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[Header] Executive And Legislative Councils
Pretoria

April : 5 :: 1903

My dear old Nan

I was very glad to get your and Mother's last two
letters. I wonder if you got a little scrawl I sent you
by a native runner from the Swaziland border. I am
very sorry to hear that you are not very well and out of
spirits. I hope you are having now a good holiday.
I have had numerous letters lately, including one from
Sandy Gillon in which he informs me that Tom Nelson
has been captured by Miss Margaret Balfour. I
think Tom might have done better than that long
ill-made girl, but he doubtless knows best his own
mind. Sandy is in despair about this spate of
matrimony: he says that now he & I stand alone
like 2 gnarled pines which have weathered the storm.
I regret to say that the Devil has been very active in