Excerpt from The Focus, Vol. 7: November, 1917 As soon as the maid left she sat down on her bed and quickly opened the letter. It read: Katherine, dearest, you said last night that you would not marry me because you thought that I was a slacker. Although I do not believe in this war and think that it should have been prevented at any cost, I have, nevertheless, joined the army and will leave for France in a few weeks. I have done this for your sake, and for your sake also I am going to try to see the justification of the United States for what seems to me to be a great waste of time, expense, and most of all, human lives. Remember, dear, if anything should happen, -that I love you and that you have always meant more to me than any one else. When I have done what you think is my duty, I'll come back. Until then, I am always yours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.