1 St Marys Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn. 17/2/1916 Dear Fr. Provincial,
P.C. I had a letter
from Mr. Finn yesterday. It was a
very mysterious one, and owing to
suppression of names and other precautions,
it was not clear for whom it was
meant. It passed through several
hands before reaching me, and I
recognised it as an answer to a
note I had sent him at
Christmas, which he got. He
wants you to know that he
and his two fellow-exiles are in
good health and the troubles of
the hour are not weighing too 2
heavily on them. I believe you
know that they are at Kalksburg
near Vienna. They are always
hoping, he says, to return soon to
Innsbruck. Mr. Coyne is acting as
a Prefect in the College. Everyone
is very kind to them. Mr. Finn
is working at his Theology and
though circumstances make the work
harder than usual he seems to
be in very good spirits. When I wrote to him at
Christmas I sent the letter to
Innsbruck and addressed it to the
Rev --- British Subject interned at--.
He got my communication, and so far
as I can make out from the
necessary ambiguities of his letter
he seems to say that I am the
only one who tried that plan. All here are well (including
the birds). With best wishes
I remain
Yours obediently in Xt. H.A.Johnston S.J.