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Article THE FREEMASON'S WIDOW.* ← Page 4 of 6 →
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The Freemason's Widow.*
of carrying into practice the beautiful and systematic theory of their Order . " After a passage of five days she reached Vera Cruz . Having a letter to the American Governor , she sent it to him , enclosing the talismanic card just spoken of , and which thus far had proved stronger than gold . The Governor
immediately called upon her at the house of Dramond , and offered her transportation to the city of Mexico by a train that was to start next morning . The Colonel who commanded the train took charge of her , afforded her every facility and comfort on the journey , providing her with a carriage when the country AA as leA r el , and Avith mules and palanquins over the mountains . Arrived Avithin ninety
miles of the city , they were overtaken by a detachment of dragoons escorting a Government official to the city . Anxious to get on faster , she asked permission to join it ; and though informed of the danger and fatigue of a hard ride night and day on horseback at a steady trot , she Avas willing to brave it that she might the sooner see her son .
Provided with a fleet and gentle-gaited Mexican horse , she assumed her place with the troops , escorted by the officers , and never flagged with fatigue until the towers of Mexico were in sight . " " A brave lady ! But where was her son , and IIOAV Avas she to get into Mexico , if , as I understand you , you had not yet taken the city ?" " And Avhere AA'as it she stood fire ? " asked the fat gentleman in a broad hat .
" All in good time , gentlemen , " responded the narrator . " As I said at first , we were fighting the second day ' s battle before the gates when she arrived ; but her son was in the city , and there he had been for five or six Aveeks in prison . I will tell you how I first came to see her . Our regiment had been doing its best to keep eight thousand cavalry from
joining the left wing of the Mexican army , when we were ordered to face about to the left and drive a body of the enemy from a hill on which they were forming with artillery . It was when the company I was attached to Avas crossing a ravine to fulfil the order , that we encountered a body of horse . At first we took them for the enemybut soon saw
, they were Americans . They came on as if fatigued with hard service . I saw a lady by the side of their captain ; such a si g ht at such a time drew the attention of more than one of us . The party Avas the one from Vera Cruz , escorting
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Widow.*
of carrying into practice the beautiful and systematic theory of their Order . " After a passage of five days she reached Vera Cruz . Having a letter to the American Governor , she sent it to him , enclosing the talismanic card just spoken of , and which thus far had proved stronger than gold . The Governor
immediately called upon her at the house of Dramond , and offered her transportation to the city of Mexico by a train that was to start next morning . The Colonel who commanded the train took charge of her , afforded her every facility and comfort on the journey , providing her with a carriage when the country AA as leA r el , and Avith mules and palanquins over the mountains . Arrived Avithin ninety
miles of the city , they were overtaken by a detachment of dragoons escorting a Government official to the city . Anxious to get on faster , she asked permission to join it ; and though informed of the danger and fatigue of a hard ride night and day on horseback at a steady trot , she Avas willing to brave it that she might the sooner see her son .
Provided with a fleet and gentle-gaited Mexican horse , she assumed her place with the troops , escorted by the officers , and never flagged with fatigue until the towers of Mexico were in sight . " " A brave lady ! But where was her son , and IIOAV Avas she to get into Mexico , if , as I understand you , you had not yet taken the city ?" " And Avhere AA'as it she stood fire ? " asked the fat gentleman in a broad hat .
" All in good time , gentlemen , " responded the narrator . " As I said at first , we were fighting the second day ' s battle before the gates when she arrived ; but her son was in the city , and there he had been for five or six Aveeks in prison . I will tell you how I first came to see her . Our regiment had been doing its best to keep eight thousand cavalry from
joining the left wing of the Mexican army , when we were ordered to face about to the left and drive a body of the enemy from a hill on which they were forming with artillery . It was when the company I was attached to Avas crossing a ravine to fulfil the order , that we encountered a body of horse . At first we took them for the enemybut soon saw
, they were Americans . They came on as if fatigued with hard service . I saw a lady by the side of their captain ; such a si g ht at such a time drew the attention of more than one of us . The party Avas the one from Vera Cruz , escorting