you well, happy and enjoying a bi: tappetite, as I am.
 Yours sincerely
 ] PVT. EARLE L. SPARKS. Co. B. 5th M. G. En-, American E. r
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