Some of these stories were written while the Great War was still
on. So the setting and local coloring and atmosphere and all that
sort of thing, such as it is, came from those strenuous days when
we heroic civilians read the war extras with stern, unflinching
eye, bought as many Liberty bonds as we were told we should, and
subscribed to various drives as cheerfully as we might. Have you
forgotten your reactions of a few short months ago? Perhaps then,
these may revive your memory of some of them. You may note with
disappointment that Torchy got no nearer to the front-line trenches
than Bridgeport, Conn. That is a sentiment the writer shares with
you. But the blame lies with an overcautious government which
hesi-tated, perhaps from super-humane reasons, from turning loose
on a tottering empire a middle-aged semi-literary person who was
known to handle a typewriter with such reckless abandon. And where
he could not go himself he refused to send another. So Torchy
remained on this side, and whether or not his stay was a total loss
is for you to decide.
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