17

New York. -- After a fine fast run
from Chaumont we arrived at Tours
at 9:50. Left Tours at 11 o'clock for
St. Pierre, left St. Pierre at 12 o'clock
on the Bordeaux express for
Partiers. Got into Partiers at 1:45.
Had a wonderful time there. Bummed
around with Perc Brown.

Monday May 29, '18.

Left Partiers at 7:17 for St. Maxient.
Arrived at 9 o'clock. All the boys
that were left greeted us with open
arms. The place is beautiful. A
real transformation has taken
place while we were gone. All
the shade trees are covered with
leaves, everything is green. The
new Y.M.C.A. is completed, and
it is a dandy. One bad feature is
that Capt. Velsey is our C.O. But I
am fortunate enough to get away
from him by getting on the M.P.
force along with eleven others of
our fourty eight fellows that
returned from Gondrecourt.

Had a funny trick played on
me in a cafe this afternoon.
The girl made a mistake and gave