I maintain that he is as true to them as any man in spite of anuthing that may have happened. he is not a tough in a y sense of thre wpord eithe rin speech or habits and he can claim the admiration of thr syternest of his accusers simply by his personality, polished manners suavity and ready flow of well though out conversation. So much fior Q & D, as for old Tobe he has "just plugged along through it all not a mile away from tje high bioard fence of the od garden , a farmer just as he always d=saud he would eb=be, proud of the name an dlovingthe the profession, enjoying the music of the north west blast of January and the dsong of the first Rosingnol of Spring and the poetry of an aching back at sundown as well asa f=fresd cut meadow in the morning. I think that his what behold shim to it, the n=usic & poetry of it all certainly not the money he ahs made, although even tnhetre he can;t complaiun he has always ahd plenty to eat, plentry to wear and a hus eover him which is more than the ther two have had always. It is gtrue of cours ethan when his old pals were on ther march to the call of the. ugle, he often straine dhard at the bit, but never kicked over the traces, but it is also true that whule in the trenches of Franmce or the barracksof Sin=beria the other boy;s hearys were being excited by the