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July 1st, MC1CX 



15 Abercromby Place , 



Edinburgh, Scotland. 



Dear Sir: 



There is a poor old man John Brown living at the back 

 of our house here in one room for which he pays one dollar a week. 

 We help him from time to time, but have our own burdens and folk 

 too . 



It came to me you might like to help him in his old age. 

 He is over 80 and an invalid from nerves and spine damaged by a 

 fall. He attended your father in his later years and was with 

 him when he died in Washington, B.C. I think your father liked 

 him very much and was very kind to him. He had two sons in South 

 Africa who used to help him. One died last year after a long 

 illness leaving a wife & children & no money. The other he has 

 not heard from for 18 months, his letters being returned "Gone, 

 no address". His son used to go "on the bust" periodically & he 

 fears he may have died, been ruined, or be in jail now. The old 

 fellow has only 2 1/2 dollars a week to live on, and he needs to 

 have a woman in every day to do his little jobs. He is wonder- 

 fully good and patient and never asks for any help. He has no 

 idea I am troubling you thus . Any money you send I will gladly 

 administer — or it could be done by the authorities of his church — 

 who have a lot of very poor to look after. His health has suf- 

 fered for want of good food and comforts this last year. 



