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Dearest Mother -
We are still penned in but are all well as yet. Graft came back from the
hospital & is in good health except for a sore throat & they almost
starved him to death. He lived on cocoa and eggnog for a week. I think
they will lift the quarantine any day now because the doc finds us all
good every day now. This was only a big scare but they use all precautions
to check anything like that. I signed up for ten thousand insurance
yesterday & willed it all to you, so you are rich at last. It only costs
me six dollars and eighty cents a month and is good for five years after
the war. That is it is changed to peace time insurance and is good then
forever. The weather here is ideal and we get lots of good exercise. I got
your box the same time as your letter & it was fine, only one glass of
jelly was broken. I'm sorry Grace and Ben are so up against it but I think
Humpy agrees with me that if I were them I'd get married right now and end
all the worry. Since I started this, we were ordered to stop all mail but
a fellow is going to take it to the PO for me. All of our officiers (sic)
have been transferred but the new ones are allright. I’ve been in the
kitchen again & although I can tolerate it I don't take to scaling fish
and
[illegible]at all. I'm sorry Fritzy didn't get to come down here with
us. I hope I can be there when they search Emy Overholt for liquor. Ha!
Ha! I must hurry through mother dear, so I can get this off to you. Tell
Aunt Annie I got her letter and I'll ans as soon as I can get the chance.
Love to all
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