He was n't treated at all badly at his camp -- only the food was poor . He had nothing to eat but a little black bread and boiled turnips and now and then a little soup with black peas in it . And we sat down every one of those days to three good square luxurious meals ! He wrote us as often as he could but he was afraid we were not getting his letters because no reply came . As soon as he was strong enough he tried to escape , but was caught and brought back ; a month later he and a comrade made another attempt and succeeded in reaching Holland . `` Jem ca n't come home right away . He is n't quite so well as his cable said , for his wound has not healed properly and he has to go into a hospital in England for further treatment . But he says he will be all right eventually , and we know he is safe and will be back home sometime , and oh , the difference it makes in everything ! `` I had a letter from Jim Anderson today , too . He has married an English girl , got his discharge , and is coming right home to Canada with his bride . I do n't know whether to be glad or sorry . It will depend on what kind of a woman she is . I had a second letter also of a somewhat mysterious tenor . It is from a Charlottetown lawyer , asking me to go in to see him at my earliest convenience in regard to a certain matter connected with the estate of the ` late Mrs. Matilda Pitman . ' `` I read a notice of Mrs. Pitman 's death -- from heart failure -- in the Enterprise a few weeks ago . I wonder if this summons has anything to do with Jims . '' 5th October 1918 `` I went into town this morning and had an interview with Mrs. Pitman 's lawyer -- a little thin , wispy man , who spoke of his late client with such a profound respect that it is evident that he as was much under her thumb as Robert and Amelia were . He drew up a new will for her a short time before her death . She was worth thirty thousand dollars , the bulk of which was left to Amelia Chapley . But she left five thousand to me in trust for Jims .
The interest is XXXXX be used as I see fit for his education , and the principal is to be paid over to him on his twentieth birthday .
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