Mr. Kinley Cisney
Ft. Miley Cal.

Dear Cousin:

      We received your letter and picture, and was sure glad to hear from you.

      We are proud of you, and hope that you will come back in as good shape as when you left. It's the Cisney in you. You had three uncles on your Father's side and one on your Mother's in the Civil War, so you see it's in the blood.

      There is a wonderful experience ahead of you; the ovation you will receive on your arrival in Paris, and the one at the end of the war will be something that is almost beyond our imagination. It will be the grandest welcome and the grandest farewell ever given to any one. Gee! But I wish I was eligible. I'd be right there.

      We got a letter from Memphis Tenn. telling us that cousin Joe Cisney had died May 17th and was buried at Colo. Springs. He been sick only nine days.

      Joe was a good Christian man. There never was any better that I ever knew.

      He leaves one boy about 20 years old. I'm afraid he wasn't much like his Father. He hasn't written to any of us yet. We heard it from the firm Joe worked for.

      I suppose your “dad” told you all about his visit to Ind. Last Oct. how he went almost all over Green, Monroe, and Brown Co's. That trip over to Nashville Brown Co. was just about the “limit” to him. He had as much fun out of as a boy. In fact he acted like a boy all the way there and back. He sure enjoyed that trip.

      Did he tell you of the crop of corn he saw on our main place? I'll bet he did. He didn't get over it all the time he was here.

      One thing we did to your Dad, we made a believer in a Ford car out of him. We went every place around here almost and never had the last bit of trouble. Our only expense even yet is gasoline. All cars need that you know and all of them need a lot more than a Ford. We haven't had a dimes worth of garage work done on it this year. If your Father and Mother come out this fall on a visit we will agree to try to wear it out showing them around.

      I must close for this time as I want to write another letter tonight.

      Mother and all of us will always be glad to hear from you. Yes, we will be anxious to hear. We will try to answer all your letters. Send Mother, if it won't be too much trouble and expense, all the post cards that you think will be of interest. She will appreciate it I know.

      If you ever get near here, any place in Indiana, let me know in advance and we will try to meet you.

      Write often to your Father and Aunt Hattie. Be a good boy and take care of yourself.