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Female Freemasons.
you and I are free ; but he , the heir of my estate , and one whose rank and station are objects of hatred , must suffer ; but through your means we may avert this dreadful calamity . "' iii this city there is a Lodge of Freemasons—you must visit it , dressed as your brother , whom you so closely resemble . He has frequently been there , and your disguise will not be discovered—your person , voice , and manner , all favour the deception . When there , you have but to claim protection , and all will be safe . I shall accompany
you . " A few minutes sufficed to impart to me those mysterious secrets by which I entered the portals of a Masonic Lodge ; but I knew not as yet how my brother was to be saved . " I shall not describe my sensations during the period of the Lodge proceedings . I gasped with apprehension , and was frequently very near betraying myself . My dear father told the story of his grief and his and received assurances of protection and support . We
wrongs , were conducted , by a secret passage , to the outskirts of the city , and were conveyed to a place of safety , where I had the happiness , shortly after , of receiving my dear brother , who hacl fortunately escaped in the following manner : — " When we left him for the purpose of attending the Lodge , he dressed himself in my clothes—ancl I should here observe , that as , from childhood , we had often imposed ourselves upon our father , by changing oflicers of it
dresses—so that on being visited by the government , was not surprising that they should be deceived . He told them that his father and brother had ' not returned home from their walk . A strict watch was kept , and he ( my representative ) was consigned to the care of an abbess to abide the directions of government . Here again he was fortunate , for among the visiting monks he discovered a brother Freemason , by whose good offices he was enabled to escape without
observation . " My father , soon after this occurrence , died , and my brother thinking that England offered a better security to me than Spain , retired to this country , where , by the exercise of our mutual talents , we have been enabled to maintain ourselves in respectability . Recent events have induced him to re-visit his native country ; and hearing of a ball to be given by Freemasons , I felt desirous to be amongst those of an Order to which 1 owe all the blessings that fife can can bestow . "
In offering you this statement , I feel bound to declare my implicit belief in the truth of the narrative , FIDUS .
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Female Freemasons.
you and I are free ; but he , the heir of my estate , and one whose rank and station are objects of hatred , must suffer ; but through your means we may avert this dreadful calamity . "' iii this city there is a Lodge of Freemasons—you must visit it , dressed as your brother , whom you so closely resemble . He has frequently been there , and your disguise will not be discovered—your person , voice , and manner , all favour the deception . When there , you have but to claim protection , and all will be safe . I shall accompany
you . " A few minutes sufficed to impart to me those mysterious secrets by which I entered the portals of a Masonic Lodge ; but I knew not as yet how my brother was to be saved . " I shall not describe my sensations during the period of the Lodge proceedings . I gasped with apprehension , and was frequently very near betraying myself . My dear father told the story of his grief and his and received assurances of protection and support . We
wrongs , were conducted , by a secret passage , to the outskirts of the city , and were conveyed to a place of safety , where I had the happiness , shortly after , of receiving my dear brother , who hacl fortunately escaped in the following manner : — " When we left him for the purpose of attending the Lodge , he dressed himself in my clothes—ancl I should here observe , that as , from childhood , we had often imposed ourselves upon our father , by changing oflicers of it
dresses—so that on being visited by the government , was not surprising that they should be deceived . He told them that his father and brother had ' not returned home from their walk . A strict watch was kept , and he ( my representative ) was consigned to the care of an abbess to abide the directions of government . Here again he was fortunate , for among the visiting monks he discovered a brother Freemason , by whose good offices he was enabled to escape without
observation . " My father , soon after this occurrence , died , and my brother thinking that England offered a better security to me than Spain , retired to this country , where , by the exercise of our mutual talents , we have been enabled to maintain ourselves in respectability . Recent events have induced him to re-visit his native country ; and hearing of a ball to be given by Freemasons , I felt desirous to be amongst those of an Order to which 1 owe all the blessings that fife can can bestow . "
In offering you this statement , I feel bound to declare my implicit belief in the truth of the narrative , FIDUS .