Short Fiction Harrison, Henry Sydnor: When I Come Back. v1. 5 Mar 2017

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Henry Sydnor Harrison: Born : 1880 Feb 12 Sewanee, Tennessee, USA: Lived : New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA: Died : 1930

Extract:
One day in October, 1918, an American soldier sat in a “little pit ” in a wood, writing a letter home. The principal thesis of his letter was jam, cited as “one of the most vital topics about camp now.” There was also a good deal about a cup of apple sauce, lately given him by a princely comrade; the repairing of trousers with the aid of a housewife, also a recent gift; wool socks, rainy weather and the prospect of billets; something of small happenings at home. In concluding, the soldier apologized for the material thinness of his letter, saying: “Our days are uneventful, and there is nothing much to say.”

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