me all over.

[Illustration: "THE ONLY PLACE THERE FLAT IS ON THE MAP"]

[Illustration: "YOU CAN READ EM TO YOUR GRANCHILDREN"]

Now I got started an found a fountin pen an the Y.M.C.A. givin away
paper like it does Im goin to rite you regular. They say there goin
to charge three sents for a letter pretty soon. That aint goin to stop
me though, Mable. There aint no power in heavin or earth, as the poets
say, as can come between you and me, Mable. You mite send a few three
sent stamps when you rite. That is if your fathers able to work yet. And
willin, I should add.

Of course it aint nothin to me but Id keep these letters what you get
from me as a record of the war. Some day you can read em to your
granchildren an say "Your Granfather Bill did all these things." Aint I
the worst, Mable? Serious though I havnt found noone so far what has
thought of doin this except the newspapers. I guess Ill get a lot of
inside stuff that theyll never see. So this may be the only one of its
kind. But it doesnt matter to me what you do with them, Mable.

Later Ill tell you all about everything but I guess you wont understand
much cause its tecknickle. Lots of the fellos are gettin nitted things
and candy and stuff right along. Dont pay no attenshun to that, though,
or take it for a hint cause it aint. I just say it as a matter of
rekord. Independent if nothin. Thats me all over.

Yours till the war ends
_Bill_