France
Mar. 25/17

Dear Mary and kiddies

Received your letter of 27 Feb to day glad to get it and to here you had coal when it was hard to get Joe got the paper letter the yesterday, sorry you are lonesome it is as bad as homesickness wish I could say or write to help this seperation makes me know that you are the very best person I ever had or made friends with I do not care for the kind who are always saying little nothings, when we are allowed to be together again will apreceate your friendship and company your care of little Ivan should have him well again Your are so, shall I say a wise head at it, the Canadian Winters are very bad on people who are not out a great deal, I should have been more thoughtful of you all than I have, Was out with the Co. to day training going over. which may be some good a Frenchman said to day it would be finished in three months and be home in Canada I do not see it unless the people wake up and stop, Bruce will be making lots of things and noise with his hammer and sore fingers perhapps

Don wrote a dandy lot of news so did M glad the boys are as large as they are and help Mother would like to have stepted in when they were doing floors tell Bruce I forgot when his Birthday was but I have put a card in for him hope it gets over glad he had a party, It is a great loss to miss the different little tricks kiddies do while growing and learning to talk. Marguerite’s letter is as good as ever, there must have been hard feelings over the coal question Stan and Jack are having a good time going to school I hope hope you catch lots of those fellows sorry they are around there tell Don to keep the trap fixed he seems to be fixing lots of things and Mother had a big job cutting hair Mother did not say if she had [a?] cold this time I hope not well bye bye with wishing I could walk in and lots of kisses and love

Yours
dad Roy