Walter died for Canada -- I must live for her . That is what he asked me to do . '' 28th January 1918 '' ' I shall anchor my storm-tossed soul to the British fleet and make a batch of bran biscuits , ' said Susan today to Cousin Sophia , who had come in with some weird tale of a new and all-conquering submarine , just launched by Germany . But Susan is a somewhat disgruntled woman at present , owing to the regulations regarding cookery . Her loyalty to the Union Government is being sorely tried . It surmounted the first strain gallantly . When the order about flour came Susan said , quite cheerfully , ' I am an old dog to be learning new tricks , but I shall learn to make war bread if it will help defeat the Huns . ' `` But the later suggestions went against Susan 's grain . Had it not been for father 's decree I think she would have snapped her fingers at Sir Robert Borden . '' ` Talk about trying to make bricks without straw , Mrs. Dr. dear ! How am I to make a cake without butter or sugar ? It can not be done -- not cake that is cake . Of course one can make a slab , Mrs. Dr. dear . And we can not even camooflash it with a little icing ! To think that I should have lived to see the day when a government at Ottawa should step into my kitchen and put me on rations ! ' `` Susan would give the last drop of her blood for her ` king and country , ' but to surrender her beloved recipes is a very different and much more serious matter . `` I had letters from Nan and Di too -- or rather notes . They are too busy to write letters , for exams are looming up . They will graduate in Arts this spring . I am evidently to be the dunce of the family .
But somehow I never had any hankering for a college course , and even now it does n't appeal XXXXX me .
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