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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April-December 1919

1919-12-09 Daphne Reynolds to John and Emily Reynolds Page 2

I certainly told him a pathetic story about my wife freezing in our apartment because we can get no fuel."  It seems that the man was really impressed by Conger's talk, because he arranged to have a ton of coal sent to us, which is strictly against the rules.  He was about to sail for the state so I guess he didn't worry so much about the consequences as about the fact that an American family were uncomfortable, when it was in his power to help them. 
In the mean time, we didn't know the man had arranged to have coal sent to us, and Lee informed Conger that he's see what he could do for us.  When Conger told me that, I said, "That man needs encouragement.  You ask him out to lunch tomorrow, and I'll give him the best feed he's had in ages."  Which we did. 
I don't think I ever saw so uninteresting a person before.  He is absolutely dead from the chin up.  We fed him our perfectly good food, and because I had an engagement for the afternoon, I

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I certainly told him a pathetic story about my wife freezing in our apartment because we can get no fuel." It seems that the man was really impressed by Conger's talk, because he arranged to have a ton of coal sent to us, which is strictly against the rules. He was about to sail for the state so I guess he didn't worry so much about the consequences as about the fact that an American family were uncomfortable, when it was in his power to help them. In the mean time, we didn't know the man had arranged to have coal sent to us, and Lee informed Conger that he's see what he could do for us. When Conger told me that, I said, "That man needs encouragement. You ask him out to lunch tomorrow, and I'll give him the best feed he's had in ages." Which we did. I don't think I ever saw so uninteresting a person before. He is absolutely dead from the chin up. We fed him our perfectly good food, and because I had an engagement for the afternoon, I