April 89,1919, 
ahr ©ntario 
ffllaBhuijjlnn, S. (E. 
Dear 
I am glad that you have got to Oonoord again.I do not doubt that your 
gain at first will be slow but you will improve faster by and by.Your first 
account of the doings of the new farmer amused me very much, and I doubt if you 
got as much fun out of the situation as I did.To walk in and take possession of 
the farm and then to slaughter suoh of the live stook as seemed to him to need 
as 
killing vrithiut consultation with you^struck me A beiig highly humorous .All the 
same it struck me also that suoh a man who was not afraid of the rssponsibilty w-k 
when it appeared to be thrust upon him had the making in him of a very valuable 
aid when he was thoroughly oriented. A% for wS^)t you say about his predecessor, 
it seems actually incredible.He always had the bearing of a decent man ^ although 
a weak one,and how he oould treat the stock as you desribe from any point of view j 
I oannot understand.And how could his wife permit it;for she must have known in 
a general way whether or no he was attending to business. or net. They must have 
lost their heads for the time being and become mere: savages. 
Well,I dined with Mrs Farley the other night and had a very pleasanrt 
though commonplace evening.I like Mook very much.He appears like an upright honoH 
able and competent man.A lawyer by training and pr Ojf ession f he got into the ser¬ 
vice during the stress of the v?ar time, and has proved a valuable assistant.He 
is over several Lieut Colonels. Captains and no end (of Lieutenants although only 
a Captain himslef, stnd has twice been recommended for promotion.He wants to leave 
as soon as ha can for h© says he oannot support the family on his pay without the| 
aid of sums he still receives from his clients.He expects to get through this 
s urnme 
r and resume his law practice.He is evidently 3 family man and avoted to 
his youg ones who,As I think i stated, are fine specimens but a trifle spoiled. 
