148 Wentworth Dwellings,
Coniston Street, London, E. 28112106. DEAR Cot. Pottoco,—It gives me the greatest pleasure to write this letter. I really ought to have written before now, but had very little news to write, concerning anything of importance, but now the most important thing is that I wish you a merry Xmas and also a happy New Year. I really think that you, Sir, deserve something better than my wishes, but they are from the bottom of my heart, so I hope you will be kind enough to accept them. Sir, I am pleased to say that I have been employed in business since the week we left Hounslow. The only thing that troubles me is that I have very little time to spare so as to show my patriotism by joining the Volunteers. To give you an ides of how busy I have been, I start work at 9 a.m. and never know what time I may finish at night, so you can quite imagine what time I have for myself. I am employed as a shop-assistant in a wholesale firm of all kinds of clothing in the City, and I can say this, had I not been in your Company, I would never have managed to secure the wage that I am getting at the present time. I am really sorry that the finish of our training should have been so quiet a function.—Hoping you will try and .get the Company together for a week's training in the summer, I remain, yours
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