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shower every hour or so. Then
they try to sleep for an hour
or so as we walk up and
down all night. It is a joke
some fellows get so tired that
they stretch all over soon as
they are finished. One fellow
is trying to sleep now and
there is a sailor tickling him
behind the ear with grass.
He is so sleepy he jumps up
and kills a fly and says
I got him and trys to go to
sleep again, then the other sailor
starts over again.
You asked is I ever see Von
Mark? No he is not down here
with us. I have written to
Mr Darius and Harry.
Received the tabacco from
Aunt Kelta and wrote back