in your & by what will [reach?] you - You're a damn fine sport & [?] your back up & keep cheerful & be [bright?] & continue to be the force you are in your immediate circle - not the [empathy?] & feminine friendship of an old [?] are [young?] are to you. Remember it is always in your mental cupboard & at your service - good luck. [?] Francis G.

BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 6 GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver Correspondence inward, 1918