The child of circumstance : the mystery of the unborn / by Albert Wilson.

  • Albert Wilson
Date:
1928
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    recognizing that he was reformed, perhaps on account of age, I got him a situation of trust as a caretaker under the London County Council. He died rather suddenly while in their service, where he had given full satis¬ faction. I had some difficulty in placing him, as several objected to engage a retired burglar, while so many honest men were out of work. I recently found a quaint letter from him written in 19n. He writes :— “ l will tell him [Mr. Winston Churchill] the story of my life and how when one wants to live an honest life he cannot do so, for it is almost impossible to get any¬ thing to do to hern a honest living. The world is very cold to a fallen man like myself. God bless you, Dr. Wilson, for your kindness, my sister would like to see your book Sir, as I am still staying with her and she is very kind to me But she is very Poor. I have no work yet My age goes against me. My sister tells me to trust in the Lord, it is Good to think so.” The last sentence has a ring of despair about it, but later Williams showed every sign of being reformed, though he had to be allowed to air his vanity. He wrote me out his history, and what he emphasized as much as his suffering was that he was in every way a gentleman. The title of his story was “ A instance of injustice.” In this he states that he was born in 1849 and brought up in the business of his father, which was very successful. His father was “ a man of good birth.” As a boy he was fond of sport and could box, run and swim ; but his boxing brought him into bad company and was his downfall. He expressed himself as very fond of fighting and admitted that he was rather too quarrelsome. His 'Prison Life. In the year 1869 he was charged with highway robbery with violence, and sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. He maintained that he was innocent, and