D. Co. 116 Can
May 13th 1917
Dear Mither
I tried to get this written yesterday but after two pages I got disgusted with it for I admitt I was sure feeling pretty blue but I was not very busy & by the time I had finished Jessie's letter I was feeling a bit lonely & homesick but feel much better today. Besides I was broke & couldn't buy choclate & I have missed a lot of mail somehow. However I guess it will catch me up sometime soon. I think what was worst of all was that I was thinking how next month would have cleared up that house deal & we would be able to have things real comfy for a while without the worry but it was not to be so I guess we'll have to wait a while for it, but not so very long I hope, but with such bull-headed gvt's I don't see how they can come to a decision for they won't even discuss peace & when two parties won't talk business they can't make a deal eh! Of course it is not the gvts that have to suffer.
This is a great day & Sunday again. We are back for a few days rest which was pretty gladly accepted. The life up the line is rough & tough but here everything is real fine for the army. Nice little huts & excuse the expression very lowsy little huts to sleep in but we're getting used to our friends now & like everything else we harden to them in time.
There are several ball games on today which I intended to see but I thought I had better write a letter or two & see if I could not coax one or two to come my way. I have only had one letter from you in over 8 weeks -- the only others I got were one from Jessie & one from Amy Frampton. They all came together a few nights ago. I expect others to come in soon for in yours you said you did not know if it were right about Bert Haynes or not & I hadn't heard anything had happened him. Besides he was a qter master Sgt. & they don't go within five miles of the line & if he were hit it must have been by the merest chance. In fact it is all chance for some fellows have been in for months & never happen to be in the right place to get hit while others get it before they get right in. One fellow on our draft was wounded the first night when we were up on a work party. He hadn't been at work 15 minutes when he was on his way back to Blighty with a wounded head. Then Fred King was not in France more than 2 days & had just got into the line when he got it in the arm. You remember me saying that one of Jim Davis's boys from B. H. was with our Battn. Well he was killed poor chap the last trip in. The big majorty of the fellows get wounded but a few are unfortunate & he was one of them. He was a pretty fine chap & very good hearted.
Well mither I guess I must quit now as I am getting hungry which tells me it is nearly supper time. Now don't you worry about me & don't worry about every-one being so frivolous for this part of the world is a sad mistake & why should it all be sad. It does not help a bit. Love to Dad & the girls
Lovingly Rae
