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black smoke and flaming ovens are still doing their share. In other nearby towns though I noticed that the furnaces were shut down so the work must be carried on under difficulties. Children were [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[romping]] in the streets of every hamlet and town along the line ^[[or carrying the black portfolios containing their school books,]] indicating as forcably as ever that the French have become acclimated to War and in spite of guns trained on them and theirs they still "carry on".

Nancy saw us in the evening. A visit to the park and a pleasing meal in Stanislas Square held us till our ride back to the field we call home. Our car had no lights and it was as dark as they make 'em when we rode back to camp. As a diversion the day was a success.

I returned to my Spad and its interests and spent [[strikethrough]] yesterday and [[/strikethrough]] today getting the