Lady Victoria Campbell

284 NIGHEAN AN DIUC
Sep. 30th, 1899.
My dear V.,
I have made over by deed, signed and sealed,
all the ruins of Iona to the Church of Scotland.
In the hands of a body of Trustees, of whom
Story is one. The deed will soon be published,
perhaps to-day. Hamish is very excited about
it. He has been here, and has gone off to-day.
My Deed will be grief to the Roman Catholics,
to the Anglicans, and to the Scottish Anglicans.
All pretty nearly equally disliked by me.
I hope they will soon put a roof on the Cathedral,
and open it with a grand " diet of worship."
Wyllie brought an account of your " cowp "
to-day. We are looking out for a new chair. I
can't understand how this one was so rotten.
Your affectionate Father,
Argyll.
The letter has an explanatory note on it in Lady
Victoria's hand : " Refers to my wheel Bath chair
collapsing. Harold (the pony) behaved angelically.
Let me creep out from under the ruins."
The much-excited " Hamish " wrote : —
Oct. 5th, 1899.
Seadh ! Mo leanabh ! Is'e peagairt do irmingh
agus obair. 1
It is twenty-two years on the 10th instant since
I wrote a long letter to the Duke on the matter,
1 Yes I My child. It is an answer to prayer and work.