Dear Catherine

Borden Fri. Eve. Dear Cath: I’ve no particular news to give you but I just received your letter and want to thank you for your kind wishes. You may be sure I won’t forget the many kindnesses you and your mother have shown me. And Margaret too, – tell her that if she felt any…

Wednesday A.M. Dear Cath: Well here we are once more – arrived safely about 5.30 yesterday afternoon. I suppose you know I got the dispatcher to stop a special about 2 o’clock yesterday morning. It sure was a monotonous trip tho’ for I had to wait 2½ hrs in Waterford half an hour on the…

Camp B― Wed. P.M. Dear Cath: No doubt it was a puzzle to account for the time it took that letter to reach you but I think I can solve the mystery all right. You see it was like this – I wrote the epistle before going in search of a post box and after…

Camp Borden Sat. 9 P.M. Dear Cath: Here we are at last in the famous “tented city” and the nickname is certainly an appropriate one. It’s a sight worth seeing. There are in the neighbourhood of 40,000 troops here now and they expect to have 60,000 under canvas(s) by the end of next week. A…

Niagara Camp June 22nd Dear Cath: Talk about your tough luck!! If I haven’t had my share of it it’s a mighty funny thing. Here I am laid up again and dear knows how long it will be before I can do a little hike without being a casualty. We went to Queenston last Friday…