Just a few lost toes

"No doubt by this time you have received my cable which Cousin Florence sent for me the other day. I have not written before as I had no writing paper. Well no doubt you are anxiously waiting to hear from me as I have not written for almost a month."

"My wound is in the foot, really in the toes. A piece of shell went right through my boot, missing the little toe, cutting the top of the next one, through the other two and cutting the big one underneath. I have lost about half of the two middle toes. They are healing up nicely and I hope to be able to hop about on crutches in a few days..."