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[Page 62]
This is a long letter – but it does not contain all the ful feelings of affection and friendship which I have in my mind towards you- It has been a kind of safety valve to my emotions to write [indecipherable] – Low in Spirits as I am over Archies death the fire of contempt and anger rises rather than falls in me when I consider that our children were men enough and patriotic and brave enough to make the great renunciation and [indecipherable] sacrifice comfort, safety, curredly hopes, and life - - and do their dutly, and while those others, of which the Cecil Stanley family rises to a bad eminence, basely stay at home – to shirk, to many, to treed – Blast that base litter to the pit of hell – Id rather my children were dead than be even as they are – at least we have not to blush for one beloved –
My best and warmest wishes to that [indecipherable] hearted wife of yours and to the cheerful daughter –
God bless you dear chap
Yrs affectionately
P Scotskerring