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smells of of the Bousch, our Popot
is in a devure[[?]] of a very fine Alseasin family. The man was prisioner in germany for three years. he has many interesting things to tell. as soon as we arrive at the end of our trip I will go to Paris and aske to be released in April. Then I will go to Charelsville and report to my directors the result of my work, since I left them the 29 of September & probely[[probably]] will not get my letter from you for a nomber of days. because the Head office does not know where to find me when we are on the road, Elibisth[[?]] cointry[[country?]] is very fine. The part we went through reminds me of many places I have seen in America except the houses are different. We passed Strassburg in the night so had no chance to see this city would like very much to see it and may [strikethrough]]go[[/strikethrough]] take a trip to morrow by Auto

Transcription Notes:
Popot— possibly misspelling of popote, French for a cook Alseasin— possibly a misspelling of Alsatian, (a person from the Alsace region of France). Charlesville— possibly a misspelling of Charleville-Mézières(?), a commune in France