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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-14 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2
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heard from Norris. He wrote to say he had seen that official photograph in which my frame appears. Characteristically he had nothing else to say. If it were not for the postmark and the stamps I should not know from it where he is. I am writing this in the office, where I am remaining tonight for two reasons. One is that I don't want to go to bed yet. The other is that I can do nothing else if I go home because I lack facilities for keeping my light from shining out. And shine it must not during the period between the sounding of the alerte and the clearance. Almost every night recently we have had the warning but never a sign of a raid. Today a rumor has been going around that the Germans have announced by dropping a note their intention to bomb our town tomorrow night. Knowing how well-founded rumors usually are in the army I take no stock in this one. I shall not wait up for the raiders. Nothing very startling had disturbed the even baritone of my young life these last several days. Yesterday I went a-riding in a limousine to meet a Congressman. The rendez-vous was forty-five minutes away through a pretty strip of country. Arriving, I found the train an hour and a half
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heard from Norris. He wrote to say he had seen that official photograph in which my frame appears. Characteristically he had nothing else to say. If it were not for the postmark and the stamps I should not know from it where he is. I am writing this in the office, where I am remaining tonight for two reasons. One is that I don't want to go to bed yet. The other is that I can do nothing else if I go home because I lack facilities for keeping my light from shining out. And shine it must not during the period between the sounding of the alerte and the clearance. Almost every night recently we have had the warning but never a sign of a raid. Today a rumor has been going around that the Germans have announced by dropping a note their intention to bomb our town tomorrow night. Knowing how well-founded rumors usually are in the army I take no stock in this one. I shall not wait up for the raiders. Nothing very startling had disturbed the even baritone of my young life these last several days. Yesterday I went a-riding in a limousine to meet a Congressman. The rendez-vous was forty-five minutes away through a pretty strip of country. Arriving, I found the train an hour and a half
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