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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April 1918
1918-04-18 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5
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also known as German police dogs - in Germany. Do you know them? - They're built like wolves only they have long pointed noses and pretty eyes, and they are very intelligent. It is easy to get them here, while I hae me doots aboot the availability of Russian wolf hounds or Danes. What do you say to a policer? It is pleasant to contemplate your feeding me tough steaks and heavy bread. I giggle girlishly when I think of that feature of the future. Somehow it's not easy to visualize. You did feed me extraordinarily well one evening last summer, but even so I didn't have your ability as a cook in mind when I proposed. You've no "insulted" at that are you? I warn you I won't eat leather pancakes, though. I know too well how to make 'em myself. I haven't any sympathy for the proverbial young husband who suffers behind false compliments. B-r-r! See what you face? You'd better make the best of the offers from the mama and Aunt Flo (you know, my Aunt Flo - isn't it funny?) to instruct you. I wouldn't dare say all this if I had any doubt about your becoming an expert. But even if you shouldn't, we might struggle along in some sort of peace and harmony. My happiness is not altogether dependent on a satisfied stomach. And we might eventually become affluent enough to own
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also known as German police dogs - in Germany. Do you know them? - They're built like wolves only they have long pointed noses and pretty eyes, and they are very intelligent. It is easy to get them here, while I hae me doots aboot the availability of Russian wolf hounds or Danes. What do you say to a policer? It is pleasant to contemplate your feeding me tough steaks and heavy bread. I giggle girlishly when I think of that feature of the future. Somehow it's not easy to visualize. You did feed me extraordinarily well one evening last summer, but even so I didn't have your ability as a cook in mind when I proposed. You've no "insulted" at that are you? I warn you I won't eat leather pancakes, though. I know too well how to make 'em myself. I haven't any sympathy for the proverbial young husband who suffers behind false compliments. B-r-r! See what you face? You'd better make the best of the offers from the mama and Aunt Flo (you know, my Aunt Flo - isn't it funny?) to instruct you. I wouldn't dare say all this if I had any doubt about your becoming an expert. But even if you shouldn't, we might struggle along in some sort of peace and harmony. My happiness is not altogether dependent on a satisfied stomach. And we might eventually become affluent enough to own
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