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The Beautiful Hand.
"Nothing , dearest ; I know no more of masonry than yourself ;" forcing myself to smile . " That will not do , George ; my Father being a mason has some how affected you ; you have said there should be no concealment between us—that all our thoughts should be given frankly to each other ; tell me then , clear George , at once , Avhat is it disturbs you ?" "I am not disturbed" said 1 forcing another smileand taking her
, , , hand as I gazed in her beautiful and innocent face . " Oh , George , do not , say you are not disturbed—and greatlydisturbed too , —letit . be , " said she with more energy than I had ever before seen in her manner , " let it be Avhat it may , keep your Avord to me , George , ancl tell me frankly Avhat all this bodes ?" " It does not bode at , all ; if this little event in our affairs must have a term especially applied to it , call it the alarming mistake ; for it . has
so happened , " I continued in almost my accustomed manner , " that just as you spoke of your Father I felt a strange , nervous sort of sickness , and you mistook one for the cause of the other . " " Oh how relieved I am , " said she with her eyes full of joy , and ready to overflow in tears . I made an excuse of taking a ride to terminate this interview ; and ordering a gighad myself driven several miles out of town .
, My Father one of the best and most truly honorable men on earth , was a mason ; a thousand times have I seen evidences of the strength of its ties upon him ; every mason , Avas , in truth , his brother—the child of a mason his OAVII . My Mother , too , had some reason besides that of my Father ' s being a mason , to respect and love the order ; and almost
as often as my Father himself , had she instilled it into her children to look to masons as to fast friends , and to their children as to relatives . And here Avas I about to phmge the child of a mason—a young confiding , innocent being , into irreparable misery . This turned the balance in favour of the side , Avhich the dictates of true honor and virtue , in my bosom , had beeu too lig ht to make preponderate . Ought I to apply reasons which AA'cre generally just , like a mere Uvwyer , to every possible
case ? Who , that I had ever seen , was in the slightest degree comparable to her ? Not one ; and I had much already wandered . To my OAVII famil y I Avas sure that she would be perfectly acceptable . A few acquaintances AVIIO knew my habitually expressed sentiments about AvidoAvs , would doubtless amuse themselves at my expense ; but should so trifling a consideration in itself Aveigh with a man in any serious affair of lifefar less in this the most important one ? My mind Avas made up .
, And I felt as much relieved and delighted at having had the obstacles , Avhich my OAVII pride and prejudices had thrown in the Avay of our union , removed , as if I had overcome any other obstruction to it . I returned to her happier than I had ever before been ; but , from delicacy to her , I of course as strictly concealed my previous uuworlhy
and dastardly intentions , as if none such had ever dishonored iny thoughts . That evening and the next day every thing Avas understood and arranged . Her brother was Avritfen for , ancl not many days after , he and I accompanied her to her father ' s house ; where I spent a Aveek AA'hich I shall never forget . In a very short time I , myself , became a mason , and she a mason ' s wife . And as the best Avish that I can entreat for my masonic brethren , let me add , may they each be blest with one half so good as her of the Beautiful Hand , the ever loved Avife of GEORGIC .
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The Beautiful Hand.
"Nothing , dearest ; I know no more of masonry than yourself ;" forcing myself to smile . " That will not do , George ; my Father being a mason has some how affected you ; you have said there should be no concealment between us—that all our thoughts should be given frankly to each other ; tell me then , clear George , at once , Avhat is it disturbs you ?" "I am not disturbed" said 1 forcing another smileand taking her
, , , hand as I gazed in her beautiful and innocent face . " Oh , George , do not , say you are not disturbed—and greatlydisturbed too , —letit . be , " said she with more energy than I had ever before seen in her manner , " let it be Avhat it may , keep your Avord to me , George , ancl tell me frankly Avhat all this bodes ?" " It does not bode at , all ; if this little event in our affairs must have a term especially applied to it , call it the alarming mistake ; for it . has
so happened , " I continued in almost my accustomed manner , " that just as you spoke of your Father I felt a strange , nervous sort of sickness , and you mistook one for the cause of the other . " " Oh how relieved I am , " said she with her eyes full of joy , and ready to overflow in tears . I made an excuse of taking a ride to terminate this interview ; and ordering a gighad myself driven several miles out of town .
, My Father one of the best and most truly honorable men on earth , was a mason ; a thousand times have I seen evidences of the strength of its ties upon him ; every mason , Avas , in truth , his brother—the child of a mason his OAVII . My Mother , too , had some reason besides that of my Father ' s being a mason , to respect and love the order ; and almost
as often as my Father himself , had she instilled it into her children to look to masons as to fast friends , and to their children as to relatives . And here Avas I about to phmge the child of a mason—a young confiding , innocent being , into irreparable misery . This turned the balance in favour of the side , Avhich the dictates of true honor and virtue , in my bosom , had beeu too lig ht to make preponderate . Ought I to apply reasons which AA'cre generally just , like a mere Uvwyer , to every possible
case ? Who , that I had ever seen , was in the slightest degree comparable to her ? Not one ; and I had much already wandered . To my OAVII famil y I Avas sure that she would be perfectly acceptable . A few acquaintances AVIIO knew my habitually expressed sentiments about AvidoAvs , would doubtless amuse themselves at my expense ; but should so trifling a consideration in itself Aveigh with a man in any serious affair of lifefar less in this the most important one ? My mind Avas made up .
, And I felt as much relieved and delighted at having had the obstacles , Avhich my OAVII pride and prejudices had thrown in the Avay of our union , removed , as if I had overcome any other obstruction to it . I returned to her happier than I had ever before been ; but , from delicacy to her , I of course as strictly concealed my previous uuworlhy
and dastardly intentions , as if none such had ever dishonored iny thoughts . That evening and the next day every thing Avas understood and arranged . Her brother was Avritfen for , ancl not many days after , he and I accompanied her to her father ' s house ; where I spent a Aveek AA'hich I shall never forget . In a very short time I , myself , became a mason , and she a mason ' s wife . And as the best Avish that I can entreat for my masonic brethren , let me add , may they each be blest with one half so good as her of the Beautiful Hand , the ever loved Avife of GEORGIC .