The colonel closed with some good advice to his son about caring for himself on the march and in camp, drawn from his own experience both in the Mexican war and the present strife.
Harry read his letter three times.

Then he folded it carefully and put it in an inside pocket of his tunic.
"Is it good news, Harry ?" asked Happy Tom, who had already finished with his own letter.
"Yes, it's cheerful." "So's mine.

I'm glad to hear that your father's all right.

Mine didn't go to the war.

I wish you could meet my father, Harry.