The Archive · 1941

Hospitable"

Sandy Schlec (11) and Nick Schlee (9), of Weybridge, are at the furthest end of the United States—at Tacoma, Washington.

Their respective note paper is de-cerously printed with the names Charles Alexander—Schlee. and Nicholag Schlee, but the letters ound 3 lot more like Sandy and Nick.

Illustrating his words with bursts of crotchets and semi-quavers which leap up írom between the lines. Charles Alexander writes of hie brother in the R.A.F. and says: "I say thumbs up. and good luck, soldier boys. America's going to send you some more popgun:

In a rather more restrained passage, Nick finds the American people ery hospitable."

Sandy and Nick are the sons of Robert Schlee and are well known in Shanghai.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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