Wait till you hear what come off today Al. In the first place my feet's
been going back on me for a long wile and they walked us all over France
yesterday and this A. M. I couldn't hardly get my shoes on and they was
going out for riffle practice and I don't need no riffle practice Al and
besides that I couldn't of stood it so I got excused and I set around a
wile after the rest of the bunch was gone and finely my feet got feeling a
little better and I walked over to the estaminet where that little gal's
at to see if maybe I couldn't brighten things up a little for her and sure
enough she was all smiles when she seen me and we talked a wile about this
in that and she tried to get personal and called me cherry which is like
we say dearie and finely I made the remark that I didn't think we would
be here much longer and then I seen she was going to blubber so I kind of
petted her hand and stroked her hair and she poked her lips out and I give
her a smack Al but just like you would kiss a kid or something after they
fell down and hurt themself. Well Al just as this was comeing off the door
to the other part of the joint opened up and in come her old man and seen
it and I thought all Frenchmens talked fast Al but this old bird made them
sound like a impediment and he come at me and if he hadn't been so old I
would of crowned him but of course I couldn't do nothing only let him rave
and finely I felt kind of sorry for him and I had a 20 frank note on me so
I shoved it at him and it struck him dumb Al and I got out of there and
come back to the Ark and it seems like I had been away a whole lot longer
then I meant to and any way I hadn't hardly no more then got my shoes off
and layed down when in come some of the boys.

Well Al what do you think? Gen. Pershing was out there to the riffle
practice to overlook them and I suppose he heard we was going to be out
there and he went out there to be sure and catch me and he was makeing a
visit around the camp and instead of him stopping here he went out there to