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Conger Reynolds correspondence, May 1918
1918-05-03 Conger Reynolds to Daphe Reynolds Page 2
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mother's sake and your sake and mine do anything like it again. Honey, I am not dictating. I know you too well to think I can tell you what to do and what not to do. Besides I'm not that kind of husband. I'm just letting you know my concern over the risks you took, and over developments that may follow. I wish I could know what has happened in the month your letter has been on the way. I hope your baron has turned out to be a sure enough spy. Twould be annoying if he proved to be only an imposter. But the papers under the lining of his ha t- and evidently containing cipher messages - that phase should rather destroy his chance of being considered only an ordinary imposter. I hope Colonel Mumma got the papers all right and sent them over to the War College to be deciphered. How does it feel to bring down a Boche? I might ask you, as the newspaper men always do the aviators when they come back from shooting down a Hun plane. Your own work was simply dashing and it had its dangers. If your catch is convicted and imprisoned or shot you will have done a lot more than many soldiers will ever get a chance to do. I should like to hear the whole tale. At the same time that I am raving at your having done the thing and insisting you mustn't do it again. I can't avoid admiring your cleverness and feeling proud that I have such a quick
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mother's sake and your sake and mine do anything like it again. Honey, I am not dictating. I know you too well to think I can tell you what to do and what not to do. Besides I'm not that kind of husband. I'm just letting you know my concern over the risks you took, and over developments that may follow. I wish I could know what has happened in the month your letter has been on the way. I hope your baron has turned out to be a sure enough spy. Twould be annoying if he proved to be only an imposter. But the papers under the lining of his ha t- and evidently containing cipher messages - that phase should rather destroy his chance of being considered only an ordinary imposter. I hope Colonel Mumma got the papers all right and sent them over to the War College to be deciphered. How does it feel to bring down a Boche? I might ask you, as the newspaper men always do the aviators when they come back from shooting down a Hun plane. Your own work was simply dashing and it had its dangers. If your catch is convicted and imprisoned or shot you will have done a lot more than many soldiers will ever get a chance to do. I should like to hear the whole tale. At the same time that I am raving at your having done the thing and insisting you mustn't do it again. I can't avoid admiring your cleverness and feeling proud that I have such a quick
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