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View of loose item on ScrpBk1_06-verso: typescript of letter written by Georges Destrubé for his family, May 2-25, 1917. Page 14 of 19.

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  • [start page] - 14 - the building of that house was a real labour of love, no work ever appealed to us more than working among logs in the heart of the woods. And we got on together so great. --- Day after day with saw and axes we drove down on the bob-sleds with Jack and Nell to the end of the Lake, scouted out the straightest trees, felled them, had lunch, ladded up and back with our load at nightfall, and we chatted always, all the time we worked too - for it all interested us so. --- What happy days those. It was then that Paul properly became one of us, and we learnt to appreciate him thoroughly: such splendid company was Paul. That was a memorable meeting we had that time at Edmonton where I met Guy and Paul together. I had come to Edmonton to meet Guy before he went North and to appeal to Lessard and the Government Authorities for a settlement of the Eldridge affair. In this we were fortunately succesful. We were together a week, what a great time we had that whole week. Theatres, Pictures and little suppers and at special places Paul knew, and long, long talks at night at Paul's bright and comfortable boarding-house, and we met Paul's friends, among others - Fatty Byron (whom Maggie would remember). We <del>ask</del> schemed a great adventure too, - a big trip that was to come off after the House was built and after Guy had come back from his journey North and the Eldridge business was settled up. It was a journey by canoe, to last about 4 months, the route would cover numerous lakes and rivers in a very interesting country, to the north-east and one we wanted so much to know. We were enormously enthusiastic about it. [end page]
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