Frederick Fox, item 63

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                                         63

for the disposal of your surplus cash + its ultimate

destination to find that your praisworthy effort s had been

from some unaccountable cause diverted in  an other

directions,

I also not you state you have very little work to

do this I regret + if your pipe lighter s are of any

use I hope you will push on with its completion

(as Matches are very scarce here.) + send it on I have

spent  7/6 on one my self which has only ignited about

3 time on + then only when I did not want it Hubert

has tried his hand with it but apparently it

his above his capabilities.

There is nothing much to report here except the

Cistern in the Cavalry which is most ...

working most beutifully for day s on end + then

for a period seems without any apparent

cause play the part of a sieve it started last

night after Herbert had gone to bed working over

time with the result that the kitchen Ceiling

is an awful sight. The Floor up stairs floods

+ the  paper coming off the Walls both in the

kitchen + staircase + your Mother in a frame

of Mind which not even her best friend would

call angelic.

We are all hourly expecting News of the signing

of the Armistice between Germany + the Allies which

I have no doubt will mean peace before very long

+ another change in the Industrial Silvation

+ one which will be Quite as difficult to deal

with as the one from peace to War.





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                                         63

for the disposal of your surplus cash + its ultimate

destination to find that your praisworthy effort s had been

from some unaccountable cause diverted in  an other

directions,

I also not you state you have very little work to

do this I regret + if your pipe lighter s are of any

use I hope you will push on with its completion

(as Matches are very scarce here.) + send it on I have

spent  7/6 on one my self which has only ignited about

3 time on + then only when I did not want it Hubert

has tried his hand with it but apparently it

his above his capabilities.

There is nothing much to report here except the

Cistern in the Cavalry which is most ...

working most beutifully for day s on end + then

for a period seems without any apparent

cause play the part of a sieve it started last

night after Herbert had gone to bed working over

time with the result that the kitchen Ceiling

is an awful sight. The Floor up stairs floods

+ the  paper coming off the Walls both in the

kitchen + staircase + your Mother in a frame

of Mind which not even her best friend would

call angelic.

We are all hourly expecting News of the signing

of the Armistice between Germany + the Allies which

I have no doubt will mean peace before very long

+ another change in the Industrial Silvation

+ one which will be Quite as difficult to deal

with as the one from peace to War.






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  • March 1, 2017 18:25:01 Annick Rodriguez

                                             63

    for the disposal of your surplus cash + its ultimate

    destination to find that your praisworthy effort s had been

    from some unaccountable cause diverted in  an other

    directions,

    I also not you state you have very little work to

    do this I regret + if your pipe lighter s are of any

    use I hope you will push on with its completion

    (as Matches are very scarce here.) + send it on I have

    spent  7/6 on one my self which has only ignited about

    3 time on + then only when I did not want it Hubert

    has tried his hand with it but apparently it

    his above his capabilities.

    There is nothing much to report here except the

    Cistern in the Cavalry which is most ...

    working most beutifully for day s on end + then

    for a period seems without any apparent

    cause play the part of a sieve it started last

    night after Herbert had gone to bed working over

    time with the result that the kitchen Ceiling

    is an awful sight. The Floor up stairs floods

    + the  paper coming off the Walls both in the

    kitchen + staircase + your Mother in a frame

    of Mind which not even her best friend would

    call angelic.

    We are all hourly expecting News of the signing

    of the Armistice between Germany + the Allies which

    I have no doubt will mean peace before very long

    + another change in the Industrial Silvation

    + one which will be Quite as difficult to deal

    with as the one from peace to War.






  • March 1, 2017 18:24:42 Annick Rodriguez

                                             63

    for the disposal of your surplus cash + its ultimate

    destination to find that your praisworthy effort s had been

    from some unaccountable cause diverted in  an other

    directions,

    I also not you state you have very little work to

    do this I regret + if your pipe lighter s are of any

    use I hope you will push on with its completion

    (as Matches are very scarce here.) + send it on I have

    spent  7/6 on one my self which has only ignited about

    3 time on + then only when I did not want it Hubert

    has tried his hand with it but apparently it

    his above his capabilities.

    There is nothing much to report here except the

    Cistern in the Cavalry which is most ...

    working most beutifully for day s on end + then

    for a period seems without any apparent

    cause play the part of a sieve it started last

    night after Herbert had gone to bed working over

    time with the result that the kitchen Ceiling

    is an awful sight. The Floor up stairs floods

    + the  paper coming off the Walls both in the

    kitchen + staircase + your Mother in a frame

    of Mind which not even her best friend would

    call angelic.

    We are all hourly expecting News of the signing

    of the Armistice between Germany + the Allies which

    I have no doubt will mean peace before very long

    + another change in the Industrial Silution

    + one which will be Quite as difficult to deal

    with as the one from peace to War.






  • March 1, 2017 18:16:53 Annick Rodriguez

                                             63

    for the disposal of your surplus cash + its ultimate

    destination to find that your praisworthy effort s had been

    from some unaccountable cause diverted in  an other

    directions,

    I also not you state you have very little work to

    do this I regret + if your pipe lighter s are of any

    use I hope you will push on with its completion

    (as Matches are very scarce here.) + send it on I have

    spent  7/6 on one my self which has only ignited about

    3 time on + then only when I did not want it Hubert

    has tried his hand with it but apparently it

    his above his capabilities.

    There is nothing much to report here except the

    Cistern in the Cavalry which is most ...

    working most beutifully for day s on end + then

    for a period seems without any apparent

    cause play the part of a sieve it started last

    night after Herbert had gone to bed working over

    time with the result that the kitchen Ceiling

    is an awful sight. The Floor up stairs floods

    + the  paper coming off the Walls both in the






  • March 1, 2017 17:58:41 Annick Rodriguez

                                             63

    for the disposal of your surplus cash + its ultimate

    destination to find that your praisworthy effort s had been

    from some unaccountable cause diverted in  an other

    directions,

    I also not you state you have very little work to

    do this I regret + if your pipe lighter s are of any

    use I hope you will push on with its completion



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