Correspondence from George MacNie Cowie to Frank Bennett

14 Glenisla Gds: Edinburgh

July 26th XII

Care Frater.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

The enclosed letter, will you please hand to Bro. Dunn [Ernest Dunn] for whom I think it is intended with the following explanation?

You will notice that the envelope is addressed to V.J. Brodunn. At first I took this to be an error for a certain Bro. Braidwood, and then noticed that the word seemed to be capable of division into Bro/Dunn. I could not think of any Bro. Dunn till I remembered that a letter signed with that name passed through my hands lately—Before dispatching it, however, on a long journey, I decided that I had better open it to see the superscription inside—Alas! It is the same inside and I notice that furthermore there is no signature, and it is evident that by some error the letter was sent off by the typist without having it checked and signed. I received it 24th July and have held it till 27th in case there was any mention of it in the letter I usually receive on Thursday. None, however, so I have decided to send it on with an explanatory note of the circumstances, and of how the letter comes to be open—(I have not read it)—I have re-sealed it.

Saluting you, Fraternally—

George M. Cowie

I usually sign

F[iat]. P[ax]., simply (0º = 0^o     A∴A∴)

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