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The Invisible Shield*
one so poor and pretty should not have been abandoned , —and insinuating that she " was ' nt used to be " thought any better than she ought to have been " no how , " together with divers other such uncharitable surmises and insinuations—I say , when all these things came to pass , the spiteful gossips did not know it , but there were those who could have told , that notwithstanding her apparently unprotected and perilous situation , there had ever been around her and about her continually , the sure protection of THE INVISIBLE SHIELD .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
FREEMASONRY IN INDIA . "THE glories of Calcutta are well ushered in by the charms of Garden Reach , a spot so perfectly beautiful , that the newly-arrived Englishman , on passing this part of the river , on his voyage from Diamond Harbour to the metropolis , at once begins to believe himself in Fairy-land . The magnificent stream up which he is sailing , is here wide , and
comparatively speaking , clear . The banks on either side , sloping gently down to the water ' s edge , are covered with the only real verdure I ever saw in Bengal . Flowers and shrubs , of every hue , peep forth from amongst the foliage ; while bungalows , of the most refined taste , stud the sides , and invite the traveller to land and try a foretaste of Indian hospitality . There was a time , indeed , when every rural habitation of this kind was open to the new-comerand bedboardand a hearty welcomewere
, , , , proffered to every Briton who here arrived . Even though the master of the cottage was away , the servants had , then , orders to receive and wait upon whoever might seek the shelter of these picturesque roofs . Those times have passed away—munificence and reckless expenditure have given place to economy and prudence . The style of persons who now seek the shores of Asia , has also altei'ed . " Tempora mutanlur ,
et nos mutamur cum illis . " But Garden Reach is still the same as regards its picturesque beauties ; and though every bungalow is not now open to the stranger and the wayfarer , the person who travels up by water from the place of anchorage to Calcutta , will do well to stop here , and partake of the good fare which a very nice hotel proffers . It is to this house that many families go to meet their relatives arriving from England , and hence conduct them to the capital . Never was I more
delighted with the sight of any spot than I was with Garden Reach . I eagerly gave orders to be set on shore , anxious at once to land on the lovely spot , and meet some friends who had written to Madras , telling me to expect them here . As L approached the neat little hotel , so different from our suburban smoking inns at Blackwall and Greenwich , I met a large party escorting an elderly gentleman and a young lady , who seemed to be his daughterdown to a budgerowwhich was to
, , convey them to a vessel lower down the river , only waiting their arrival to sail for Europe . At the water ' s edge the parting took place , and a more affectionate one I never beheld . The departing friend had apparently been long endeared to them : he was evidently highly esteemed by them all . On some of their parching cheeks I even saw a tear trickle down , as they wrung his hand with earnest friendship ; and a light drop glistened in many of their eyes , as they fervently pronounced
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The Invisible Shield*
one so poor and pretty should not have been abandoned , —and insinuating that she " was ' nt used to be " thought any better than she ought to have been " no how , " together with divers other such uncharitable surmises and insinuations—I say , when all these things came to pass , the spiteful gossips did not know it , but there were those who could have told , that notwithstanding her apparently unprotected and perilous situation , there had ever been around her and about her continually , the sure protection of THE INVISIBLE SHIELD .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
FREEMASONRY IN INDIA . "THE glories of Calcutta are well ushered in by the charms of Garden Reach , a spot so perfectly beautiful , that the newly-arrived Englishman , on passing this part of the river , on his voyage from Diamond Harbour to the metropolis , at once begins to believe himself in Fairy-land . The magnificent stream up which he is sailing , is here wide , and
comparatively speaking , clear . The banks on either side , sloping gently down to the water ' s edge , are covered with the only real verdure I ever saw in Bengal . Flowers and shrubs , of every hue , peep forth from amongst the foliage ; while bungalows , of the most refined taste , stud the sides , and invite the traveller to land and try a foretaste of Indian hospitality . There was a time , indeed , when every rural habitation of this kind was open to the new-comerand bedboardand a hearty welcomewere
, , , , proffered to every Briton who here arrived . Even though the master of the cottage was away , the servants had , then , orders to receive and wait upon whoever might seek the shelter of these picturesque roofs . Those times have passed away—munificence and reckless expenditure have given place to economy and prudence . The style of persons who now seek the shores of Asia , has also altei'ed . " Tempora mutanlur ,
et nos mutamur cum illis . " But Garden Reach is still the same as regards its picturesque beauties ; and though every bungalow is not now open to the stranger and the wayfarer , the person who travels up by water from the place of anchorage to Calcutta , will do well to stop here , and partake of the good fare which a very nice hotel proffers . It is to this house that many families go to meet their relatives arriving from England , and hence conduct them to the capital . Never was I more
delighted with the sight of any spot than I was with Garden Reach . I eagerly gave orders to be set on shore , anxious at once to land on the lovely spot , and meet some friends who had written to Madras , telling me to expect them here . As L approached the neat little hotel , so different from our suburban smoking inns at Blackwall and Greenwich , I met a large party escorting an elderly gentleman and a young lady , who seemed to be his daughterdown to a budgerowwhich was to
, , convey them to a vessel lower down the river , only waiting their arrival to sail for Europe . At the water ' s edge the parting took place , and a more affectionate one I never beheld . The departing friend had apparently been long endeared to them : he was evidently highly esteemed by them all . On some of their parching cheeks I even saw a tear trickle down , as they wrung his hand with earnest friendship ; and a light drop glistened in many of their eyes , as they fervently pronounced