the cotton-mill business in New Bedford, but as might have been expected his love of freedom revolted at that and he spent a few months with the gas drillers, then a soldier right through from the bell tents of Camplife to the dug-outs in the war zone, he has breathed the breath of battle and suffered the hardships of actual warfare. He has heard shells whistle and crash and machine guns (his own) rattle. He has seen men killed at their guns and has had his own companions blown to pieces by the same shell that by a miracle spared him.

He can talk most interesltingly on the manner sof the people of France & Englandand tell more about teh cities of gertmany & Great Britain than most books. He has very keen powwers of observation and as he has read very little his impressions & expressions are original and unconventional a sindeed are all his activities. Because of that unconventionalityt he is held in disrepute byt eh good people of Dover although I ust admire him for it at least I think I do, maybe I jjust admoire him in spite of it. Of course I can't help agreeing woith people when they shakle their heaeds and say it is too bad Quintin is content to waste his time selling ice cream and tempting the public with cupie dolls to throw at stuffed cats instead of turning