We received few letters from him and did not see him again until 1917. He was in the Canadian Army, and was convalescing. He fell in love with a Miss Holmes, and married her at Hollington. "Three years ago Grey Owl came to Hastings to lecture. We did not recognize him as Our nephew. although the resemblance was there. We saw Grey Owl again last December, when he lectured at the White Rock Pavilion; Hastings.
In 1936 Mr. J. Norman Gray, en-terrainments manager at Hastings. received a letter from Grey Owl which bore a Canadian address. It said, I have happy memories of Hastings, where I lectured. I have pleasant' memories of it, too, in war days. I was convalescing there before being shifted back to- Canada, having. served as a sniper in the First Canadian Division.
Would you please be kind enough to look up a local directory and find ihe address of the Misses Belaney (Miss A. and Miss C. Belaney) and send it fo me? They are good friends of mine, and entertained me both during the war and at the time of my lecture.
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