A Letter From the Bush

dere frend

ows the world usin you ime in grate
truble about mi eldest son. you no e
was at the war an was in the landing
at Gallipoli after that e went to
France an seen the game rite thru we
reckin es done is bit an since e cum ome
e an got sorta settled down at pallin
splittin an that sorta thing, but since
this ere turk trouble come on e is
gettlin sort of unsettled, e wudent say
wot was troubling me for a long time 
but lars nite e spit it out. It seems
that when e was on Gallipoli e was
knocked endways by a spent bullet an
some cow of a Turk shook is ...
tie-pin wot was giv to im by a girl 
up ere an now thers nothin wont suit 
im bugt e must go an find that speshul 
turk an get is tie-pin back a e rekins
this new war is a bonzer chance i tells
im its like lookin fer a needle in a aystack
but e must ave seen lots of turks 
with tie-pins an if e dont git is own
back e is sur to survenir one some
thin like it.
e seems dertermined so kin you tell 
me were e can inlist
we are very down in hte mouth about 
the ole thing

opin you are the same
yours truly
Ben Bowyang.