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Article EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A FREEMASON. ← Page 4 of 17 →
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
he exert every effort of his imagination ; no device seemed in any degree feasible , and as it was not merely a question of cornparative risks , but of apparent impossibility , the prospects of success were most gloomy . He was , however , determined at all hazards to give the slip to his neiv allies , and if his death should be the result of his resolutionhe knew that at least he should
, be performing his duty , and that the charge of cowardice or desertion could never be imputed to him . Many an anxious hour passed without any symptoms of liis being able to accomplish his object , and numerous were the projects which he conceived without any chance of ever being able to realize one of them . At length , however , he came to the gate ivhich was
nearest to the position occupied by the Imperial troops , and outside of which a barricade had been thrown up as an additional security . At this point , he determined , if possible , to escape from his unpleasant predicament ; and trusting to his cockade , and his loud vociferations in favour of la liberta , he commenced operations . It so happened that just as he arrived at the gate to which I have alluded , a fresh detachment of volunteers was being marched through it to reinforce the men on
the barricade . Here was an opportunity not to be lost ; and it was not difficult , in the hurry and bustle of the moment , to pass through with the crowd unnoticed . Accordingly , the corporal in disguise , to his great delight , soon found himself outside the gate . One difficulty was overcome , and the next object to be compassed was to pass over the barricade , and gain the
Imperial camp . This was no such easy matter ; a formidable array of armed patriots guarded the barricade on every side with the utmost vigilance , and to attempt an escape ivould have been as hopeless as it would hai r e ineA'itably been the certain signal for instant death . W was not an object of any particular attraction on the barricade , as his dress Avas of the latest
revolutionary fashion , and he busied himself in strengthening the outworks of the fortification in common with the rest . Still his mind , as may be supposed , was not working quite in unison ivith his hands , and he ivas constantly on the look out for a fair opportunity to " slip his cable " and run for his life . Fortune , however , did not appear to favour his design , and at last he
determined to summon up all his nonchalance and get quietly over the barricade as though he ivere about to perform some particular duty , taking the chance of being stopped or not .
This was a somewhat desperate measure , but in such circumstances it is useless to iveigh too closely the comparative chances of success or failure , and a daring resolution is often rewarded by complete victory—Fortes fortuna jitvat . He had advanced
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
he exert every effort of his imagination ; no device seemed in any degree feasible , and as it was not merely a question of cornparative risks , but of apparent impossibility , the prospects of success were most gloomy . He was , however , determined at all hazards to give the slip to his neiv allies , and if his death should be the result of his resolutionhe knew that at least he should
, be performing his duty , and that the charge of cowardice or desertion could never be imputed to him . Many an anxious hour passed without any symptoms of liis being able to accomplish his object , and numerous were the projects which he conceived without any chance of ever being able to realize one of them . At length , however , he came to the gate ivhich was
nearest to the position occupied by the Imperial troops , and outside of which a barricade had been thrown up as an additional security . At this point , he determined , if possible , to escape from his unpleasant predicament ; and trusting to his cockade , and his loud vociferations in favour of la liberta , he commenced operations . It so happened that just as he arrived at the gate to which I have alluded , a fresh detachment of volunteers was being marched through it to reinforce the men on
the barricade . Here was an opportunity not to be lost ; and it was not difficult , in the hurry and bustle of the moment , to pass through with the crowd unnoticed . Accordingly , the corporal in disguise , to his great delight , soon found himself outside the gate . One difficulty was overcome , and the next object to be compassed was to pass over the barricade , and gain the
Imperial camp . This was no such easy matter ; a formidable array of armed patriots guarded the barricade on every side with the utmost vigilance , and to attempt an escape ivould have been as hopeless as it would hai r e ineA'itably been the certain signal for instant death . W was not an object of any particular attraction on the barricade , as his dress Avas of the latest
revolutionary fashion , and he busied himself in strengthening the outworks of the fortification in common with the rest . Still his mind , as may be supposed , was not working quite in unison ivith his hands , and he ivas constantly on the look out for a fair opportunity to " slip his cable " and run for his life . Fortune , however , did not appear to favour his design , and at last he
determined to summon up all his nonchalance and get quietly over the barricade as though he ivere about to perform some particular duty , taking the chance of being stopped or not .
This was a somewhat desperate measure , but in such circumstances it is useless to iveigh too closely the comparative chances of success or failure , and a daring resolution is often rewarded by complete victory—Fortes fortuna jitvat . He had advanced