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THURSDAY; NOVEMBER W, 1918I Letters from Our BoysW!PrrTO .“CY NOBLE.^(•By Kenneth G..-'Fisher in the Ta-' ' ; coma Ledger.')- • -When salty winds frtm off the Sound -Turning . crisp. -^brought.' football'round, • 1•He heard Gil Dobie's frantic call And put up defenses like n wall , Or. hit foes' lines with most a ton Of burly strength for-Washington.So when greater alma mater called. Demanding that he foes be mauled. The nation needed men like “Cy. Instead or standing idly by t.He hurled (limself at Hunnish hell And fell, a victim of shrapnel.The game goes on. He's out or it; They had to kill to make aim quit; No •more at Denny will the cry “You've done, nobly.” thrill our . -Cy;” : ..Who nobly fought'aixff-nobly died. And filled our every.-Jieart with pride.But when in nation's, halls and state jWo write upon the heroes' slate ...The names of thos* who gave their ail . • v. . •To fulfil) their country's call:In letters deep we.shall carve.high The name of Noble. Heroic “Cy.Soldier Loses Fingci-s.Carl Allred or this city, a soldier in the 3Glst Infantry, has-had the ends of Tour fingers on his right hand amputated and is at Base Hospital No. 37. Dartford. Kent. England, according to a letter received •by his brother. Clyde Allred. The ' soldier suffered from blood poisoning, which developed from a scratch on bis hand, sustained when he waved from a car window while his regiment was going through Chicago. In hip letter young Allred told of having seen the king and queer, ‘of England, who waived at him when they passed the hospital.The soldier wrote as follows:U. S. Base Hospital No. 37. Ward It; Oct. 19. 3 91 S. Hartford. Kent. England.Dear Brother Clyde:— Received j your most welcome letter a couple ! oe days ago and have been pretty busy, so didn't answer right away. Did I say I couldn't use my hand? Well, I guess that was right at the time. It is quite a bit better now. although I'm working right* along in the laundry hero. I can’t close my fingers over half way up. The first three are off at the Hrst joints, and the joints below them are so they won't bend but just a trifle, and it 5s the same with the little finger. 1 will explain in a few words bow I got my hand-hurt. I knocked a .little skin off the second knuckle ot the little linger while passing through Chicago, by waving my hand out of the car window as we went through, against a* hanging mail bag. Well, the damage done to the finger .was so slight 1 didn't bother about having it dressed. You-canjust bet it bothered me a day or two after we landed in Camp Merritt. N. J. --•‘Well, the doctor had the-poison checked a day or so before we took leave for Europe. 1 wasn't on the boat but a couple of days when it broke out again. 1 spent the rest of the time coming over, nine days ir. all. ;r. my bunk, and every day the doctor made an incision on the fingers and the back of the hand.“Well, my boat landed in Cdelet-!ed) aud they took me to the hospital there. The consequences are that the doctor had to take the tips off the fingers. They were .taken off on the 22nd of July, and here* it is three mouths and not well yet. Of course, they are healed, but are very tender-yet. and the cold effects the band. I hope I can stay here this winter and have a good-warm job in' the laundry, where it is warm. 1 can't seem to keep warm. Other fellows will keep warm yith only two blankets, and I sleep cold with three on. . Well. 1 guess I can stand it. as I'm not dead yet. I've stood it so far.' Say. Clyde, what do .you think! I've seen the king and queer, of England. They were ojl last Thursday and the king spoke to me. I was feaning out of one of the laundry windows when they passed and the king waved his hand and said 'Hello!'.“i bet you are wondering if I've been to London. Well, I. came through London when' I came here from Glasgow. Scotland, but never have beer, there on a visit yet. Last Saturday I had my pass and everything all ready, but when I came to go out 1 could not. as an order came in to let no one out who didn't have his identification tags or.. I had lost mine some five weeks before, so couldn^t go. I'm having some more madQi so I'll be all right next lime, which will be next Saturday, if I can. It is only about lG miles lo Loudon from here. I'm going in with an Englishman, Mr. Stuart by name, who knows London, that is. most of the places of interest.‘•Well. I will liitYe- to close soon. ' We have moving pictures here three or four limes^ week, and on Sunday an entertainment, singing and comic. Oh. we are pretty-well ofr for shows, anyway. We have a good sermon , every Sunday at 3 0:30 a. ni.. which I enjoy very much.••[ will enclose a clipping from one of the papers here with my picture In it that was taken by a moving man. Will you please send it with this letter to Daisy. •Well, t will say goodbye for this lime. Tel) Anna 1 wish I was thereto have some or her good cake and good cooking ail round. Yum! Yum!1 would enjoy it now.As every, vour loving brother.“CARL ALLRED.* P. S. I got a nice leticv from Dean not long ago. . *I'dI'd I. I M I Stlgnlt;11 SC* '• gaI ga Hav To i I sp \nd The:FUISE usur bein Chai El F gest. ihc iufai frier tend cont Chai tere; nuni and char II o hi since cons ins wher
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Centralia Daily Chronicle
Centralia, Washington, US
Thu, Nov 14, 1918
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