July 11, 1918

Dearest Myrtle,

At last we rec'd the long waited for mail from New York. I got seventeen and tho they were old believe me I enjoyed myself for about an hour reading them just the same. I got four from you dated April 3- May 15- June 3- June 7 I also got your letter written from Knoxville last night. In the four I got in the N. Y. mail I noticed such a change in them. The first one was written with enthusiasm and life. The next one was a little less and each one