The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-05-31

for my going as some little sparrow or
something. OF course don't mean
didn't pay any attention to the Differ
ent things you said, because I always
did, and used to worry over II be-
cause l was afraid some day II would
get you into trouble, and I'm mighty
glad you've cut II out. That's right:
you be regular girl now. You always
we're one, and knew that all right.
I'm not MS scared TO write to you as
was to talk 10 you, so guess You know
l was mighty tickled to get your letter.
II sounded blue, but I was glad to get
II. You bet I'll write to you'll don't
suppose you could have any Idea how
glad was to get your letter. ] could
sit here and write to you all day II
/, they'd let me, but I'm corporal now.
When you answer. this, ! wish you'd
say how the old town looks and IL the
grass in the front yards is as green as
1t usually is, and everything And tell
me some more about everything you
think Of when you are working down
at the Red Cross like you said. guess
I've read your letter five million times,
and that part ten million. mean
where you underlined that you and
what you said to yourself at the Red
Cross Oh, murder, but ] was glad to
read that! Don't forget about writing
anything else you think Of like that.
"Well, ! was interrupted then and
this is the next day. OF course can't
tell you 'where we are, because that
darned censor will read this letter, but
| / guess he will let this much by. Who
do you think ] ran across in a village
yesterday? Two boys from the old
school days, and we certainly did
shake hands few tines 1t was that
old foolish Dutch Krusemeyer and Al
bert Paxton, both of them lieutenants.
/ heard Fred Mitchell is still training
| in the States and about crazy because
they won't send him over yet.
IF you have any idea how glad l
was to get your letter. you wouldn't
lose any time answering this one. Any
how, Pm going to write to you again
every few days If get the chance. be-
cause maybe youll answer more than
one of 'em.
"But see here, cut out that sent you
| to be killed stuff. You've got the
wrong idea altogether. We've got the
big job of our lives. we know that, but
we're going to do 1t. There'll be mis-
takes and bad times, but we won't fall
down. Now, you'll excuse me for say
| ing it this way. Dora, but don't know
| just how to express myself except
saying of course we know everybody
isn't going to get back hOme-but lis
ten, we didn't come over here TO get
killed particularly, We came over to
| give these Dutchmen HI!
| perhaps you can excuse language II
l write 1t with blank like that, but
before we get back we're going TO do
what we came for. They may not all
| Of them be MS bad as some of them
It's a good thing you don't know what
| we do. because some OF II would make
you sick. As ! say, there may he quite
a lot of good ones among them; but
we know what they've done to this
country, and we know what they mean
to do to ours. So we're going to at
Tend to them. or course that's why
I'm here. II wasn't you.
! Don't forget tn write pretty soon,
Dora. You say In your letter. GER
faiRly was glad to get that letter.
well, you say have things to do more
! important than girls Dora, J think
you probably know without my saying
so that Of course while have got inn
pOrtant things to do, just as every
man over here has, and everybody at
home, for that matter. well, the thing
that is most important IN the world to
me, next to helping win this war. it's
reading the next letter from you.
Don't forget how glad I'll be TO get
It, and don't forget you didn't have
anything to do with my being over
here. That vast was something
else. And you bet, whatever happens
I'm glad l camel Don't ever forget
thatw
Dora knew il was something else"
Her memory went back. to her first rec
objection of him in school from that
Il
time on he had been just mn ordinary,
everyday boy, fioundering somehow
through his lessons in school and
through his sweethearting with Milla,
as the millions OF other boys houn-
dered along with their own lessons
and their own Millas. She saw him
swinging his books and rOmping home
ward from the schoolhouse, or going
whistllng by her fathers front yard,
\ rafting a stick on the fence as he
went, care-free and masterful, but shy
as a deer II strangers looked ut him,
and always mot much Of a talker."
She had always felt SO superior to
him; she shuddered as she thought Of
II. His quiet had been SO much better
than her talk. His Intelligence was
proven now, when 1t came to the great
test. to he Of q stronger sort than hers.
He was wise and good and gentle
and a lighting man ave know what
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