Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

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19 th August 1 S 9 U . 5 . App lication from a body styling itself " Tho Grand Lodge of Now Zealand , " dated 1 st May 1890 , requesting its recognition by the Grand Lodge of England as the sole Masonic jurisdiction in that

colony . 6 . App lication from a body styling itself "The Grand Lodge of Tasmania , " dated 12 th July 1 S 90 , requesting its recognition by the Graud Lodge of England as the sole Masonio jurisdiction in that oolony .

List of Lodges for whioh Warrants have been granted by tho Most Worshipful Grand Master Biuoe the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2371—The Felis Lodge , Felixstowe , Suffolk . 2372—Tho James Terry Lodge , Cheshunt , Hertfordshire .

2373—The Hardwick Lodge , Chesterfield , Derbyshire . 2374—The William Shurmur Lodge , Chingford , Essex . 2375—Tho llilbre Lodge , Hoylako , Cheshire .

2376—Tho Carnarvon Lodge , Loyland , Lancashire ( W . D . ) 2377—The Royal Connanght Lodgo , Ahmednarjar , Bombay . 2378—The Fenwick Lodgo , Woolloongabba , Brisbane , Queensland .

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TRIED AND TRUE .

BY THE TOOLS OF THE FELLOW CBAFT . CHAPTER I . —WnNr Hts WAT ALONE . LEON DARRELL , the night when he had been passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft , walked most cf the way home alone . It seemed rather strange to him that it should be so , for he had been the sort of man all his life long to invite and receive companionship ;

the sort of fellow who usually found other men going his way , or himself going theirs , even though one should go out of tbe way in the going . That night it was not so , and he had plenty of chance for thought . Thinking back one month , to the evening when he first found Masonio light , his memory told him this had not been so .

Thon there had been a laughing group of almost a dozen nearly all the way , with not less than four or five to take him by the hand and say , " Good night , " at his very gate . Then the hour had been earl y , the sky clear and moon flooded with light , the breeze from the sonth sweet , and earth aud heaven alike had seemed to promise long life

and much of happiness . But , this night iu which the science of the great Fraternity had been rehearsed for him ; in which he had found faith ' s way up the winding stairs of knowledge and trath , and in which he had rison to the degree of Masonio manhood in strong manhood ' s prime , all was changed , as every one of his brethreu

turned corners soon reached , and out of tho little city into the vaguely seen and far-reaching country , with faltering footsteps and eyes tired aud dim in the darkness , he went his way alone . To-night the hour was late , the clonds wore black with storm ' s snilen threat , the northern gale had anger in its noisy might , and the very elements

seemed to loudly prate of the shortness and insufficiency of life and the sorrow and certainty of death . Was it typical of his past and prophetic of his future ? The man raised his hat from his forehead and faced the north—home of darkness and birthplace of coming storm . He Bighed , softly but sadly , very sadly . One listening to

him , then and there , alone in tho blackness , might havo recalled the words of one who had once said that Leon Durrell had always seemed to him to be a lonely man , in spite of bis great popularity and fine social powers . As for Darrell , he was trying to find why he was so oppressed—wondering whether it was something in the degree he

had just taken , or possibly some ungnessed shadow of a degree still to come and ho muttered , " I have always been a lonely man sincesince— " Then , with the sentence unfinished , he relapsed into silence . His words were strange , and one hearing them would have called them a marvellous confirmation of tho paradoxical remark

I mentioned just now . Suddenly the mau spoke again , a 3 though half unconsciousl y . Ho was repeating the statement regarding the uses of tho tools of a Follow Craft . That , of all ho had learned , had most impressed him , aud he dwelt upon it lovingly but sadly . Ho turned in at his gate , sighing again .

GiiAi'TEit II . —PLUMB , SQUAIIE , TRUE . Leon Darrell did not enter the house at once . Why should ho ? Iho ni ght attracted him , tho wiud soothed him , and tho ctorm seemed to pnlso in unison with his heart . Besides all which , ho rather dreaded his home coming ; tho light had never been so bright , tho

nor lamp so near tho window iu all the years that were gone . As ho did not go in , his wife came out to meet him . One look at hor ace—one sentence from her lips—and he was quite satisfied to have "ns interview in the gloom of the night—in tho hnrry of the wind y heralds of tho storm . " They have found Robert , " was what anu said .

Iho man made no immediate answer , bat turned and walked , Wvousl j , up ! lU ( i ( lovyu the wind-swept footpath that led np from ^ o gate . " ' Uprightly—before God aud man—tho rquare of virtue 0 V ° 7 enib 6 ring— ' " he muttered . " Oh , God , as though I could 1 , ., I ° * °° !\ ' Thon he came aud stood beside his wife , and took her th H \ \ i ' " ^ e Saya— " bo S au tne man , questioniugly , aud ns o « BU ho had found something of hope in his heart , but if hopo had

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fonnd a place there , something in her face crucified it . He paused abruptly and waited for her answer . He should have known better than to hope . "The letter is not from him , " she replied , " and , BO far as I know , he says nothing . " " He says nothing , " repented the man , his voice aa meohanical and soulless as that of an echo might have been .

The woman oan <» ht her breath , and looked into the man's face . Something in tho way he took her astonnding piece of news—something in his tone or posture—planted suspicions in her soul that she had never felt before . She tried to ask him a terrible questiontried and failed ; tried to aay words that seemed easy for one moment , and that she knew the next were impossible , —impossible until he

should help her to say them . "Yon are thinking ? " she blundered ; " of what or of whom are yon thinking ?" " Of many things—many persons—bnt most of all of yon , " he said , and he stooped and kissed her with a sudden fieroe eagerness that almost frightened her ; " of the fact that you must give np all the money—jewels—home—now that your brother has been found . "

" But—the law— " she began . The man s eloquently uplifted hand stopped her . "Your father ' s will gave it to Robert . That ia the plain and simple fact . That he meant , on hia death-bed , to do yon an equal and exact justice , doubtless ia true , but death found his plan unperformed . "

" But the property ia worth ten times aa muoh to-day—" " That makes it none the less Robert ' s . " " It has increased under your care . " "And I have lived liberally , uaing muoh of the income . " The woman bowed her head . The man'a arguments conld do no less than convince such a soul as here . Facing poverty , at his side ,

for hia honour ' s sake , she had never loved Leon Darrell ao well aa ebe loved him then . " You do not seem surprised at Robert's having been found after all these yeara ? " She had her handB upon hia arm 8 , was looking into his face as though she would read hia very soul , and seemed , somehow , suddonly to have found her brother an unimportant and impersonal sort of an individual , in spite of the fact that he had

been missing for almost ten years . Her husband seemed to fill her whole mental horizon . " 1 am not surprised , " he answered , adding to himself , " nor will I be surprised at any tale he may tell to account for his absence . " " What ? " demanded hia wife sharply . He evaded her question , and said , " You remember I have paid

much money in the search for him ? You know hia father , dying , said he would be found ? You—" " But I thought father ' s mind wandered . I gave him up the morning after the Bank was robbed and burned . To have him come now is like having the dead come back . " They did not find his remains , nor even a trace of them , and your

father—" " Died from the shock 1 I know he thought hia aon atill livedcrazed , perhaps , by the horrible event . Bat I supposed hia belief a wild one , and—and—Leon , Leon , " she cried , " what do you know of that terrible night ? what do you know ?" Her arms were around hi 3 neck , and her kisses were hot upon hia

cold lips . " I promised your father , " he answered , " and when he was so near doath ' s flood that I had to stoop to catch the words he said , that I would seek for Robert , find him if possible , and—foundhold open for him every avenue to honour . What do I know ! As God hears me , God before whom I would walk uprightly , I know no

more of that night than your father guessed . " " And—then— " she gasped . " Yea ? " he said , bitterly , "and then I stood trial for robbery and arson ! Thoy proved nothing !" " Proved ? I always knew you were innocent , bat , tell me , did Robert commit those crimes ?"

He made her no answer , but she looked in his face and knew . The night wept , and her heart wept , bat in her aoul she thanked God for the man so plumb , so square , so true , who had honoured her with his love—and her father with , hia truth .

CHAPTER III . —EVEK EEMEMBERING AND DOING DUTY . They called it heart disease when Leon Darrell was found dead iu his bed one morning . Perhaps it waa , as sometimes noble hearts break , but the Master of the Lodge , to whom the stricken widow told so much that he guessed more , mused over one of Masonry ' s monitorial lessons when the day came in which the dead was laid to

rest , and said , " Walking uprightly ? Yes , always ; through good and through evil report . True to his promise—his truBt—in Bpite of all loss , financial or personal . Squaring ? Yes ; all things—squaring , always—squariug , as men and Masons ever should . Ever remembering ? Well , ho lived it so , and he was not unready . A Fellow Craft has gone up thoso winding stairs down which none ever como again ; gono to alight that no earthly eyes ever looked upon , and

that no mortal heart ever gnessed tho glory of ; gone to such knowledge as onr science bnt dimly symbolizes ; gone to tho wages of the just made perfect . A Fellow-Craft hns grown wiser than we are by being raised as no brother iu the flesh was ever raised . A Fellow Craft is mL'sing here , but is fouud there j is gone hero , but is stand , iug iu God's East there , and , silent—white-faced—is sure of tho secrets of a Master Mason ?—Voice of Masonry .

A fine stained ' glass window , from the studio of Mr . Taylor of Berners Street , has been erected iu tho Presbyterian Church " Gravesond , " the gift of Mr . W . Tingey of "Sunnyside , " with the subject of "The Gocd Shepherd . "

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