Show sausages sausages for breakfast sausages S te s for breakfast I 1 can smell e em I 1 small joe came tumbling downstairs fastening the belt of his shorts as he came he made a beeline for the kitchen pop was already sitting at the che table reading the paper while mom held the handle of the frying pan over the stove small joe came close and sniffed the delicious smoke wriggling g all over with early morning joy better be thankful for them while you can still get them ons one glance glanca at moms face told small joe this was one of her tight lipped days nota not a drop of coffee in the house and no sugar left to put in it if there was some war small joe kept still letter for you son pop said in his quiet voice small joe made a leap for his place at table there it was a private personal letter for him alone propped against his milk glass iley pop its from brother small joe was pulling the envelope apart and diving into the contents hey look what he sent me he passed over an oblong of thick cri crinkly kly paper while he leaned over the sheet of whitin writing paper e r 1 A twenty we t y five dollar war bond pop said slowly mom turned and looked at it over pops shoulder with the frying pan in her hand listen what he says how are you doing kid hurry and grow up so y you can help me slap the japs A arent r nu you most big enough to get into the army heres something for you in your name lets the whole family gang gang up and help to win this war were small joe notice that he was full of his letter and his war bond 11 gee pop in six years I 1 could g get et into the army I 1 pop gee pop I 1 want to be a soldier like brother and fight in this war gee that bond nifty look it was issued in honolulu its mine but pop was looking at mom and mom was looking at pop there were tears in moms eyes she shook her head sharply pop reached out and patted her hand gently well cant can t let our soldier boy beat us to buying war bonds can we old lady was all he said she shook her head again 1 I guess if he can give up his jo job and and go off to war I 1 can do some ishii fighting ng back at home she said in a queer voice voice small joe looked up at her in surprise she saw him looking at her and spoke sharply well joe were about ready to eat say grace small joe folded folded his hands and bent his head as he had been taught oh lord we thank thee tor for this food and all thy bountiful gifts amen pop said amen mom said now eat your good sausages story from an actual report I 1 in in the files of the treasury department amen say yes take your change in war stamps the least you can do is the most you can buy in war iyar bonds U S treasury Tirra jury Depart departments mens |