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Don’t worry about Harold getting sick on the cookies. I'm the official custodian (or hope to be) and he will have to take what I give him. Of course I can’t stop him from helping himself when I’m not around,
Well really Marjorie I haven’t any more news to relate this trip so I’ll have to close.with best love from both of U3
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Vernon, B.C,^
Sunday Evening,Nov, 1,1915,
Dear Mother,-
Had half an idea when I wrote my last letter that we would be starting for the coast in a few days, but apparently we are as far off as ever. Now we expect to leave some day between the 10th and ljth of November, but -whether we will or not remains to be seen. It is a certainty though that they can’t keep us here very much longer as the weather conditions are fierce. It has been blowing almost a continual gale since Friday night, with no sign of a let up. It is a common sight to see a fellow’s plate blown off the table into his lap at meal times. The meal tents are merely corered by a fly with no side walls so the wind has full sweep, and it sure takes advantage of it. We all wear our great coats at meal times and then almost freeze.
We all had to turn out for church parade with the 54th. today. They paraded in their great-coats but not us. They hold the services on the parade ground acroes the road from the camp. It is perfectly level for half a mile each way so you can imagine how the wind howled across the plain. We were lined up on the leeward side of the chaplain, oouldn’t hear a word he said, had no hymn books, so all in all we had one lovely time, I don’t think, I didn’t lose any time getting across to the Y. after we were dismissed to thaw out.
The sun was out this afternoon so the four of us took a walk up to an orchard we happened to know about, and invested in twenty five cents worth of apples. On the way back we hit a big haystack, so buried ourselves in it on the sunny side away from the wind and had a fine time. Went over quite a bit of the work we have been having lately, such as first aid, anatomy, care of the sick etc., so put in a fine afternoon.
Am glad to say that we are going to get our uniforms tomorrow, Have waited a long time for them, and they will sure be welcome. Also will have a new addition in the shape of a growth on my upper lip, when I get back. Had a "good" one when I first came up by letting it grow for three weeks but couldn’t seem to
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