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Julie smiled “Yes He’s actually the reason we are here”

“Grandfather often spoke about hoould have died along with Kitchener on his ship that sank during a voyage to Russia But his father was gravely ill, and Kitchener had excused him from the trip”

“Ericka, we found a letter fro that Kitchener had sent hi,” Julie said “We’re hoping to locate that diary”

“If grandfather kept it, it would be here Please, have a look”

Julie had read Kitchener’s earlier diaries, which had been kept in s the shelves, she froze when she spotted a similarly bound book on the top shelf

“Suh?” she asked nervously

Stretching to her toes, Summer reached up and pulled the book down and handed it to Julie The historian’s heart began to beat faster when she noticed there was no title printed on the spine or front cover Slowly opening the cover, she turned to a lined title page In neat handwritten script ritten:

Journal of H H K

Jan 1, 1916

“That’s it,” Sue

Julie turned the page and began reading the first entries, which described efforts by the author to boost compensation for new military recruits She soon flipped to the last written entry, located halfway through the book, which was dated June 1, 1916 She then closed the book and looked hopefully at Norris

“This lost diary has long been sought by historians of Kitchener,” she said quietly

“If it o ahead and take it,” Norris replied, waving her hand at the book as if it were of no consequence “No one around here is likely to be reading it anyti baby

“I will donate it to the Kitchener collection at Brooe your mind about that”

“I’m sure Grandfather would be thrilled to know that there are still people around with an interest in Kitchener and ‘the Great War,’ as he used to call it”