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fL wjelui since tost last letter? /IMtHlMCbmiag to be haaatad bj jtni. waiting ghoet of fear. Breoki [)? ?. sera the delay la gatta nat 1 and: that of coarse you are all ^ td he even laogbs at me a fla. Bat, oh. my dear! pu eeray of Information we sal D tins-of the Americana advancing J JUthaow you are oat on the front iMBtahead. steadily, grimly. I 'BET*4* I were there to eee! Sometimes I do see; at night when 1 eyes ere closed 1 hare a vision ol 1, tall and proud, rushing forward. ? follow you and there are ragfcJT Your chin is up "and youi i; tjurown back?characteristic ht picture comes every eight. II towages me to believe that per ffctove may do what science canit carry hope and coaMeace freak [8lr.n<i*aaii like myself to you Ovei ifehrvolee ls beard through rollI That beat to battle where he [jHtrn Kroa his fancy cornea Jpad gtree the battle to hit .rWimember the poet's song, dear! (Mf Tdnnyaon, who "dipt tnto the Uui" spoke prophetic truth on things than lost the' "nation'! fJSaviea" and their "rain of ghostdew " shall try to be unafraid and long. I cannot afford to be afraid f t everything good. SHHMkad la raging anew against p. unspeakable barbarity which Kfr fcaipltal ships and tortures dy Mfo a vision of you, tall and proud, - idhlog lunmd. t ma. Thla last tragedy touched M&mBiary directly. Mrs. Hurray, laiW the members, has a guest soda sou went down with the ship. Mr hasband died at Verdua, and the far ma all she had. 8he was workfc with ns when the news came. She Iwt crf oat or speak or weep. But 1 rap shall I see such anguish as was Letter I helped her gather up the in* threads and plan what she gfet make of them. see," she said, "I'm the only MMtt to carry on. I have money to do something, and what Bbja over fifty, aad. Ilka myself, IMERICAN SOL MPACKSWEIGJ Sfhe marching equipment of the mean soldier oioraaes weight I ?t seventy pounds, and when It la / Med in place not much of the tyw drab uniform remains risible fcfct trench cap and leggiags. JOB hia back, whlcn, witn lua neip - hia Back and ahontderi, bean meat 1 tie weight, the soldier carries jtur hair, hareraack, trench heist. trench tool and blanket rolL JBfhed to Ua ammunition belt ara HBpl^and Jlnrt^ aid ^imckage at the ^uen kit containing knife, I^Hjaoon. cap and a combination imjjt ban and plate, all of ahrail(Kle anapended at one end of a MEwhleh paaaea behind the neck t? HOME FOLKS Win not only appreciate copies of ench and Camp, but will keep Mar-far you until yon return from Meniere. If jroo haven t formed hit of sending Trench and EfB yopr mother start today. If wm formed the habit, "conhe exercise." slways ku been "at home." The idea . fiaaBy cane to me. "Why a?t gtra taOi on "How to , Beat the Telia at Hojaa'T I sag. Tea ted. And 1 ostttsed a plan for exposing sack malicious reports aa , the Kaiser's assets hats spread around, his like the one about Red ; Cross sm>sts selling sweaters tslt ' for soldiers. There are a kindred and oae already traced back to Ger: man propagandists, according to the 1 Public Iaformatloa Committee at Washington. Of eaarn there wlB he ; others. She was qslte satiaOed with the ' Also she eternally <* HilppinfC on! at all honrs of the clay nnd night. 1 plan. She win go tract city to city . here and than to England, and with : her plWefc and atneerfty and the romance of sadness a boat her, I am ' rare the will "cany on." The house has seemed more teas ever desolate these last couple of weeks, hut that Is because I bare been afraid. I hare had your easy chair renpholstered la old blue tapestry, and Betty sad I are making a shade of old blae for the reading lamp. It all Is waiting for yon. Betty Is not robust as she was last year. I belle re she Is unhappy because of yoar absence, although she doeea't speak of It Her nature and yours are the same; still water towing deep, with Infinite capacity for joy or pain: And being only six, she is inarticulate. I don't know what to think of Clara Hew seises, say maid. Ton will remember I wrote that Annie was 111 sad this girl tsklag her place. She is extremely peculiar. She appears plodding and stupid, though a good worker. But several times I hare seen her suddenly keen, almost bril, 11 sat Once wss when she ordered someone away from the back door, a tramp I presume, though 1 didn't see. Also she eternally la slipping ont at all hours of the day and night. If she were not so competent I would let her go. But good maids are rare persons these days. Mr. Ballard oontinnes to shower as with kindness. He dropped in . here a couple of times and met Mrs. I Thomas. She felt the same dislike toward him that I felt at first. He says rather vague things about being unhappy; perhaps he Is misunderstood. Good-night, John dearest! Toalrht the vision of YOU and your eons Iradea will oome kgtla to comfort rae. May the "God of oar far-flaag battle llig" care for you. HOPS. DIERSCARRY KING 70 POUNDS i and crossing over the cheat bangs bei low the waist. On the other end of the strap are the tpedal toots of the soldier's branch of the army?the i wires and pincers of the Signal Corps er the wrench and jack of the Engineers. The shelter half or pap tent Is so aamod tsetses It makes half of a tant In which there la last room for two men to bonk. Rations and personal belongings, each ss soap, tooth brash, cigarettes and underwear, are car-1~? I. ?V? U?l .Tin clothing, however, is pat la a Assuage hag, which travels oa a supply wagon. BlaakeU are rolled la a waterproof slicker and the canteen Is encased in a canvass cover, which keeps the j water cool. t . ; ?. RIGHTO, MY LAD With anger in their souls, hatred in their j hearts. Contempt for curs who mash as men? > the I). Sr army starts. He marks his trunks for Berlin, and never doubts they'll go, Can anything deter such ment Bright echo answers Not" Ccnwr wiM have to redeem her chai If we can't tide these squareheads we a bock in America again."?Corpon don, U. S. A. ?.&: . , \ "We are a small nation, but we gave wh Belgian Minister to the United Sta 'We have readied the summit of the w the dope."?Marshal Ferdinand F 'We most keep the home push up foi the Treasury William .6. McAdoo. 'New that we hare the upper hand, the Duke of Aosta, commander of the On my calendar in Washington there . no date yet set, to go with the Ma in the triumphal entry of General twtn RarKn " ^ioArotorv rtf Nauv . ?ThFANSW P/fY TROOPS WILL \ ) r,/l/? THEM THE. / ^2j I AN5WLR ? KAtStf! HflLHCLH . TO -rftr y *%sr^ I , . ti * " pr l ill racter."?President Wilson. <~^A hould never show our faces hSBBBHHBl il T. R. Nulty, 77th Divi- j||p^ at we had."?E. de Cartier, J tea. . * ar and are now going down ^5^ - v r Pershing."?Secretary of re must be no stopping."? Third Italian Army. is recorded an engagement, fi \ (? ;(U . rine Band when it marches ,/'* Pershing's victorious army Joseph us Daniels.
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