tho it is getting cold now.

Smart Kitty to be able to do so many things. Yes I think I am getting the money fairly regularly now. It comes in very handy as we are not allowed to have any money while in hospital. I fear I shant make blighty for Xmas in fact I am sure I shant, in any case I would just as soon be here & would not mind staying until I am able to walk. I know so many of the Sisters now & am looked upon as quite a fixture. The news is not altogether to bright [illegible] Russia is making a full mess of things [The?] love to you both I can't write much at a time

Hy O. Allen

BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 2 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873-1964. Victoria; librarian. / Selected letters and a photograph from Sergeant Harry Octavius Allen, 1917.