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- the hay. For dinner we had steak and fried onions. Any oernici- tivenees I may have had in the eating line has entirely disappeared now, and the kid is rapidly approaching the seme desirable condition, Thus you need have no fear of putting a dish before us that we don’t care for, when we once more stick our feet under the family table. Of course I won’t guarantee that our table manners will be of the best, but I’m sure you wouldn’t mind if,for instance after finishing breakfast, I should wash my knife and fork in my cocoa, for fear there might not be any hot water for washing purposes, Just one of the many little tricks I’ll have to forego when we get home again,
I dropped Mr. Brayne a Xmas card a few weeks ago, receiving in turn a very nice letter, wishing us all the luck possible, and stating that he and Mrs, Brayne were sending each of us a Xmas percel. It was through fear of just such an event that I hesitated at sending the card, I tiall probability wrong, but at the same time I can’t help thinking that he imagines my sending the card put him under an obligation to reciprocate as he did. Oh Shaw,, I know I’m wrong, but the thought still persists. Am awaiting the parcels before writing,, but can promise you my letter will be a ’’bon" one, for he and hie wife were mighty kind to us, strangers in a strange land, and it’s up to me to show them that we appreciate very much this further act of kindness. When he says "We are looking forward to seeing you down here again”, "here” being Tooting Bee Gardens, I feel that he means it, and I can assure you that if we are lucky enough to;, get leave, highly improbable I know, but at * the same time possible will sure take advantage of their hospitality. The memory' of that dandy dinner we had lingers with me yet.
The last two days I’ve been on a working party, rendered necessary by the fact that the front of the main dressing station fell out. Doesn’t sound much to a layman, but to an experienced sandbagger it represents about four days work, there being from two to three thousand sandbags to fill. Was taken off the job this morning to come up to this post, much to my disgust. At1 that job,, five hours more or less (according to the men) strenuous labor constituted a day’s work, the night from 4 o’clock on being your own. Here though, we work when there is work to do, A day may pass without a case to handle, not an uncommon occurrence, but on the other hand we are often roused during the night to? take out a case. In this game speedy evacuation is in order, it being many times a case of lip or death with the man we are handling. In order to avoid delay,we usually sleep with all our clothes on, so should a case come in during the night, we’re Johnny on the spot.
Am afraid I’ve drifted away from the subject I had in mind, not an important one by any means, being merely an aocount of how we spent our nights after quitting our sandbagging operations.
The billet we occupied, was formerly used by an R.C.Chaplain, and consisted of but a single roan, slightly smaller than ours at
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