My luck will keep I hope.

DICK.
Imperial Hotel, Maritzburg, Natal.
Feb.

23rd, 1900.
DEAR MOTHER:-- I reached Durban yesterday.

They paraded the band in my honour and played Yankee Doodle indefinitely-- I had corrupted them by giving them drinks to play the "Belle of New York" nightly.

The English officers thought Yankee Doodle was our national anthem and stood with their hats off in a hurricane balancing on the deck of the tender on one foot-- The city of Durban is the best I have seen.