Correspondence relating to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, pre-1914 - Part 7

Good enough as the very tiniest

mountain first to let the sun

peep over for abt 2 minutes

then giving a most beautiful and

wonderful view of the snow capped

mountains of Jungfrau the most

wonderful one near these parts.

A very sad sight - on the R. Station

as we were waiting for our Train

the Coffin of one of the victims of the 

sad disasters of Saturday when the 

two men with the guides were overtaken

by an avalanche two of whom

were killed. The guides were very much

against going we were told, but

the other two English men insisted on

being taken so they went poor men

one was well enough to follow in

the small procession after the Coffin

to the Station where several guides

also followed close in their working clothes [[?]]

over shoulders & picks & [[?]]

RYLSTONE,

SHANKLIN,

I.W.

25.10.02

Dear Miss Pocock,

To prevent any chance of

not meeting, I will come & call

for you on Oxford Terrace on Monday

evening about 6.30.  We can then 

dine somewhere, & maybe go to a

theatre, if you would care to.

I will not be crossing to Ireland

until next day, & shall be staying 

in London on Monday evening. I

hope you manage to get good

seats for the review.

yr. siny

C. Cuniliffe Owen

7, CARLTON GARDENS,

S.W.

Dec. 23. /02

Dear Sister Pocock

I have been able

to arrange with the 

Landsdowne House Fund

Committee, that they

will give you a grant

of £10 to enable you

to carry on your

treatment after Xmas,

& I think you will

probably hear from

Mrs Hope the Hon. Sec.

about this.

I am obliged to close

my own Fund now

but I will be answerable

for your expenses

up to Christmas Day

& should be glad if

you would kindly 

let me know for

how many weeks

board at Mrs Bishop's

I am in your debt?

I hope, with the

help of the Landsdowne

Fund "grant" that 

after Xmas you will 

be able to make

your own arrangements

with Mrs. Bishop, & 

to pay the cost of 

the remainder of your 

treatment.

Believe me

Yours truly

GE Dudley

7, CARLTON GARDENS,

S.W.

Dec. 26. /02

Dear Sister Pocock

I hope you will 

allow me to beg your

acceptance of the 

enclosed cheque from

my Fund, towards

your boarding expenses

for the last 5 weeks

at M^rs Bishop's. It is

a great pleasure to

me to be able to

make it a little 
easier for you to

have the necessary 

treatment etc to 

enable you to recruit

and I have always 

intended to help you

as I promised, with

your boarding expenses.

Miss Morten tells 

me the cost of your

treatment after 

today wil be about

£2" 3" 9, so that

with the cheque that

the Lansdowne House 

Fund will be sending

you, I hope you

will be able to

manage everything

 

quite comfortably.

Believe me

Yours Truly

GE Dudley

Coronation is very near again. I am

wondering if it will come off this time. I 

hope so for I want to see it. The King comes

to London today but one never sees him there

is always such a crowd. I went to a Concert

last night in the Queen's Hall. A New Zealand 

Contralto and all Australians helping

lovely voices & they encored very much.

An awfully long programme, tremendous

uproar & clapping when a few of the

N. Zealanders gave the Maori war cry

in the Hall. You will see is - in the papers

no doubt. I have no more news to 

tell you now. Will write & let you know

my movements from time to time

Expecting my S. African letters next

week, they have had time to send

them now. I hope to hear good news

from home that they are all well

& happy, it seems to be such a 

long time since I left home -

love to everybody & hope my old 

friends do not forget me trust you

& all at home are quite well.

Your loving Sister

Bessie