Letter from David Boldy to his mother

Letter from David Boldy to his mother

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, telling her of his activities and hobbies.

1932-04-10

Two page handwritten letter

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St. Pauls School.
Jalapahar.
10.4.32.

My darling Mummy.
Thank you for your letter. I came 1 [underlined] st [/underlined] in Latin with 71 marks. You will be very sorry to hear that we are in quarantine for chicken pox. There is going to be a fair this Saturday [sic] on our big field. The days are simply flying. I am sending you the position of the class for the first 3 exams, the 4 [underlined] th [/underlined] exam has not been corrected yet. Last evening there was a [deleted] big [/deleted] fire down the cud and it lasted till [deleted] the [/deleted] about 12 o-clock to-day, then at half past 10 there was another fire wich [sic] stopped 10 yards from Miss Shelvetons house. I have got 9 of those nestles pictures and I am sending them inside this letter. What is the name of the girl collecting them..?.. It has been terribly hot to-day.

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I helped to put the fords fire out. The whole hillside was one man of Black. I am the [deleted] h [/deleted] leader of a patrol of Scouts. What kind of photos does your camera take? The days are going very fast, we have already been in school a month.
I am ending now with love from
your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined]