January 5, 1917 pg4

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again to tell her brother in sin
what a wicked world this was
and what poor cooks were in it.
Guess Jessie was and is so
worried about the attention Tom
Hill paid to the other young lady that
she hasn't time to waste over yrs truly,
but if I ever get back to Granton
she wants to have an eye for me.
Granton must be some "villers"
now to have a newspaper eh? I suppose
items like this will appear- A
rain cloud passed over the village
this am but was too busy to stop.
So Manworthy was firing on the
GBR eh? Wonder why he don't
tackle a mans job and fire in the
line?
Well Sis as usual there
is not much I can tell you. We
were out of the line for Christmas
and New Years and are still out
for rest and training but mostly