"You paint a horse black and white stripes" . . . . . . . . . . . 24
"I spent mine doin Kitchen police" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
"I wish that hired girl could come down" . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
"A croquette is a French society woman" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
"I sat next to a Colonels wife" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
"Men hate to be watched while they are freezin" . . . . . . . . . 34
"I had a reputashun for a devil with the wimen" . . . . . . . . . 36
"It seemed to depres them awful" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
"If I catch one of those ailin enemies windin up your victrola" . 40
"Stuck my head out of the blankets" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
"When I looked in the tin mirror I thought I was starvin" . . . . 44
"They come round an watch you eat it" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
"Army food always runs" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
"He smokes cigarets something awful" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
"I poured some oil out of his lamp" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
"I even got mud in my hair" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
"The water comes through on me" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
"The last time I will take my pen in hand for you" . . . . . . . 58
"It wont be no use runin to the door" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60



Dere Mable

Love Letters of a Rookie

_Dere Mable:_

I guess you thought I was dead. Youll never know how near you was to
right. We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite. I