Such good wishes I send you, and such love to you both.

May the good Lord bless you as he has blessed me--with the best of women, with the best of daughters.

I am a proud husband and a proud father; and soon I will be a HAPPY husband and a HAPPY father.
Good-night, dear heart.
RICHARD.
PARIS, December 28th, 1915.
DEAR OLD MAN: Hurrah for the Dictator! He has been a great good friend to me.

I will know to-day about whether I can go back to the French front.

If not I will try the Belgians and then London, and home.