Somewhere in France
Jan 15/1918
To that poor old keep the home fires burning chap in Ausy (sic), what a hard rough life you must have, Bill. I am so sorry for you when you want to come to the war and the women will not let you come. Poor old Bill, that's the worst of being good looking. I bet you often curse yor good looks when you hear what and read what glorious times and what fun we are having over here. Books, money, books, pretty frenchies, books, money, books, food and books, Frenchy girls to wait on you, lovely feather beds to sleep on, get up when you like and go to bed when you like, it must be hard on you, poor good looking Bill, when you read about these things, and you out there in those awful, wet, Ausy rains and cold cold winds without a shelter, only the skies for cover.
You can make of this letter what you will, but for my money, I believe that it was targeted at the oft and ill mentioned Bill Blake, and that Charles was the likely author.
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