A Letter from Jim.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 49, 5 December 1901, Page 18

A Letter from Jim.

Yesterday's mail brought a short note from my West Coast friend, Ole Jim. It refers to purely family matters, but the general public is a bit of a Paul Pry, and such things seem always to interest it. Apart altogether from, the classic style of the effusion, this fact, together with Ole Jim's permission, justifies the insertion of the epistle in this column. Here it is — ' Deer Quip, — ' My son, as what F tole you hail went to fite the Bores with the .'srd eontingemertt, return-l Back again to home, i weaks Now come ncx tueidy. lie braug With him 2 soovy neers Of the war wich are naniley hentuck Fe.ivor and a bore Bulht. In Fact he had a Rtl.ip of the feaver. The bullit is in the caf of his leg; and the Dokter t-ed as What he must get his leg S.iud off befur he can get the bulit. When he Dose get it baud off I think He ware it on My watchane. Tho the ole ooman (which the in his mother) wants it Bad for to put it on the Palour chimbly peace. He is a dootiful son and very fond of his purienty. He eay^ as how in the middel of a fite he often wish he was with u^.and Every time he saw a ole Bore he Thuuk of me When he reeched the end of his distinashun \y in pay was In a reer and he Was very week of the feaver so he lives on his fambly and Beef tea prinsiply. They sufferd terrible In the War and he seen many a cumrid as didden have a trowsis to his Back, ai this leaves me at present and I hop you are the Same. Your ole frend,