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[[red letterhead]] R.M.S. "OCEANIC" [[/red letterhead]]

Dear Cam,

Your kind message reached me on board after it was too late to telegraph a reply.

I appreciate the rem[[insert]]em[[/insert]]brance and good wishes. Nothing is more worth-while! 

With - me all goes well, and when I stop and wonder

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Japan that she is not "up against" the British Navy!!!

Well, to return to the [[?]], before the work actually started in, a small German steamer [[?]] in sight and as she was willing to take the wreck in tow and could do every thing needed, our Capt. left all to the Germans and a smoother sea, and started on in his accustomed calm and manly way. He is a brick! I am feeling like a bird and hope that

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you and yours are enjoying the best of all things - Give my best regards to all the boys including [[?W.M.]] if he is still on deck. God knows I hope he is.

Faithfully
Charles