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Masonic Anecdotes.
materials were brought from the schooner , and placed on board the fated vessel in a manner best calculated to insure her speedy destruction . Whilst these horrible proceedings were in progress , the cries and lamentations of the unfortunate crew were piteous in the extreme , their supplications for mercy were , however , entirely disregarded , ancl the diabolical preparations for their destruction completed , ancl the train actually laid . At this awful juncturethe lieutenant of the pirateswho
, , has before been noticed , went aft and entered the cabin where Bro . Glen and his captain were secured , his purpose being apparently to make a further search before leaving the vessel for anything valuable ivhich might previously have escaped observation . Bro . Glen and the captain were , as may well be imagined , in a most dreadful state of terror and alarm , expecting nothing less than instant death , and that in its most horrible state . The captain happened fortunately for himself and
crew to be a Mason . As a last resource , he attracted the pirate ' s attention , and made the sign of an E . A . P ., the latter regarded him stetlf ' astly for an instant , and replied by making the sign of a F . C . Bro . Glen was at that time ignorant of the meaning of these proceedings ; but he did not fail to perceive that the countenance of his captain , before so anxious and terror-stricken , was instantly lighted up with joy and hope , whilst a glance of mutual intelligence passed between him and the pirate .
Some further communication then passed between them , neither coulcl understand the other ' s language ; but in this short interval they had made themselves understood by the universal medium of Masonry . The lieutenant then returned to the deck , lvhere , as it subsequently appeared , he dissuaded the captain of the pirates from his intention of burning the
vessel , and induced him to abandon her ancl the crew without further injury . Shortly afterwards the captain ancl greater part of the pirates left , the lieutenant and five others still remaining on board . The lieutenant went again into the cabin , and wrote a short note in the Spanish language , which he carefully folded up and left upon the cabin table ; he then with a knife cut the cords with ivhich Bro . Glen had been bound , and making a gesture of caution , left the ship with the remaining portion of the irate ' s crew . Bro . Glen speedilreleased his captain
p y , who then informed him that he had made himself known to the pirate as a Mason , and to that circumstance their deliverance must be attributed . After waiting as they deemed a sufficient time to allow the schooner to get out of sight , they cautiously proceeded to the deck , and released the crew . Their vessel had been completely ransacked , and was in a state of the utmost confusion ; they could see the train w . iieii hail been laid for their destruction ; they then carefully removed the
combustibles , and returning thanks for their deliverance again proceeded on their course . Nothing particular occurred until the second day following , when to their utter consternation they again espied the piratical schooner , which bore down upon them as before . They hoisted their English colours , when the pirate recognizing the vessel as the same ivhich had been recently pillaged , merely displayed his black flag , the terrible ensi of his dreadful callingwhich he almost immediatel
gn , y lowered , and then altering his course , stood off without offering the merchantman any further molestation , and was seen b y them no more . On the following clay they arrived in port , when Bro . Glen unci the captain made a protest of the circumstances , ancl it was found that the letter which had been left on the cabin table was couched in the following terms : — " Brother—Having recognized you as a Mason , I have induced
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Anecdotes.
materials were brought from the schooner , and placed on board the fated vessel in a manner best calculated to insure her speedy destruction . Whilst these horrible proceedings were in progress , the cries and lamentations of the unfortunate crew were piteous in the extreme , their supplications for mercy were , however , entirely disregarded , ancl the diabolical preparations for their destruction completed , ancl the train actually laid . At this awful juncturethe lieutenant of the pirateswho
, , has before been noticed , went aft and entered the cabin where Bro . Glen and his captain were secured , his purpose being apparently to make a further search before leaving the vessel for anything valuable ivhich might previously have escaped observation . Bro . Glen and the captain were , as may well be imagined , in a most dreadful state of terror and alarm , expecting nothing less than instant death , and that in its most horrible state . The captain happened fortunately for himself and
crew to be a Mason . As a last resource , he attracted the pirate ' s attention , and made the sign of an E . A . P ., the latter regarded him stetlf ' astly for an instant , and replied by making the sign of a F . C . Bro . Glen was at that time ignorant of the meaning of these proceedings ; but he did not fail to perceive that the countenance of his captain , before so anxious and terror-stricken , was instantly lighted up with joy and hope , whilst a glance of mutual intelligence passed between him and the pirate .
Some further communication then passed between them , neither coulcl understand the other ' s language ; but in this short interval they had made themselves understood by the universal medium of Masonry . The lieutenant then returned to the deck , lvhere , as it subsequently appeared , he dissuaded the captain of the pirates from his intention of burning the
vessel , and induced him to abandon her ancl the crew without further injury . Shortly afterwards the captain ancl greater part of the pirates left , the lieutenant and five others still remaining on board . The lieutenant went again into the cabin , and wrote a short note in the Spanish language , which he carefully folded up and left upon the cabin table ; he then with a knife cut the cords with ivhich Bro . Glen had been bound , and making a gesture of caution , left the ship with the remaining portion of the irate ' s crew . Bro . Glen speedilreleased his captain
p y , who then informed him that he had made himself known to the pirate as a Mason , and to that circumstance their deliverance must be attributed . After waiting as they deemed a sufficient time to allow the schooner to get out of sight , they cautiously proceeded to the deck , and released the crew . Their vessel had been completely ransacked , and was in a state of the utmost confusion ; they could see the train w . iieii hail been laid for their destruction ; they then carefully removed the
combustibles , and returning thanks for their deliverance again proceeded on their course . Nothing particular occurred until the second day following , when to their utter consternation they again espied the piratical schooner , which bore down upon them as before . They hoisted their English colours , when the pirate recognizing the vessel as the same ivhich had been recently pillaged , merely displayed his black flag , the terrible ensi of his dreadful callingwhich he almost immediatel
gn , y lowered , and then altering his course , stood off without offering the merchantman any further molestation , and was seen b y them no more . On the following clay they arrived in port , when Bro . Glen unci the captain made a protest of the circumstances , ancl it was found that the letter which had been left on the cabin table was couched in the following terms : — " Brother—Having recognized you as a Mason , I have induced