Page 53 - Love Letters from St. Pauls Island

ISSUE : Issue 73

Published by Ronald Caplan on 1998/6/1

ers. So pleas get well. Your own Loving John A., St. Pauls Island June 26, 1921 Dearest Margret, The reason why I dident call to see you was that I hated to admit to you or any body else that I was very near pennyless after paying of all the old bills against the farm which amounted to more than the place was worth. I found myself break with nothing but an old farm. Mind I dident know that we ware so heavily incumbured till I came home this summer they jumped me. I had a mind to let the hole place go but hated to part with it. Some of those bills ware twenty years old and uncollectable by law but my father contracted them and it was only right to pay them. There is my reason for not going to see you. I intended to ask you this spring to marry me and I was going to settle on the farm if you would, as I couldent do as I wanted to do I stayed away. I love you more than I can tell you by writing hear but I am not asking you to share my poverty. My position hear is not such as will support a wife. I am pulling down $50.00 a month and board. If I can get a light house job with a dwelling, they pay $700.00 a year with house and coal we might make it go, that is if you will have me and live on St. Pauls. There is a lot of nice people living hear. Its a good place to make a stake the north light keeper is leaving some time this summer. I am trying Dear? est Margret I want to be fair and set things down as they ar, if you give me up I am not likly to ever marry for I couldent bring myself to think of anybody else in that light. Well dear I must conclude for this time heaping you will under? stand the way I feel. Please write as I will be waiting nervously to hear from you. Your loving sweetheart John A. Mclntyre, St. Pauls Island "Experience a New World of Shopping" A collection of Maritime handcrafts, Canadian pine, woolens, folk art, country clothing, gifts and accessories. 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Inquire About Our Weekend Room Rates • CALL 295-1100 got hear all right. We ar hay making on the Island. Well cut a lot of hay enough for four cows, twenty five sheep and two horses. The ground is rough making work with hand syths rather tiresome. Well dear I was talking to Mr. Campbell, SC Supt of St. Pauls, he is now in charge of Sable Island. I met him on the way at Neils Harbour. I toald him that I was applying for the light he told me he would do all he could to get me the pos- sition. He is in the service a long time and has a lot of influence with the depart? ment. Also, Mr. McLeod who is in charge hear, I think he will be giving me a help. I dident like to ask him before for I was not sure that his brother in law the re- tyring super was leaving and he might think I was trying to get the place over Mr. Hunt- ly's head which of course would be rather a shabby thing to do. Anyway I am in good heaps, there will be a lot of folks looking for the place and the person with the most pull I suppose will get it so we cant be sure un? till the appointment is made. Well dear havent much more news for now. Re? member me to your folks in? cluding your brother, of course. I think he is a fine fellow. Be sure and write soon to your loving John A. With love to you John A., St. Pauls Island Sept 1 1921 Dear Margret, I received your letter was glad to hear from you. But dear little girl I am afraid about my job this time. I am enclosing reply from Ottawa. Its not very promising. They are giving all those places to returned men. I di? dent hear from halifax yet, so I am afraid it would be doing you an injustice to keep you from applying for a school. Of course if things turn out in my favour It wont be hard to fix the trustees of a school section up any time. I hate to stay on the life station this winter but of course it cant be helped. 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