again[?]. Tait never was big[?] enough[?] for this job although he meant well.

I was sorry Tobin went. dont believe a word you hear of any rumours. He may have been [illegible] at the beginning but he proved himself to be straight honest and sincere to his regiment.

He is a damn clever hard headed fellow and has a stiff back.

BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 4 / GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver / Correspondence inward, 1916.