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CHARLES HUNTRISS - LETTERS HOME

Pleading for liberty

Thanks for you etter. I should like the handkerchiefs sending as I am one or two short, and that is rathr inconvenient when I have a cold.

We are to learn Shakespeare again in our form so will you send me one, that one of Ned's will do.

I forgot to tell you on my last letter that I met uncle Henry as I was going from school to the house; he had been staying at the Barclays and was just going away; Ellen and Louisa were also there but I saw nothing of them.

One of our chaps got his leg broken playing at football on Tuesday evening.

The paperchase was rather tiring owing to the heavy rains which had fallen until a few minutes before we started; on the way I saw a hollow tree and looked inside and there was a hornet's nest there was a lot of stuff like a honeycomb with several of them crawling about in it.

Do you think Papa would mind me trying to get my liberty to go walks instead of going on the heath, it is so slow for me there without any companions at all; besides I don't care to play at football my nose is likely to bleed and my trousers to get loose.

We begin short hours on Tuesday. Is Mr Radcliffe getting better ? We have begun fire today I am glad to say.

I hope my jackdaw won't get wild up in the pigeon cote. I got a blackbird given to me today. I don't much care about it only it is no trouble or expense to keep and has been brought up by hand from the next so it would not like it if I let hm go.

I think I will join the singing class again as I can get some ?? by it for the merit holiday, although I don't expect to get them even then.

I have had a dozen very good photographs taken they are all vignettes.

I have nothing mor to say so with love to all I remain your affectionate son.

I suppose I must not send the paper this week - I did last week before I got your letter.

I keep getting colds in my head (I have one now) with standing about on the heathdoing nothing. If I could possibly get my liberty I should enjoy my half holidays much more as its is I had much more rather to to school than on the heath, get cold and numb, besides some some other boys have it and one or two are not even on the first special.