Item 01: Alan Keats Gordon letters to Nellie Clark, 18 August 1914-30 August 1916 - Page 292
Primary tabs
Transcription
[Page 292]
5. little matter of ours as others do. Fred. S. must have been pulling my leg, when he told me he saw the photographs. One of your letters must have gone astray, as none that reached me, mentioned having received my cable. I sent you another cable from here, when we first arrived, but of course have not had time to receive a letter in reply. Thanks for the puttees, they're fine, & easy, on the legs, as they do not bind the muscles when you have to keep them on in the trenches, several chaps are looking out for the next pair to arrive & living in hope that I will discard these.
Thanks for the little rub, in regards to the little Testament, but allow me to announce, that, the party who gave me that, small but useful article (to some people) has since been awarded the Military Cross, namely Capt Mac. Well Nell, your last letter was the best I have had for some time, & the most pleasing news in it, was that you had taken on the music again but surely it was not only to please me, think it over & see if it will not please others also. Do you guess what I am hitting at? Arch seems to have struck a good bargain with his bike, I suppose there will be "nothing doing" now