She had both a piano and a harmonium, and took great pleasure in playing some of the hymns in our Canadian hymn book.

I was so comfortable that I hoped our residence at Ypres might be of long duration.

At night, however, desultory shells fell into the city.

We could hear them ripping along with a sound like a trolley on a track, and then there would be a fearful crash.

One night when returning from Brigade Headquarters near Wieltje, I saw a magnificent display of fireworks to the South.