_From the Hon. Mordaunt Fopstone to George Roberts._
_Dec. 11th,_ 1915.
DEAR SIR,--Thank you for your letter. It is very satisfactory to find
local people of your position anxious to help. I will call at your farm
on Friday next and see the horses you refer to. With thanks,
Yours truly, M. FOPSTONE.
P.S.--I have been warned against a man named Figgis. Do you know him?
_From George Roberts to the Hon. Mordaunt Fopstone._
_Dec. 13th,_ 1915.
DEAR SIR,--Friday will suit me very well for your call, at any time you
please. You are quite right to avoid Figgis; he is one of the small
horse-dealing class who are a discredit to our country districts. Any
further information is at your service.
Yours to command, G. ROBERTS.
_From the Hon. Mordaunt Fopstone to George Roberts._
_Dec. 21st_, 1915.
DEAR MR. ROBERTS,--I have now pleasure in enclosing cheque for £65 for
bay horse. As stated to you when I called at South Farm, I was not in a
position to go beyond £60 without further authorisation; this I have now
obtained. Thanking you for the patriotic spirit you have shown in this
little business,
Yours truly, M. FOPSTONE.
_From the Adjutant, Royal Beetshire Hussars, Tickful Camp, to Messrs.
Davison Bros., The Mart, Southtown._
_Jan. 1st,_ 1916.
Please enter bay gelding, aged, sent herewith, in your next sale without
reserve, as he is not sound and of no use to Army.
_Memo. from Davison Bros. to Adjutant._
_Jan. 17th_, 1916.
DEAR SIR,--Herewith please find cheque £5 4s. 3d. for bay gelding, being
amount realised for same, less our commission and expenses.
Yours faithfully, DAVISON BROS.
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_The Times_ heads an article, "Unity in the Air." It deals, however,
with the new Anglo-French Aviation Conference and has nothing to do with
the latest _Peter Pan_.
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