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Conger Reynolds correspondence, May-December 1916

1916-08-16 Conger Reynolds to Mr. & Mrs. John Reynolds Page 3

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in the sea west of Cape Clear, last signs of land, faded into the mist behind. All day we had been convoyed by a small grey cruiser. The sailors said that we were running out of the usual course, and it was evident even to the uninitiated that we were doing a lot of zig-zagging. So were precautions taken to foil any sudden notion of a submarine commander to send us down to keep company with the Lusitania. We had boat drill on deck and were ready to jump into our lifebelts and abandon the ship if anything happened. But nothing untoward did happen, and we are now far out of the danger zone with nothing to worry about except the danger of getting seasick before we pull up New York Bay next
 
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