Page 52 - Love Letters from St. Pauls Island
ISSUE : Issue 73
Published by Ronald Caplan on 1998/6/1
your letters and I will answer by boat that comes by hear. I must conclude with fondest love, yours as ever John A. Mclntyre, St. Pauls Island Miss Marget Coady Dec 7th 1920 South Side, Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton Dear Margret, I received your letter was aful glad to hear from you. It must be fun coaching the kids for Xmas. I would like to be in behind a window watching them and a Xmas tree. My how I would like to be with you for Xmas. We have had splendid weather down hear since I came until a few days ago. We were busy last Waterfront Dining BELL BUOY RESTAURANT Baddeck, N.S. 295-2581 Smoke-Free Environment week landing supplys, coal and oil for the light houses and fog alarm. The Government S.S. Stel? la Maras left hear from the Labra? dor coast last week. We also have a new family living here. Dear friend you sayed you cared for me as you always did. If you do I wont mind the lonly months from now untill spring. I will have something to look for? ward and work for. Its hard to say how often we will have mail hear after this. We might have two more mails and perhaps we will have only one it will depend on the weather but we will have one anyway. So dearest Margret I will be expect? ing to hear from you once more before we ar locked in for good. You said you dident like to think of me being down hear. Its not such a bad place. We ar safe and sound on shore in winter and we will have some sports when the seels ar around. Dear Margret every thing is brighter when there is somebody that cares. Well dearest I must conclude. Wishing you the complements of the season. With love from John A., St. Pauls Island Miss Margaret Coady Jan 1, 1921 South Side, Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton Dear Margret, Your letter came four or five days ago. I was sorry to hear that you ware ill but hoap you ar well by now. We ar expecting another trip of the steamer. Xmas was pretty dull out hear. No church to go to just sit around. Three of our men quit us and went ashore. They tuk coald feet couldent stand it all winter. I wired John Alex Mclntyre to come and he wired back that his brother Dan will come on the next steamer so I will have company. We havent had much snow hear yet but its aful coald. Had zero weather the last two days. I got a letter from Florence and she was telling me that you ware over to see her and that you brought her a swell cushen. I tell you she was some proud of it. We have a lot of sheep on the island and its an aful hard job to find them and bring them home. The Island is hugh and full of mountains and the sheep ar all over the cliffs and hills. Its the devils own work to get them cor- Blue Heron Gift Shop Books • Glassware • Figurines • Woodenware Crystal • Cassette Tapes • CD's • Videos Gifts for All Occasions BADDECK . Toll Free 1-888-919-4488 • 295-3424
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