Letter to Mother

11 - 10 -18
B. Sec.
Granville Canadian
Hospital
Buxton Derby
Eng.

Dear Mother:–

This has been an ideal day so I spent a large part of it out strolling up and down the hills and past the nicest streams. The trees are very nice now as they are changing color.

I am so interested in a book tonight that I can't settle down to write I received two letters today one from you and one from Annie yours of Sept. the 6th but you did not know yet that I was wounded the next letter I receive you will know tho I think.

12th

Well Mother dear I received four letters from home today so you got the telegram all right, Well I am all most afraid that my hand is geting on to well.

There was one thing that I have not said much about because untill it is passed, I may not get I.T.C. but they have fixed my invalided to Canada papers had me sign them eight days ago. I get my board on Monday which decides on whether I go or not. If I go, I will have ten days leave and then go to Liverpool and to the dear old land of the Maple Leaf.

It may take a few months to get there but any way I will know Monday if I am going now as I.T.C. or not I will write you at once.

I am trying to start to write with my right hand again but it and the arm are very weak the bandage gets in the way to. I should not do to much with the fingers or I will have them to suple for the board. I realize that I have written awfully poor letters since I have been wounded but you look out in an other week. my thumb and finger will run this pencil all right and I will start to write. I am getting a little movement back into the second finger so my hand will become quite useful again why I am twice as proud of that hand now as I ever was of it before I got hit.

My I hope that so much about the two Bobs lately I hope they come thru the heavy fighting all right. Bob McKeith was starting in on the right way of live, say he is a big prince of a boy, we had great talks together.

Manys the boy held me his closest freind out there and told me the secrets of his heart that I could tell to no one but you or a wife if I ever chose one.

I can never thing of marrying a girl that I could just tell every thing and let share the up and downs of every day and be wholly sincere, the richest and most valued thing with in my personality is sincerity. My how jesting of some things has hurt me some time with some people I have met.

I don't suppose Reedman in all his life had a boy friend he trusted like me, and he has some fine qualities but to face men and stand out for his principals he could hardly do it. and that makes the men loose faith in you.

Well bye bye Mother dear as ever your loving son
Laurie.