May 12, 1916 - If anyone was looking to shoot me at sunrise . . .

Funny flowery letter with humor about his life as a lawyer.

May 12, 1916
Dear Helen,
If any one was looking to shoot me at sunrise today, he could easily have found me gliding along the blossoming cherry trees this morning, as the robins were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes, and as the early worms were arising to be caught – as alleged in an ancient proverb. Some language!
    There are two cases next week that I’ll have to try, that are very peculiar, to say the least. In one case to defend a lady sued for divorce, who denies the allegations and “defies the alligator” as twere said, and another to defend a man, who is sued by his wife and feels the same way as the other defendant. The latter is a minister, and the case will be trying in more ways than one. It would seem that some people have as much trouble navigating the troublesome seas of matrimony as the nations at was are presenting to the international situation. But votes cannot help domestic submarines.
    Expect to go to Temple tonight, what do you think of that?
Sincerely,
Joe
The next letter will be May 16.