Blackwell Family
Kitty Barry
From Jenkins, AM[*Am Jenken*]
Lucknow Lodge,
St Thomas Road,
Berea, Durban
Feby  5 1900

My dear Miss Barry
How glad I was to
hear from you and to
find you were all well.
Lilian of course you know 
is in England.  And I
hear she is much better.
her partner is come out
a very nice woman - all
there and able to hold
her own with any one -
I hope she will make it
a success Lilians break
down has of course muchat the savage cruelty
and wanton destruction;
these people I hear, were
turned out of their nice
homes & grounds, imprisoned
in a ravine 4 days - their
hair used for locks - 
and for 4 hours led
like ears wound over
tnow with rifles at their
heads hooted by the
faces and every low
epithet hurled at them.
all because they were
English women - - however
they are now improving
and looking so much
better & happier -

we have plenty to do for 
others and no time for 
selfishness - You know 
far more than we do 
of the war as the censorship 
is so strict that 
we have no news for 
days after you have the
news in England —
Very kind love to you 
both - 
Believe me Wun-tar
Yours very truly
A. M Jenkins.

How is Lacey —upset the practise - but
I think Dr. Williams will
soon pull it together -
I had talked of coming
again to England but
I do not think I shall - my
rheumatism & heart
weakness will I think
prevent my doing so - 
at present my home
is full of refugees - 6 - 
4 prisoners from Pretoria
who suffered gross insults
from the Boers - one
a lady 90-years of age - 
you need not ask which
side I am - English to 
the back home - and
if you were here you
would indeed be fierce