Item 01: James Wilkie letters, ca. 1914-1918 - Page 101
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[Page 101]
France
6 January
Dear Mrs. Jack,
Just received two letters from you, glory be, on 13th October, one 21st October & I'm very bucked up in consequence.
I'm glad you liked the photo, it was is very vague & my bandolier had slipped but every one seems to like it. I had one taken in Paris since & I sent you one, oh very martial.
It is snowing hard outside & everything covered in white.
Last night it was absolutely the coldest ever I think. It blew like fun & the wind came in our little shanty. It froze half a bucket of water absolutely solid so you can gather I wasn't altogether warm all night.
It really is just the weirdest climate.
Thanks so much for the Bulletins & the socks, beautiful gray ones with mauve silk ornamentation. They are lovely & soft & warm & if I were French & had a tot or two of rum to make me let myself go I could be most thrillingly eloquent.
Thanks for the tobacco. It is lovely to have the old brand. Tell Mac I still suck and curse at my pipes & go out into the dark & cold to look for bits of wire or splinters to jam through them.
Well Christmas is over & New Year is well started. I think I told you about Christmas Day. Well New Year's Eve we had a very festive little party down here. I was a little above normal I must admit, joined in all the choruses which were more