Part 4 (2/2)
hills It will be over before you know it Now you have to be brave, see? Just like you hen dad died Reood-bye because I' but remember the Atlantic Ocean isn't a one way street Just chalk that up on the wall, and speaking about oceans don't forget about the water by the woodshed and do what I told you
So now good-bye dear old Muo near Paris like you said Hicksville is good enough forabout this oldtroop of scouts and htful
”It's a letter he was going to send,” Artie Van Arlen finally said
”Who?” Doc Carson asked
Artie shrugged his shoulders ”Somebody or other, that's all _we_ know,” he said ”We don't even knoho he was going to send it to; there are a whole lot of dear old mothers”
”You said it,” commented Roy
”Let's see the other papers,” one of the scouts said
The only other contents of the wallet were a s card The paper with the blanks filled in was so s moisture that the written parts were undecipherable The paper was evidently a leave of absence from ca the s in the space where the date had been written the scouts thought they could determine the date, or at least part of it _Sun--1918_ was all they could be sure of
But fortunately the calling card appeared to confirraved with the name of Helen shi+rley Bates In the lower left hand corner was engraved Woodcliff, New Jersey On the back of the card ritten in a free feminine hand _For dinner Sunday April 14th, 1918 One o'clock_
”What do you make out of it? What does iteach other, asked, as these memorials of an unknown soldier boy were passed around froerly read
Of all the scouts Westy Martin, of Roy's Patrol, was the soberest and htful He had the most balance Not that Roy did not have balance, but he never hadit
”Whoever he was,” Westy said, ”it looks as if he got a leave of absence to go to the girl's house for dinner Going this ould be a shortcut to Woodcliff Maybe he was going to take the train up fro to mail the letter to his ested
”Yes, but why didn't he?” Doc Carson asked
”It's ato do?”
”Break it to us gently,” Roy said
”Soirl and find out what that soldier's na to send the letter to histhat?” Vic Norris asked ”The soldier has probably been home two years by now”
”I don't care,” Pee-wee insisted; ”the letter is to his ets it”
”Are you going to get a soda while you're up at Woodcliff?” Roy asked hireat veheot a letter that went astray you'd want it, wouldn't you?”
”You're talking in chunks,” Roy said ”Go ahead and see the girl if you want to I bet she'll think you're sweet Only coet to caeto buy tar-paper for our old car”
”There ht have been a thousand dollars in this wallet,” Pee-wee re,” Roy said