or to take my washing. They work us hard and every thing has to be polished and [ ? ] [ ? ] . They have so many petty things that a fellow has to do that it makes one sick of the whole business. I hav'nt had a letter for quite a while now but expect one in the next mail. I has been aw fully hot here for the last week or so. It makes me long to be home again and for a swim in Long Lake. I wrote to Vernon & Bert asking them to bring me over some stuff when they come. Harry had a letter from Bert but he did not mention when they expected to come over BC Archives. MS-0249 Box 1 File 10 ELLISON FAMILY. Vernon. Mrs. Price Ellison, correspondence inward from her son Price Ellison, 1917.