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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 04/18/1912

    89 Anson Street

    Barrow in Furness, England

    April 18, 1912

    My Dear Son,

    …Pa wanted to get up early this morning because he thought there would be a letter from his boy, but when I came down he had rather a long face. No letter. Sometimes Mrs. Todd hides them from him till I come down and gives them to me. He is so anxious to get one that she wants to fool him. We don't get up in morning before 9 am. They keep rather late hours here. 11 nearly every night before we go to bed.…

    I believe I like the Americans better than the English. They are far behind America in everything. You would laugh at the little engines and coaches and cars here. Pa would not need much pride to run one of them. The Katy Flyer was something to be proud of.

    When he read about the Titanic going out on her first trip he said the Captain will feel very proud going out on her. But it was very short lived and a terrible calamity. John Jacob Astor is reported among the lost but his wife and maid are saved. Well it is too sad to think about.

    May Todd got married and she sent us some brides cake and they sent you some. I think it is pretty good.

    Pa is beginning to feel he would like to be gardening and keep a few chickens. He is getting little a tired of boarding, but, we have good appetites and can eat pretty near anything.…

    If you are not sure of settling down in one place it is not much good for us to go to America. What do you say.

    Let us know how all those cases are getting along that you operated on and what Dr. Cushing said about the boy that got well. Don't forget to tell us all.

    Your loving Mother

    P.S. What about that rich lady and her daughter. Are you going to visit them.…

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