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Calad to leave the babel sounds outside Soh there were tiibberish with the best of theht he was on such a wonderful sacred errand bent, that it seeh he wanted to keep his soul froet out of tune and so unfit him for the task before him

And then when he had seated himself before the simple desk he looked at the paper with discontent True, it was all that was provided and it was good enough for ordinary letters, but this letter to her was different He wished he had so to her! And now that he was here with the paper before him as he to say? Words seemed to have deserted hied over to the end of the bench away froained confidence and took up his pen: "My dear friend:----" Why, he would call her his friend, of course, that hat she had called hiain as she sat in her car by the station the day he started on his long, long trail and their eyes had ht from his soul: MY DEAR FRIEND: Your letter has just reachedto try to tell you hoonderful it is toI left home when you sreat surprise to me I had not supposed until that moment that you remembered my existence Why should you?

And it has never been froreet you e passed in the street I did not think that I, a ht to intrude upon your grown-up acquaintance without a hint froreeable I never blaive you the chance I siether natural It was indeed a pleasant experience to see that light of friendliness in your eyes at the station that day, and to knoas a real personal recognition and not just a patriotic gush of enthusias out to an unknown future I thanked you in my heart for that little bit of personal friendliness but I never expected to have an opportunity to thank you in words, nor to have the friendliness last after I had gone away When your letter ca it sure was soreat many friends, and plenty of people to write letters to, but somehow there was a real note of comradeship in the one you wrote o off to war and fight and et killed It was as if the conditions of the times had suddenly swept away a lot of foolish conventions of the world, which ood use perhaps at times, but at a tiravely and sweetly offered ood will As such I have taken it and a in it