2110-5-4-6

72 Devonshire House W.

16th May 1929

My dear John

I am on my back in bed - the result of a severe chill contracted in the train on the night I went to help MacAndrew at Kilmarnock - and according to all medical prognostication I shall still be here on 30th May, so that my voice can never be raised in the Campaign

I know how much 'under the weather' you have been yourself but I am told you are better and I send you from my bed a cry for help. Could you address a meeting in Hillhead Burgh Hall on the night before the Poll? It is a small hall & would not tax you at all. But if that be not possible could you suggest another evening or

at the worst an afternoon.

It would be a great boon to me to have your help & I would be ever grateful

Ever yours

Robert Horne

[ST: Sir Robert Horne]

It is still a secret that I am entirely hors de combat