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Show Lttitr Fron Francis Wilcox Deaumont, Mississippi, September 4, 1920. : My Dear Folks: Just llnlshod making my report for tho wook and doclded to spend tho ; remaining part of tho morning writing writ-ing lottors. Of courso you always : como first. Your lotter datod August 26, camo : yesterday and it was Indoed a plea- suro to hear you wore enjoying good health with tho exception of grandma. ; I truoly hopo that by this tlmo sho Is : able to eat three hearty meals a dny. : Tuesday night last I had tho honor : ot slooplng with Uncle Sam onco : moro. We woro trading through tho ! country to this placo and a kind : gentleman told us ot a short cut : through tho woods. Tho road was vory dim and whon night camo wo wero In a swamp whoro nobody hut negroes lived or could llvo. Wo, woro hurrying on to soma white pooplo and lost tho road. Attor about thrae hours of wandorlng tho moon camo up and wo found tho right trull again. It was about eleven o'clock but wo walked on until wo camo to a rivor, but alas, thore was no bridge, so wo spread sotuo pnpnrs down on tho bank and with tho clear blue sky for a roof wo lay down and slopt. Wo aroso early tho Uext morning, un-drossod un-drossod and forded the river. We walked until noon only passing ono whlto houso and at that placo thoy refused to give us broakfast so wo thanked them kindly and wont on. About ton o'clock wo passed a darkoy'H corn Hold, I asked htm for Just one oar which ho gladly gavo us. That furnished us with sustonanco until wo camo to a logging camp and boarding house. Wo didn't miss any monl8 wo Just postponed thorn from breakfast ono morning until dlnuor tho next afternoou, During that tlmo we wnlkedubout thirty-llvo ntllos so rived at those good saints. It Is such experioncos as that that causes ono to nppreclato homo nnd tho comforts of life They only strengthen our tostlmony 0r tho truo gospol and causo us to sook inoro dUlgcntly our Pathor In Heaven. Wo nro novor ,1 gratoful enough for tho groat bloss- woro mighty tlankful whon wo ar- J lngs Ho gives to each nnd ovory ono -Si of us. ' With host wishes and praying Qo4 to bloss you I remain, J Your son nnd brother, Francis Wilcox. uJ |
