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Article EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A FREEMASON. ← Page 5 of 9 →
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
it with a greater interest for you , as we are Brother Masons , ancl you Avill be naturally glad to fincl of IIOAV great service to me has been my connection Avith the Craft since I left England in the autumn .
" It is singular that I did not think of Masonry before , as a probable means of assistance in my difficulties , and that it was only by accident , as it were , that I availed myself of the benefits of the fraternity . HoAvever , on the third day after my arrival in Paris , I shaped out a neAV course , ancl determined to drive into some of those singularly uninviting-looking streets situated on
the island , Avhich is called by Parisians L'lle de la Cite ; ancl in the centre of which the cathedral of Notre Dame rises with its twin towers , as though it Avould divert the mind of the passenger from the grovelling scene around him to thoughts of a higher and holier flight . " I had passed through tAvo very narrowdirty streetsand
, , come to a sharp angle , where the Avords Rue des vieux Coquins Avere written up in bold and legible characters . Indeed , thought I to myself , this must be a strange neighbourhood , —the street of olcl rascals;—but I had nothing of any value with me , and
not being of a very nervous temperament , I turned the corner , ancl walked leisurely along the Rue des vieux Coquins . " To judge from the nature of the trade , which seemed to thrive AAith the greatest A'igour in this strange locality , the inhabitants were principally of the HebreAv faith ; ancl the strongly marked lineaments of the few dirty faces that presented
themselves to my notice bore nnmistakeable testimony of belonging to the proscribed race . Old clothes , second-hand books , and those miscellaneous wares which in England are characterised as ' marine stores , ' formed the staple commercial articles of the street ; whilst two or three establishments , known in Paris as Monts de Piete , shoAved that the Parisians were on as familiar terms with their - " aunt' as the Londoners are frequently
supposed to be with their ' uncle . ' * Nothing , however , seemed to promise much chance of a dealer , who would bid for my Cremona ; and I was just going to turn out of the Vieux Coquins , when my attention Avas arrested by observing , in one of the miscellaneous depots which I have mentioned , a number of violins and other musical instruments disposed for sale . An elderly man , xvith a remarkably fine beard , a red Turkish cap , and a decidedly handsome set of features , was standing at the door , as though he vrere
The slang expression used in England to denote that an article has been pawned , viz . such and such a thing is " at my uncles , " has a corresponding phrase amongst the French , who say of a thing that is pledged , that it is " chez ma tante .
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
it with a greater interest for you , as we are Brother Masons , ancl you Avill be naturally glad to fincl of IIOAV great service to me has been my connection Avith the Craft since I left England in the autumn .
" It is singular that I did not think of Masonry before , as a probable means of assistance in my difficulties , and that it was only by accident , as it were , that I availed myself of the benefits of the fraternity . HoAvever , on the third day after my arrival in Paris , I shaped out a neAV course , ancl determined to drive into some of those singularly uninviting-looking streets situated on
the island , Avhich is called by Parisians L'lle de la Cite ; ancl in the centre of which the cathedral of Notre Dame rises with its twin towers , as though it Avould divert the mind of the passenger from the grovelling scene around him to thoughts of a higher and holier flight . " I had passed through tAvo very narrowdirty streetsand
, , come to a sharp angle , where the Avords Rue des vieux Coquins Avere written up in bold and legible characters . Indeed , thought I to myself , this must be a strange neighbourhood , —the street of olcl rascals;—but I had nothing of any value with me , and
not being of a very nervous temperament , I turned the corner , ancl walked leisurely along the Rue des vieux Coquins . " To judge from the nature of the trade , which seemed to thrive AAith the greatest A'igour in this strange locality , the inhabitants were principally of the HebreAv faith ; ancl the strongly marked lineaments of the few dirty faces that presented
themselves to my notice bore nnmistakeable testimony of belonging to the proscribed race . Old clothes , second-hand books , and those miscellaneous wares which in England are characterised as ' marine stores , ' formed the staple commercial articles of the street ; whilst two or three establishments , known in Paris as Monts de Piete , shoAved that the Parisians were on as familiar terms with their - " aunt' as the Londoners are frequently
supposed to be with their ' uncle . ' * Nothing , however , seemed to promise much chance of a dealer , who would bid for my Cremona ; and I was just going to turn out of the Vieux Coquins , when my attention Avas arrested by observing , in one of the miscellaneous depots which I have mentioned , a number of violins and other musical instruments disposed for sale . An elderly man , xvith a remarkably fine beard , a red Turkish cap , and a decidedly handsome set of features , was standing at the door , as though he vrere
The slang expression used in England to denote that an article has been pawned , viz . such and such a thing is " at my uncles , " has a corresponding phrase amongst the French , who say of a thing that is pledged , that it is " chez ma tante .