Frederick Tregillus Letters from the Cariboo Boys
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2) success in getting such a livley bunch together in so short a time after we started the second time Ben Scobie was leading man & is a model. Fortunately he is strong & held on to Norrie ( his side mate) by the wrist & talked to him at times kindly & some times not so kindly. | 2) success in getting such a livley bunch together in so short a time after we started the second time Ben Scobie was leading man & is a model. Fortunately he is strong & held on to Norrie ( his side mate) by the wrist & talked to him at times kindly & some times not so kindly. | ||
| − | Scobie does not get full & with out hime the poor corporal had a poor show. It was dark so we did not look so bad. But s surprising how much confushion one or two drunks make. Butt all the boys have got the spririt of war in then except perhaps Robb Norrie & Westover. I dont think Norrie can make it, he seems just a whisky bum to me &thinks of nothing else I expect to see him get kicked out as a confirmed drunkard. | + | Scobie does not get full & with out hime the poor corporal had a poor show. It was dark so we did not look so bad. But s surprising how much confushion one or two drunks make. Butt all the boys have got the spririt of war in then except perhaps Robb Norrie & Westover. I dont think Norrie can make it, he seems just a whisky bum to me & thinks of nothing else I expect to see him get kicked out as a confirmed drunkard. |
We are on the boat now & are going to Victoria to train | We are on the boat now & are going to Victoria to train | ||
BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862-1962. Barkerville, miner. Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915-1919. | BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862-1962. Barkerville, miner. Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915-1919. | ||
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2) success in getting such a livley bunch together in so short a time after we started the second time Ben Scobie was leading man & is a model. Fortunately he is strong & held on to Norrie ( his side mate) by the wrist & talked to him at times kindly & some times not so kindly. Scobie does not get full & with out hime the poor corporal had a poor show. It was dark so we did not look so bad. But s surprising how much confushion one or two drunks make. Butt all the boys have got the spririt of war in then except perhaps Robb Norrie & Westover. I dont think Norrie can make it, he seems just a whisky bum to me & thinks of nothing else I expect to see him get kicked out as a confirmed drunkard. We are on the boat now & are going to Victoria to train
BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862-1962. Barkerville, miner. Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915-1919.