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Masonic Anecdote.
God of mercy ! They reached the windlass-the captain and supercargo embraced ; the former knelt down , and was about to place his head on the block , when , in addressing a momentary thought to his God , he made the foreign sign —when the axe that all but gleamed for its fatal purpose fell at his feet , and the pirate quickly swore that he saw a ship , and that all bauds must to work , and lose no time in clearing the Quick work thmade of itin two hours the
cargo . ey ; pirates sacked ^ . Jf ^ S- a ? u b ? rovision > S the captain his ship , and spared the lives of all . Reader , in this instance is there not a special K Sfof GSCI ° valueless ? Believe it not ; as a system it Some three years afterwards the supercargo , on revisiting the Havannahwas accosted b who after his
, y a man , inquired captain , and hoped he was well , and said that he , the supercargo , was lucky in having sailed with " one of them % " as otherwise the ° y would all have been beheaded . A promise was made , that if the captain should revisit those parts he should go " free . " The supercargo had too much reason to congratulate himself not to join the Order ; and it is from him and the captain that I have collected these interesting facts . FlDUS .
Love's Mask.
LOVE'S MASK .
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF GoETIIE . Two nei ghbouring children of noble families , a boy and a ^ irl of proportionate ages for being one day man and wife , were brought un n £ kle " of ftri fr "' P ™ P 4 P « nts on both " des re fo c remark W - J "" . - Bat h som became the subject of ~« u . SillgU M' aVersion dii * overed itself between these two excellent natures and that the project would inevitabl
, y miscarry Per hapS they were too much alike ; each was individually beloved b ' v thehtj 7 ^ T SCh 0 ° mimVS : " eVer kaW a " « ioSn tllty Tliis extraordinary opposition shewed itself in their childish efforts and became yet more strongly developed with th eir increasft years ™ rf « n S the CUSt ° - f 0 r b ° y P ay at w « » to divide them " lvesTnto 6 S neC ** Sp
ffltSrhe ! f a ° ba „ dandfi ^ ^ ^ S P lace ^ fZTe , not pu\%flig ht neaa ot a Dantl , and fight with so much ht hatI spirit not and ^ vigour that S rm ™ ; tusiuuccea . limseli with great bravery , and finally disarmed hit f . i . il sF SrS , '? l , e , ! 1 , ? p , *"'" r- B «'~ . 'i » . « he ™ S ™ St „ 3 . fe 5 £ 5 sF *~ SE 1 —s ^ s
pan the two hos de beings , and renounce their long designed scheme of marriage . ' The boy soon distinguished himself under fee new cireL stances in which he was placed . All kinds of instmction took eZ ^ , ;
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Masonic Anecdote.
God of mercy ! They reached the windlass-the captain and supercargo embraced ; the former knelt down , and was about to place his head on the block , when , in addressing a momentary thought to his God , he made the foreign sign —when the axe that all but gleamed for its fatal purpose fell at his feet , and the pirate quickly swore that he saw a ship , and that all bauds must to work , and lose no time in clearing the Quick work thmade of itin two hours the
cargo . ey ; pirates sacked ^ . Jf ^ S- a ? u b ? rovision > S the captain his ship , and spared the lives of all . Reader , in this instance is there not a special K Sfof GSCI ° valueless ? Believe it not ; as a system it Some three years afterwards the supercargo , on revisiting the Havannahwas accosted b who after his
, y a man , inquired captain , and hoped he was well , and said that he , the supercargo , was lucky in having sailed with " one of them % " as otherwise the ° y would all have been beheaded . A promise was made , that if the captain should revisit those parts he should go " free . " The supercargo had too much reason to congratulate himself not to join the Order ; and it is from him and the captain that I have collected these interesting facts . FlDUS .
Love's Mask.
LOVE'S MASK .
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF GoETIIE . Two nei ghbouring children of noble families , a boy and a ^ irl of proportionate ages for being one day man and wife , were brought un n £ kle " of ftri fr "' P ™ P 4 P « nts on both " des re fo c remark W - J "" . - Bat h som became the subject of ~« u . SillgU M' aVersion dii * overed itself between these two excellent natures and that the project would inevitabl
, y miscarry Per hapS they were too much alike ; each was individually beloved b ' v thehtj 7 ^ T SCh 0 ° mimVS : " eVer kaW a " « ioSn tllty Tliis extraordinary opposition shewed itself in their childish efforts and became yet more strongly developed with th eir increasft years ™ rf « n S the CUSt ° - f 0 r b ° y P ay at w « » to divide them " lvesTnto 6 S neC ** Sp
ffltSrhe ! f a ° ba „ dandfi ^ ^ ^ S P lace ^ fZTe , not pu\%flig ht neaa ot a Dantl , and fight with so much ht hatI spirit not and ^ vigour that S rm ™ ; tusiuuccea . limseli with great bravery , and finally disarmed hit f . i . il sF SrS , '? l , e , ! 1 , ? p , *"'" r- B «'~ . 'i » . « he ™ S ™ St „ 3 . fe 5 £ 5 sF *~ SE 1 —s ^ s
pan the two hos de beings , and renounce their long designed scheme of marriage . ' The boy soon distinguished himself under fee new cireL stances in which he was placed . All kinds of instmction took eZ ^ , ;