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  • 4 March 1916

    Saturday 10.30 AM [February 1916] Dear Cath: It is just about 1 hour since we had our second installment of germs shot into us and judging from the way I feel a present I guess I will pull through this time without seeking my little cot. They say that a person only gets sick once…

  • 25 February 1916

    Toronto, Feb. 25, 1916 Dear Cath: We arrived O.K. Tuesday P.M. and have again settled down to our usual routine. We just got back from the Y.M.C. and have the rest of the afternoon to ourselves so I have a chance to write a few letters. I make it a point to do most of…

  • 3 February 1916

    P.S. Perhaps you spot the classy paper. I’ve used one whole tablet since I came down here. I’m afraid I’ll be “broke” as long as I’m in the army. Toronto, Feb. 3, 1916. 8.30 P.M. Dear Catherine: I found your last letter waiting for me when I got back from the armouries this afternoon. That…

  • 29 January 1916

    126 Robert St. Toronto, Jan. 29, 1916. Dear Cath, We’re still alive down here although at present the weather is bad enough to send any mutt to the graveyard. Day before yesterday it rained to beat the carp; yesterday it was very mild and very, very foggy. Today it is a whole lot colder than…

  • 21 January 1916

    P.S. – I don’t know whether I said this before, but I use both sides on account of the thickness of the paper. Toronto, Jan. 21, 1915 [1916].
Dear Catherine: I’ve just finished reading a letter from Mickle and in it he states that you and Craigie are intending to accompany “Happy” Cummings and her father…

  • 14 January 1916

    Excuse the writing on both sides, but this is the finest paper I could get, so it has to be done. 126 Robert St.Toronto, Ont.Fri. Jan. 14, 1915 [1916]. Dear Catherine: I’m a real Scotsman now (outwardly at least) for Bobier & I were taken in today, and believe me! it has certainly been an…