CEHBates504

that I dont write, but I am so
busy in the office that I cannot
write there, and when I come home
I am too tired to do any thing, but
I will try to write oftener, as I know
how lonely it is to be away from
home and feel that you are forgotten.
Lesley is home, but I dont see much
of him, as he is always going out
on some business or other. I believe
he is taking some night courses
in Marconi sending, and also taking
a course of lectures on the subject.

This afternoon Geo Martin and
Roberta came down, and I felt
like hugging him because he reminded
me of Richard Bates in his uniform. He expects
to go on one of the latest destroyers
to the war zone. He is at Mare Island
and he figures that Richard Bates is bound
for Buenos Ayers [Buenos Aires]. We have no servant
yet and Mother is doing without for
awhile, as Les may he called any day,