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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April-December 1919

1919-12-09 Daphne Reynolds to John and Emily Reynolds Page 1

12/9/19
Dear Father and Mother Reynolds,-
Here is another letter from the cream-poker.  I should say from the ex-cream paker, because it's been so long since I've paked any that I've forgotten the feel of it. 
I'm sitting with my feet up by Friend "Salamander", keeping as warm as toast. It was funny, the way we got that coal.  Conger told me that Lee Shillinglaw was here in the "Y" service, and he also told me how much time he took up, often on Conger's busiest days, by coming up to the office and gabbing.  Conger said he supposed we'd have to ask him out for lunch some time because he was an Iowa man, but that he was a deadly bore and we'd probably both be violently ill after listening to him all thru a meal.  We kept putting off the evil day, and one day Conger came home and said, "Say!  I met a man thru Lee Shillinglaw today who has charge of the coal in the Red Cross, and

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12/9/19 Dear Father and Mother Reynolds,- Here is another letter from the cream-poker. I should say from the ex-cream paker, because it's been so long since I've paked any that I've forgotten the feel of it. I'm sitting with my feet up by Friend "Salamander", keeping as warm as toast. It was funny, the way we got that coal. Conger told me that Lee Shillinglaw was here in the "Y" service, and he also told me how much time he took up, often on Conger's busiest days, by coming up to the office and gabbing. Conger said he supposed we'd have to ask him out for lunch some time because he was an Iowa man, but that he was a deadly bore and we'd probably both be violently ill after listening to him all thru a meal. We kept putting off the evil day, and one day Conger came home and said, "Say! I met a man thru Lee Shillinglaw today who has charge of the coal in the Red Cross, and