1 Togherstown Ballinea Mullingar Co W Meath 1st June 1916 My dearest James I got your letter this morn also card to fit ring
and a paper I think addressed by your Mother we were very
glad to get it and see Dr Dwyer’s letters to Maxwell
I wonder they got on papers at all they were very good.
We are having awful weather hear at present quiet cold
as well as wet. I hope they are trying to spit up all the
bad weather before we go off. Christy is gone to M.Gar to day & will take home
all my dress etc. nearly, so they won’t be late at that
rate. Mrs Seery was called over to Balrath last night,
the boss there was at death’s door with drink but is slowly
recovering Mrs Kiernan had got word from Gertie Duffy
saying if she went to Dublin with her to see the Doctors
she would pay her expenses for one day. I believe she is
very delicate (Gertie) but does not think it, like every one
of her said complaint, people all pity John the take in
he got but I think one is as much to be pitied as the other I am returning the ring card size T is my size.
About your present I will look at some things in 2 Mullingar if I don’t get something I think you would
like I will wait till we go to Cork won’t that be
all right. Well Christy has not gone to Mullingar at all,
there were arrangements made to drive the filly
& Mrs S pressed her car & son, also when Christy
went down he asked the loan of the bit from Tom,
he got it and threw it on the ground to him
& they were all giving him short answers, he that
so seldom goes near them so he did not go, with the
going on they had he’d be late for Mass there.
The whole cause of the general bad humour was a letter
Johnnie had got saying that firm was not going
to be opened at all for the present & they therefore did not require
him it was hard of course after such long
wait for both parties but I can’t understand them
showing temper to Christy that would give them the
house from over his head. I am sure tho’ like ourselves you will be disappointed
for Johnnies job, I have no more news now dearest James. I hope you
will get to make out this, I would not be half as mad if it were
to myself it was done because I have the “gift of the gab” warmest love from your loving May