France, Germany, Holland and Belgium . This posed many hardships for Maggie, for their youngest son, George, was only a year old, and they had no means of transportation. Her family usually came to her rescue and stayed with the children while she went to Souris on the train. Sometimes, her father would take her shopping with the horse and wagon, or sleigh, when the train wasn't available. While Charlie was overseas, Maggie was not only lonesome, but was also in constant fear that, like many others, something would happen to her beloved Charlie, preventing him from returning to his family again. Every knock at the door made her tremble. She was dreading that someone was delivering a telegram from the Canadian , that was bringing bad news. The morning could not come quickly enough, and she kept watching the mailbox, to see if the mailman would leave a letter from her only love. There were many disappointments when no mail came. Subsequently, there would be great excitement when mail did arrive. Sometimes, after a long period of time, five or six letters would come on the same day. This was due to the fact that the censors read the letters. If there was any information in the letters that they felt should not be revealed, they would cut it out. Information on a soldier's whereabouts was forbidden; so the soldiers were not allowed to tell their family where they were stationed. It was a day of rejoicing when those letters arrived. All the work would come to a stop, while the children gathered around their mother's knee, and George snuggled on her lap, to listen attentively to the all important news. There were no phones; so those letters were like messages sent from Heaven. The salary that a soldier received was very minimal for the hardships that he had to endure. However, Maggie was very happy to get the money which she used wisely to help defray the expenses of their new home. Her father was a butcher; so he always managed to 125