Please do a large amount of cheering, etc., for we are free! Today the old M.D. smiled us “forth from Egypt, out of the house of bondage”. No one sick now. Cripples were marvelously cured over night and all that sort of thing.
Today was a fine day. Everyone was up early and all primed to murder any one whom the doctor should call sick. For he had said he would lift the ban if he found no more sore throats. When the car drove into the yard we were all lined up. There we stood, fingers crossed, out in the yard as the doctor passed one “ah-ing” man after another. Two or three were held to one side just to tease us, but everyone was O.K. and there was a mad rush for the gate.
We had dinner early today because of a football game. They’ve sort of beaten a team into shape here and we’re in the Paris league. This was our first game. It was held at a large field outside the city, and I had the job of piloting some 16 royal rooters to it. We lost, however – 19-0. It was a fine game, and the score doesn’t tell half. Watch us next time.
Aren’t you rather glad that the peace talk came to nothing? After all, the best news has always been that of the daily gain. That’s what’s bringing us peace faster than anything else. One doughboy is better than a hundred words.
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