text_original: Soon after he reached France he had written back, "If anything should happen to me, Mr. Dick, I've fixed it so they'd tell you first, and I know you'll make it as easy as you can for my mother. Not that I'm worrying, but a fellow gets to looking out for things here." Mikey's thoughtfulness was justified. As Dick held the message which came to him at daybreak and tried to frame words which would be gentle and merciful, he felt utterly helpless.
text_transcription: SOON AFTER HE REACHED FRANCE HE HAD WRITTEN BACK IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO ME MISTER DICK I'VE FIXED IT SO THEY'LL TELL YOU FIRST AND I KNOW YOU'LL MAKE IT AS EASY AS YOU CAN FOR MY MOTHER NOT THAT I'M WORRYIN BUT A FELLER GETS TO LOOKIN OUT THE THING'S YEAR MIKEY'S THOUGHTFULNESS WAS JUSTIFIED AS DICK HELD THE MESSAGE WHICH CAME TO HIM AT DAYBREAK AND TRIED TO FRAME WORDS WHICH WOULD BE GENTLE AND MERCIFUL HE FELT UTTERLY HELPLESS
phonemes: sˈuːn ˈæftɚ hiː ɹˈiːtʃt fɹˈæns hiː hæd ɹˈɪʔn̩ bˈæk, "ɪf ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ ʃˌʊd hˈæpən tə mˌiː, mˈɪstɚ. dˈɪk, aɪv fˈɪkst ɪt sˌoʊ ðeɪd tˈɛl juː fˈɜːst, ænd aɪ nˈoʊ juːl mˌeɪk ɪɾ æz ˈiːzi æz juː kæn fɔːɹ maɪ mˈʌðɚ. nˌɑːt ðæt aɪm wˈʌɹiɪŋ, bˌʌt ɐ fˈɛloʊ ɡˈɛts tə lˈʊkɪŋ ˈaʊt fɔːɹ θˈɪŋz hˈɪɹ." mˈaɪkiz θˈɔːtfəlnəs wʌz dʒˈʌstᵻfˌaɪd. æz dˈɪk hˈɛld ðə mˈɛsɪdʒ wˌɪtʃ kˈeɪm tə hˌɪm æt dˈeɪbɹeɪk ænd tɹˈaɪd tə fɹˈeɪm wˈɜːdz wˌɪtʃ wʊd biː dʒˈɛntəl ænd mˈɜːsifəl, hiː fˈɛlt ˈʌɾɚli hˈɛlpləs.