“GREY DOVE" FLUTTERS IN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 5 (Supplement)

“GREY DOVE" FLUTTERS IN

My Dear Wendy. “ r o.d, strayed or Molen from the Wendy Hut, one ‘Grey Dove.’ ” I have been expecting to see this notice in every week. Well. Wendy, here I am back in the Land of Make-believe. I really intended writing last week for the Re-union, but Wednesday flew past before 1 realised it had gone. Never mind, 1 am here his week. 'Ti: better late than never. I see “Vic” told you in one of her letters that lie Guides had a picnic affair and cooked sausages. We hpc had some fun that day. I am still in the Guides here. is in the same latro! as I am and her sister. Jean, is our patrol leader. Her other sister was also in our patrol, but our captain took her out and made her patrol-leader of one of the other patrols. "Madame X” is lovely. 1 went to school with her. 1 will never forget the day she was married. I wonder if she ever found out that I was the ringleader of the crowd who tied the rubbish on the hack of “the wedding car.” I will never forget the night that I was at a dance in Ohingaiti, a certain young man tried to claim too many dances for himself. I was sitting with "Madame X” and she lent me her engagement ring for a moment or two. It happened to be the right size for my finger too. Joves, but she is a jolly sort, and .1 can tell you we did a great deal of laughing that night. I wonder if she remembers a certain party that we had al a certain railway house in Mangaweka. and we played “Christmas Presents.” I don’t think she will forget the Christmas present she got and what she was told to do with it. I think I had better ston or “Madame” will be giving me “what oh” for telling tales out of school Well, Wendy, how are you keeping lately? 1 have been half dead with the ’flu, but am glad to say I am well on the road to recovery. My youngest brother cracked a bone in his ankle playing football in Taihape the other Saturday. He was in hospital for about nine days. His leg is in plaster and he is home again. He has to keep his leg in plaster until the sth. of next month. It was jolly hard lines for him. as he was on holidays, and he plnyed for Mangaweka because they were short. The football club are getting up a benefit dance for him on the 26th. of this month. Jolly decent of them. Talk about dances, I have been to quite a lot lately. Do you dance, Wendy? I am crazy about it. I dance in winter and swim in summer. I also like tennis but 1 prefer swimming as it is cooler sport. “Aunty” is very faithful to our pages, she writes regularly and writes veiy good letters, too. Poor “Madcap has had some queer experiences. I S 1 0" ‘ H " ra<! he Bivins the "men dressed in blue a wrno berth. For some unknown °F 'f' , ' v , am scared of them as well, .j' 4l ”™'' 1 1 now’? Great’s ” father passed over the Great J’ 1 ' 1 /;? nearly two months ago? He is * his mother and sister ° vei ; Ha “ tin Z" were grannie’s fdace. ’ m nice our neighbours, and they ( people. Well, cheerio, for now. 1 with heaps of love t 0 ?’7 DOVE,” i remain yours sincerely— OKtr Mangaweka. So jolly of you. dear, to attend this meeting of our band. I wondered what had become of you. Oil. dear, but our "Madame x will now know who it was who played such jokes upon her, upon the great day. What an unfortunate accident befel your brother. I hot e he is soon able to resume his duties. 1 aumire the spirit of the club. It is splendid of them. I am also very fond of taneWK. .) sorry to hear of "Alexandei the > a„' ( idy loss. Poor boy. Be dad<ly ' Wendy.