THE SOUL OF FRANCE.
M. Franklin-Bouillon read the followin; vouching letter (from a French soldiei George Belaud, a cook, to his wife), at i recent luncheon given by the America; Luncheon Club at the Savoy Hotel: — My dear Yvonne.—Don't be worried I have good hopes of seeing you again as well as my dear boy Raymond. lit commend you to take good care of youi self and of him, too, for I should neve forgive you if anything amiss happenei either to you or to him. Xov, if by ill luck anything wen wrong with us—for we are at war, ano of course, arc running risks —I hope yo will remain courageous, and be sure, i case 1 die, I have complete confidence 1 you : and 1 ask you to live for the sake (. •Hinging up my boy so as to be a righ manly and true fellow; and give him ,ood education, according to the mean it your disposal. Above all, when he is grown up, te; him that his father died for him, or, a least, for a cause that would be of servic 0 him and all the generations to come. Now, my dear Yvonne, all this is bi 1 mere precaution, and 1 hope to 1 ieside you and help \ - ou in your task >ut, as I have said, one never knows wha s going to happen. In any case we sol diers are advancing with good cheer anin the hope of victory. As for you, my dear Yvonne, be sure t have always loved you, and do love yo:
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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13275, 2 September 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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