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Article THE MARQUIS AND THE MASON'S WIDOW. ← Page 5 of 5
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The Marquis And The Mason's Widow.
satisfied . He belonged , unquestionably , to a Military Lodge . There are such in the army , not many , nor perhaps much countenanced by the authorities ; but they do exist . For you it is well . Go , and with a light heart . Stephen ! is that your son ' s name ? Stephen , so good a son , had best remain where he is . He will not be torn from you . I require no thanks . Go , I can listen to nothing further ; go , and have no fears about the future . " A substitute for Stephen Wardroper was procured .
Who provided him ? who sought him ? who paid for him ? and who , before the week ' s end , sent a , £ 10 note by post , to the Mason ' s widow ? The poor woman accurately conjectured , and so methinks will the reader . But those , and such there are , who delight to represent Masonry as " a hollow mockery , " " a shadow , " " a phantom , "
" an after-dinner bond , broken the moment the party separates ; " who contend that "it involves no moral tie , " and is " productive of no holy fruits , " would do well to muse over the moral pointed by this characteristic incident in the life of that generous and noble-minded being , Francis , the first MARQUIS OF HASTINGS .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Marquis And The Mason's Widow.
satisfied . He belonged , unquestionably , to a Military Lodge . There are such in the army , not many , nor perhaps much countenanced by the authorities ; but they do exist . For you it is well . Go , and with a light heart . Stephen ! is that your son ' s name ? Stephen , so good a son , had best remain where he is . He will not be torn from you . I require no thanks . Go , I can listen to nothing further ; go , and have no fears about the future . " A substitute for Stephen Wardroper was procured .
Who provided him ? who sought him ? who paid for him ? and who , before the week ' s end , sent a , £ 10 note by post , to the Mason ' s widow ? The poor woman accurately conjectured , and so methinks will the reader . But those , and such there are , who delight to represent Masonry as " a hollow mockery , " " a shadow , " " a phantom , "
" an after-dinner bond , broken the moment the party separates ; " who contend that "it involves no moral tie , " and is " productive of no holy fruits , " would do well to muse over the moral pointed by this characteristic incident in the life of that generous and noble-minded being , Francis , the first MARQUIS OF HASTINGS .