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most of the people over there
forget some fellows over here
a good deal. They seem
to think that if they
write you a letter you
have to answer it before
they [acknowledge - crossed out] will
write you again. At
Xmas you see the said girl
didn't write me till New
Years Time and then
only because I sent
her a Xmas card. You
can see that I certainly
appreciate the way you
girls write from home

Reg and I were
pretty proud of those
pictures Darcy sent us
as they were so good
of him. I hope he is