"Every fall since the war began there has been some terrible blow to our
troops--Antwerp in 1914, Serbia in 1915; last fall, Rumania, and now
Italy, the worst of all. I think I would give up in despair if it were
not for what Walter said in his dear last letter--that 'the dead as
well as the living were fighting on our side and such an army cannot be
defeated.' No it cannot. We will win in the end. I will not doubt it for
one moment. To let myself doubt would be to 'break faith.'
"We have all been campaigning furiously of late for the new Victory
Loan. We Junior Reds canvassed diligently and landed several tough old
customers who had at first flatly refused to invest. I--even I--
tackled Whiskers-on-the-moon. I expected a bad time and a refusal. But
to my amazement he was quite agreeable and promised on the spot to take
a thousand dollar bond. He may be a pacifist, but he knows a good
investment when it is handed out to him. Five and a half per cent is
finve and a half per cent, even when a militaristic government pays it.
"Father, to tease Susan, says it was her speech at the Victory Loan
Campaign meeting that converted Mr. Pryor. I don't think that at all
likely, since Mr. Pryor has been publicly very bitter against Susan ever
since her quite unmistakable rejection of his lover-like advances. But
Susan did make a speech--and the best one made at the meeting, too.
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