TRANSCRIBED FROM THE LONOKE DEMOCRAT NOVEMBER 7, 1918 P. 6
Somewhere in France
September 26
Dear Sister:
Guess you are anxious to hear from me. I am getting along fine---have all the wine I want to drink, and am fattening like a pig. Bill Haskins and I are still together. We take a hike every morning before breakfast. It has rained almost every day since my arrival here, but we are fixed for wet weather, have rain slickers and caps, and a fine place to sleep. We are no ways near the firing line. All of the boys are in the best of spirits. It is very little we hear about the front lines. A French boy came in off the firing line last night, I sure wish I could have understood him talk.
Beatrice, don’t send me anything in letters except news, and you can put me in some writing paper to answer back, for sometimes it is impossible to get writing paper here, and it is always scarce. I will write as often as I can. But if you should not hear from me regular, don’t get uneasy and worry about me for I am doing fine. I haven’t received the box of cigars yet, bue sure hope I will get them. Write me every week, your letters are good to me if they are a month old when I get them. Much love to all the folks at home.
Allie Rich Bridges
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Somewhere in France
September 26
Dear Sister:
Guess you are anxious to hear from me. I am getting along fine---have all the wine I want to drink, and am fattening like a pig. Bill Haskins and I are still together. We take a hike every morning before breakfast. It has rained almost every day since my arrival here, but we are fixed for wet weather, have rain slickers and caps, and a fine place to sleep. We are no ways near the firing line. All of the boys are in the best of spirits. It is very little we hear about the front lines. A French boy came in off the firing line last night, I sure wish I could have understood him talk.
Beatrice, don’t send me anything in letters except news, and you can put me in some writing paper to answer back, for sometimes it is impossible to get writing paper here, and it is always scarce. I will write as often as I can. But if you should not hear from me regular, don’t get uneasy and worry about me for I am doing fine. I haven’t received the box of cigars yet, bue sure hope I will get them. Write me every week, your letters are good to me if they are a month old when I get them. Much love to all the folks at home.
Allie Rich Bridges
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON