CEHBates_JanFeb1919_043d

being at the front!

Even now that it is so long over
I feel the effects of it – my hair is
coming in quite white around
the forehead – So hurry and
come home as I shall not
feel that the war is really over
until you do [underlined] come.

A letter came from Francis
Ramsey today her baby 2 1/2
years old has been very ill – with
phneumonia & abcesses in both ears
desperately [underlined] ill but they think [underlined]
he is on the mend at last – She