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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918
1918-07-17 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 3
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place. Since I came back to the office in Lorraine I have been almost altogether at office work. I hope you havent wasted any concern about my safety, honey, for I haven't been in a hazardous place for more than a month. And it looks as if I am not likely to be in the immediate future. I'm held pretty closely to the vicinity of my desk. I don't remember Gibbons' story about the black man. It may not have been up to his best. I think I know what you mean by your criticism of Gibbons' style. There is something lacking. The same thing is true of a good many of the correspondents. Really good writers are scarce among them. I often wish I could step into the place of one or another of them just to see what I could do. It probably would be no
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place. Since I came back to the office in Lorraine I have been almost altogether at office work. I hope you havent wasted any concern about my safety, honey, for I haven't been in a hazardous place for more than a month. And it looks as if I am not likely to be in the immediate future. I'm held pretty closely to the vicinity of my desk. I don't remember Gibbons' story about the black man. It may not have been up to his best. I think I know what you mean by your criticism of Gibbons' style. There is something lacking. The same thing is true of a good many of the correspondents. Really good writers are scarce among them. I often wish I could step into the place of one or another of them just to see what I could do. It probably would be no
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