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Article THE FREEMASON'S WIDOW.* ← Page 3 of 6 →
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The Freemason's Widow.*
•'"• ' You can help me to a passport , sir , ' she said , nothing daunted . " ' Of course ; they can ' t refuse that to you at the Secretary of State ' s office . You see you are poor . How do you expect to pay the expenses of a journey to Mexico ? It is a visionary scheme . Good morning , ma ' am . ' "' Sir , if you could recommend me to the care of the officer in command of the regiment that sails from
Baltimore "' Impossible , ma'am . ' ( To the page in AA aiting : —• ' Who did you say waited ? Tell him I am at leisure . ' "' Are you a Mason ? ' said the widoAv to the Secretary , making a sign for the page to delay . "' Yes , ma ' am . '
" ' I am a Mason's AvidoAv . My son is a Mason's son . I appeal to you , sir , in that capacity , and by the honor and truth of your honorable Order , ' said the widoAA ' , firml j ' . " The Secretary ' s manner at once changed to one of courteous interest . ' Stay , ' said he to the page . ' Take a seat , madam . '
" And from that moment , the affairs of the widovc took a neAV turn . The Secretary gave her a politely written note to the Secretary of State , AA ho , in turn , gave her a letter to the commandant at NCAV Orleans , to furnish her with a free passage to Vera Cruz . The Lodges , at the instigation of the Secretaryadvanced her three hundred dollarsand the
, , widoAv left Washington on her mission . The stage agent who Avas at Pittsburgh , on her showing him a letter which the Grand Master furnished her with—Avhich she could not herself read , it being written in a mysterious cypher , but which she kneAv Avas potent—Avould not receive anything for her passage . The captain of the steamer at Pittsburgh
had no sooner deciphered it , than he gave her his best state-room , and her passage free to NeAV Orleans , so that when she reached there , she had tAvo hundred and ninety dollars of her three hundred left .
" Here she waited on Gen . , in command of the station , who instructed Col . , who had the charge of forwarding troops to Mexico , to see that she had a free passage given her on the first steamer . By all the officers she was treated with the greatest politeness and delicacy ; for they AA ^ ere all Masons , and they felt bound to her by a tie stronger than that which binds brother and sister together , and they felt a pleasure in the opportunity afforded them
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Widow.*
•'"• ' You can help me to a passport , sir , ' she said , nothing daunted . " ' Of course ; they can ' t refuse that to you at the Secretary of State ' s office . You see you are poor . How do you expect to pay the expenses of a journey to Mexico ? It is a visionary scheme . Good morning , ma ' am . ' "' Sir , if you could recommend me to the care of the officer in command of the regiment that sails from
Baltimore "' Impossible , ma'am . ' ( To the page in AA aiting : —• ' Who did you say waited ? Tell him I am at leisure . ' "' Are you a Mason ? ' said the widoAv to the Secretary , making a sign for the page to delay . "' Yes , ma ' am . '
" ' I am a Mason's AvidoAv . My son is a Mason's son . I appeal to you , sir , in that capacity , and by the honor and truth of your honorable Order , ' said the widoAA ' , firml j ' . " The Secretary ' s manner at once changed to one of courteous interest . ' Stay , ' said he to the page . ' Take a seat , madam . '
" And from that moment , the affairs of the widovc took a neAV turn . The Secretary gave her a politely written note to the Secretary of State , AA ho , in turn , gave her a letter to the commandant at NCAV Orleans , to furnish her with a free passage to Vera Cruz . The Lodges , at the instigation of the Secretaryadvanced her three hundred dollarsand the
, , widoAv left Washington on her mission . The stage agent who Avas at Pittsburgh , on her showing him a letter which the Grand Master furnished her with—Avhich she could not herself read , it being written in a mysterious cypher , but which she kneAv Avas potent—Avould not receive anything for her passage . The captain of the steamer at Pittsburgh
had no sooner deciphered it , than he gave her his best state-room , and her passage free to NeAV Orleans , so that when she reached there , she had tAvo hundred and ninety dollars of her three hundred left .
" Here she waited on Gen . , in command of the station , who instructed Col . , who had the charge of forwarding troops to Mexico , to see that she had a free passage given her on the first steamer . By all the officers she was treated with the greatest politeness and delicacy ; for they AA ^ ere all Masons , and they felt bound to her by a tie stronger than that which binds brother and sister together , and they felt a pleasure in the opportunity afforded them