WCP568

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Oxford Cottage,

Oxford Str.,

Kingsdown,

BRISTOL,

January 8^th 1913

Dear Doctor Wallace,

I cannot quite confess[?] my delight of beholding your face and reading about you in Daily New, London. Forty years ago at that meeting in London I had the pleasure of shaking hands with you and the late Doctor Nichols and others gone below the turf[?]. No one knew who I was that fame[?] my opponent[?] of the vile drinking habits[?] of high life and the plant of [1 word illeg.] wages. Life Jeans and of a Life of Serenity[?] fine was pearl in gentleman Sinus[?] wages never exceeded a [1 word illeg.] a week. [2] Yet I thought[?] me a forme[rly] of [1 word illeg.] and piece my way on that [1 word illeg.] to me would be like having an [1 word illeg.] chain [1 word illeg.] my neck linked to my feet. Now with thanks to our noble friend the Chancellor of Exelfur[?], am not to one employer. I have 5/- to live on and keep out of [1 word illeg.]. Simple feeding keeps me right and of course [1 word illeg.] are out of my line. For I am a life [1 word illeg.] from among animals and [2 word illeg.] and new mammals[?]. What is the use of complaining if God wills it for us to live to a [1 word illeg.] year[s]. Luxury won’t help us on to that lane on a single ticket in the railway of life. Now dear doctor let me have the gay and pleasure of coming [3] down to road[?] see you. It will be a charming walk down my feet are good without [1 word illeg.]. I have a [1 word illeg.] heart and a full strong chest and all my hair on front [?] the same as & face that you have[?]. I wear[?] no hat[?] [3 words illeg.]. My last fine walk was from Liverpool to Borestar in that awful winter of 1910. The one before that was to Wellington [1 word illeg.] 1909. The one before to London 1908 and in 1906. From London to Edenloph[?] to Skoles[?] Castle to try to see Mr. Connlie[?] the Millenor[?], but did not see him from there. I walked through all the [1 word illeg.] one after 13 weeks walking for to [4] this city. Why I am telling you is what I was thinking[?] [1 word illeg.] address all along in the open air and selling my little booklet, "A voice from the Lemonto[?] hall" to pay my way. Lenon throughout were sold [by] one in one year. Its[?] now and or print now Tin [?] in my walk from London to Edendolph[?] and back to [1 word illeg.] I met 417[?] men [1 word illeg.], 27 women with 16 children. [I] spoke to them, I looked at 40 common carrying [?] bones. Where hundreds of men slept the night. I also looked at 9 casual wards did [1 word illeg.] of stones. Chapel Ward made [1 word illeg.] and packed[?] [1 word illeg.] pumped water, leveled[?] from, gel armory once 600 men. Not one of them was a welder.

[5] Not [1 word illeg.] of[?] poverty. I am not fumbling[?] at my poverty[?]. I rather like it, but would rather much like another 5/-[?] a week seems a [1 word illeg.] likes to look descent in his personal opponent. So have I am [1 word illeg.] to you not a being better[?] because if I begin to see[?]. I live[?] by faith and some times a little comes to me [1 word illeg.] in the way you will see in the [1 word illeg.] note. Where I am going to honestly come[?] my 1/6[?] to help pay my 3/- weekly monk[?] so now after reading about your [1 word illeg.] your[?] book to let the persons thinking and me wish also flanking[?] kindly let me walk though my notions[?] [6] "country dear old [1 word illeg.]"

Selling[?] you back and preaching personal self home rule. I should[?] like to say more but would rather name the good pleasure of a week’s talk with you even to cleaning your books for the pleasure of it other [1 word illeg.] Lane or 16 Queens [2 word illeg.] will gladly answer your [1 word illeg.] about me. I [1 word illeg.] live you a person’s name. [1 word illeg.] I have never had anything much to do with them.

For here is my religion. In a nut shell that the persons must crack before they can [7] tell the [1 word illeg.] "Carnigie Brother"

Carnigie[?] brother do not stumble through the path be dark as night. More[?] is a God that [1 word illeg.] the humble much in them and do the night. Let the road be long and [1 word illeg.] And its ending for and or Light [1 word illeg.] it frankly, stormy[?] or weary[?] and in God and do the night. [2 word illeg.] word [1 word illeg.] beneath[?] all that from the light weather warmy[?] weather[?] loosing. From in God and do the night must no pont[?] channel nor faction and no leader in the light point in snowy wind[?] and action must no good and do the night. Some will hate thee. Some will love thee. Some will flatten[?] some will fight[?]. [8] But cease from more[?]. And look about thee. Your in God and do the night. Your simple rule and [1 word illeg.] funding is [1 word illeg.] peace[?] and[?] light. God alone thy path is landing must in harm all will be night.

Will[?] has been my personal life ome rule that has kept me safe from the [2 word illeg.] and the [2 words illeg.]

I have put together another 6 page pamphlet with me tells. "[2 words illeg.] wolf in sheep’s clothing". I only need a kind partner[?] to take it in hand for me and page[?] him as the pamphlet is sold piece 2nd[?] per copy.

[9] I wont to so right [2 words illeg.] 1913. More to point to my claim to an estate[?] or my proud[?] [1 word illeg.] or [1 word illeg.] and [1 word illeg.] The sale of my book and to you will for me name the honour[sic] or selling[?] your also. I feel same that much good will be done. But I should rather have the honour[sic] of talking the matter over [1 word illeg.] I am slightly deaf. Its as plain as A.B.C. we should understand each other. But I prefer[?] the walk down I will soon find and the way to [1 word illeg.].

[10] I must ask your pardon dear Sir for wanting[?] on this paper as I name[?] no other. May the good[?] God of all power and might and wisdom abundantly bless you [1 word illeg.] to come[.] My death mother died in 1901 at[?] nintty two, a life beholder[?] though I am poor the was me one I had to keep. Your my father died at 66 and lift her poor. Though[?] in 50 years he spent one thousand four hundred pounds one shilling 76^d in drinks are [1 word illeg.] and with my saved earnings[?] at 21[?] I had to bury him. The vile brewers[?], and destiller[?] or problems. Let what my mother should [11] have had Sir [1 word illeg.] you may think to write in your book let it be known that most all our poverty[?] can be mailed[?] directly or indirectly to the cursed[?] drink I should not have had to keep my mother, it was my father dirty[?] as a husband[?] to do that not come upon the eldest son to do so, knowing that to wash it in [1 word illeg.] was to deprive his wife and children or their [1 word illeg.] night to be kept from the [2 word illeg.]. I did not want my mother to be a [1 word illeg.] Therefore if my [1 word illeg.] from the things my father had it was [12] me who was doing the father’s duties[?].

God bless and keep your dear Doctor Wallace in the progress of your humble Servant Christian Shamrock Radford [signature]

[2 words illeg] and speaks on Total absolution and simple poverty living.

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