No Date Letter 1
[n.d.]
Dear Mother –
Don has just been up on 2 days leave. He is on draft and expects to go to France any day now.
Don looks fine – fatter than ever and is in awfully good spirits. He came up late Friday afternoon – Good Friday – and came here to dinner and stayed all evening Sat. pm. I was off duty so we went in to town and saw "Chee Chin Chon". I wrote you about it before. I enjoyed it even more the second time. He came back here for dinner and I said Good-by to him that night, for he had to leave early Sunday morning. His leave was up at noon and though he wired for an extension it was turned down. However he has done very well for leave since he’s been over.
He is glad he’s going over at last for Shorncliffe was very monotonous and most uninteresting. I gave him his money and will send him what he needs after he is settled. He is getting one of the boys to wire me when he leaves and I will write you at once.
He will probably be back of the line for some time unless they use cavalry more than they have in the past. So don’t you worry Mother dear.
Eric reached the 2nd Field Co. alright. I had a field Post card written March 31 – and I expect a letter any day now.
Later –
I had a note from Gerald Marryat this am. giving Eric’s address –
Headquarters (Intelligence Section)
2nd Brigade
1st Can. Division B.E.F.
So he has his transfer now and the rest is on the [ ] of gods.
I have had no word from Don yet so he is still in England –
I am feeling pretty fit again but we have had our little disturbances and I have found it hard to settle down to writing.
Andrews and Campbell were warned for France and in that event I expected to have to carry on. A girl I dislike and distrust has pulled wires to get herself sent back here and I would have had a hell of a time.
However Andrews isn’t to go after all, and I can breathe freely again. I’ll write the whole "gruesome" story later –
To-day I went to town and bought a hat 12/6 in Selfridge's basement – pale blue and very becoming. Had lunch with Forbes and asked her if she really meant there was a chance to go to the office if I wanted to. She said there had been but as things were there she advised me to keep out. I thought afterwards I was a fool not to jump at it but fate is a great thing and has done well by me so far.
Well dearest Mother I must stop. You are so good about writing I hate to let days go by but you know what I am when I’m low in my mind. I’m all right now –
Lovingly –
Helen –
April 11 – I think.