Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 89

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is a refugee from Nazareth.   'Dear old Nazareth' she calls it & is always want to get back there.

Had a glass of Cherry Brandy last week. (Purely medicinally of course).   Little Mary misbehaved for one day only. Must have taken something that disagreed with her.   A gentleman in Maadi assured me that brandy was the best thing in the world for her. I agreed. It was. Awfully nice.   Mary improved immediately.   If I had known brandy was so nice I would not have refused so many thousand glasses during the past ten years.   However I suppose its too late to start now.

The last mail brought a splendid batch of correspondence to me.   Thanks awfully all of you. It lies on my bunk a most welcome bundle.   It was a treat to read it through & through.   (Two from you this time Mabel, Merci). (Jean my dear youre a wit.   At least you possess that charming faculty for presenting your ideas (such as they are -- in an original fashion.   Keep on & I may make a scribe out of you after all)

I'm busy of late.   So I'm unable to reply individually except post cards!   Therefore this letter will have to go the rounds.   By the bye I'm afraid there is some misconception somewhere.   I really believe that Leoda & Viv & Linda & Else think I'm too busy to read any letters they may send.   This is quite a fallacy.   I'll find time even if I have to get up in the middle of the night to read them.   Thats an 'int.