1 2nd Jan 1915 Dear James, Many thanks for your very nice
card received to day I hope all your
people are well. I had one letter
from my ma & Liam Mike since he left
you. They are all getting along fine.
I thought they would have got a
few days leave at Exmas I am getting along
fine here and we all had a good
time at Exmas. I am shure it is
very dull about Portstewart now
with all the boys away. I see Stuart
Henry has gone to . There is some
talk about us getting leave but I
don't know whether it will come up
or not. If I do get home I will miss
my old chum. I wish we could
both manage to be home at the same 2 but it is a terrible watch now
for the names. They would
neither surrender nor retire. The world might call it foolhardy glorious!
but it i;s such conduct that
purifies the poor world, and
raises it to a higher level
and lives in History for generations
to come. Please convey our
heart felt congratulations to
your husband and accept
them yourself also from us. Don't these verses fit them?
And now we feel that all around
Have angels walked the well known ground
Not winged & strange beyond your ken
But in the form of common men
God's messengers from Heaven's own sphere
Unrecognised — because so near. Believe me sincerely yours
Gertrude Cd Clements