CEHBates740

always on the ground or at least on
the land and you generally have some
place to go to. Don't think that this
life is anything remarkable – its not.
And duty such as I have estranges
one from the world to which one
belongs.

I was awfully pleased to hear
that you had at last met Abigail
Dowden. I think that she is as
you say "class" and then some. She
is also very accomplished in
every way and I am awfully
sorry that I have lost her. She
is probably married now – she
wrote me that she had decided to
do so and the date was last
month. So you see there is another
disadvantage to the Navy – you
never remain in one place, long