Letter to Horace from Somewhere in France

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Somewhere France
6-6-18  

Dear Horace:–

I received your welcome letter tonight, We have looked for the Canadian mail for some time it makes it all the more welcome and it does me good to get your letters each time.

I guess that you who are left on the farms will have a buisy time till duration but just do what ever you can and don't worry about any thing else.

I don't want you to do one thing on my place after the crop comes of this fall because you will be accomplishing less down there than you would at home. I don't care two straws about it going to weeds until I get back. If I am able I will soon change it when the war is over, if I an't why someone else will, but you just do what you can at home it will amount to more all right and that is what counts every bushel you raise will help.

Don't worry one bit about my place at all, I am lucky to have it whether it brings in one penny untill duration or not, the first consideration is to get he Bosh beaten then we will get home and pay the taxes and etc. untill then no use to worry. san fary ann. as the french man says,

Just think much luckier we are than the french civilian that is getting his real estate pounded to bits every day his home layed in heaps of brick his women and children sent running down the road with nothing more than the cloth they can carry, then comes the Bosh along and drinks there barrel of beer and eats any thing that is eatable I guess.

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Well bye bye old boy the best of luck as ever your loving brother Laurie.