Somewhere in France
Feb. 18th 1917

My Dear Jessie

I am not allowed to say much in this letter, but you will know by it that I am well and enjoying myself; we are still at the base not doing much of anything, as far as hard work goes. We are in [?] quite comfortable. The weather was quite cold for a while but has been mild these last few days, quite muddy. On our way accross, we saw [Jeh. Sedgewick?] and had a short talk to her, she looks the [?] as ever, we spend last Sunday in the place where she is nursing. I am not allowed to mention the place, but no doubt you know. I also had the pleasure of listening to [?] Henry Clark this morning; he came in and looked me up after the service, had a short chat to him; I think we are in the same brigade as he is, hope we are. We saw quite an air show[?] the other day. I did not see an awful lot of it myself because of the time it was on, we were being inspected by the commander of fourth div., some of the boys say that one of the German [? yips] were brought down. Suppose you hear from Don. often. I am sorry he did not get with us. don't forget to send your snapshots my address is the same as before but instead of Witley Camp. [?] [?] France [?] is [?] [?] 85th Bri., [? letter faded] The only place were allowed to put this address is in the body of the letter.

Hope Father is getting rid of his [?].

I think this is all I have to say [?] not much news to write.

Love to all.
Loving bro. Spence.