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Conger Reynolds correspondence, May 1918
1918-05-10 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 8
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My land, Hiram! It's worth going to war to meet all the great men you speak of. Elsie Jane's chauffer! Only fauncy! I don't know what I'd give for the chance. You are not the only one who rides about in limmersines, tho. No later than yesterday - or were it day before - I rode home in a Henry, with the Sheriff. And to show me what a reckless devil he is, he went about fifteen miles an hour. But listen! That isn't all. When we reached the campus drive, he driv with one wheel on the cement walk, all the way, just to show what complete control he had over the buggy. Riskine our lives! Flirtine with death! Reynolds, you have a very brave wife! Oh my word you have. I can't feel very sorry for anyone who is made lonely by the sight of a pretty Red Cross nurse (I presume she is pretty because you said she looked like me) especially when that person
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My land, Hiram! It's worth going to war to meet all the great men you speak of. Elsie Jane's chauffer! Only fauncy! I don't know what I'd give for the chance. You are not the only one who rides about in limmersines, tho. No later than yesterday - or were it day before - I rode home in a Henry, with the Sheriff. And to show me what a reckless devil he is, he went about fifteen miles an hour. But listen! That isn't all. When we reached the campus drive, he driv with one wheel on the cement walk, all the way, just to show what complete control he had over the buggy. Riskine our lives! Flirtine with death! Reynolds, you have a very brave wife! Oh my word you have. I can't feel very sorry for anyone who is made lonely by the sight of a pretty Red Cross nurse (I presume she is pretty because you said she looked like me) especially when that person
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