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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 8 of 17 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
had selected Bro . Preston , whose popularity was in its zenith , as the most eligible person he could employ to carry the design into execution . For this purpose he was allowed a free inspection of all papers , documents , and evidences belonging to the Grand Lodge . But it so happened that while Bro . Preston was thus engaged , the Grand Secretary became
acquainted with a Barrister of Bernard ' s-Inn , called Noorthouck , wiio was a member of the Lodge of Antiquity . Being a facetious , free-witted , and amusing fellow , full of anecdote , and possessing a fund of general information , the G . Secretary became fascinated by his vivacity and ready wit . The consequence was , that as the compilation of the Book of Constitutions was likely to be attended with considerable emolument , Bro . Hesletine was desirous of associating him with his
deputy as a joint partner in the undertaking . But as the latter had already incurred all the heavy labour in selecting , copying , and embodying the records into historical . form , in . the hope that he should be ultimately remunerated for his trouble , he declined the offer , and Bro . Noorthouck was intrusted with the sole execution of this important work .
" When Bro . Preston found , " the Square continued , " that he was excluded from all participation in the honours and rewards which he had confidently anticipated would result from the great inconvenience and loss of time to which he had been subjected in the preparation of materials for the undertakinghe expostulated warmlyand perhaps intemperately
, , , against such a flagrant act of injustice , and threw up the office of D . G . Sec . in disgust . " By my faith , ' said Bro . Preston one evening , when the matter was discussed in open Lodge , ' I would not have held the D . G . Secretaryship on such terms another hour—no , not if Hesletine were incapable of finding a substitute . He might ,
for aught I care , have done the work himself . ' " It was an imprudent word , and , being repeated to Bro . Hesletine , was warmly resented . Whether Bro . Preston refused to g ive up the materials which he had collected with so much labour or not , I could never discover ; but it is highly probable he withheld them , as the G . Sec . was mortally offended , and determined within himself that such contumacy should not remain long unpunished .
" An opportunity soon presented itself ; and Bro . Preston was arraigned before the Grand Lodge for an alleged breach of the laws of Masonry . The grounds of the proceedings which were instituted against him were simple enough in their
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
had selected Bro . Preston , whose popularity was in its zenith , as the most eligible person he could employ to carry the design into execution . For this purpose he was allowed a free inspection of all papers , documents , and evidences belonging to the Grand Lodge . But it so happened that while Bro . Preston was thus engaged , the Grand Secretary became
acquainted with a Barrister of Bernard ' s-Inn , called Noorthouck , wiio was a member of the Lodge of Antiquity . Being a facetious , free-witted , and amusing fellow , full of anecdote , and possessing a fund of general information , the G . Secretary became fascinated by his vivacity and ready wit . The consequence was , that as the compilation of the Book of Constitutions was likely to be attended with considerable emolument , Bro . Hesletine was desirous of associating him with his
deputy as a joint partner in the undertaking . But as the latter had already incurred all the heavy labour in selecting , copying , and embodying the records into historical . form , in . the hope that he should be ultimately remunerated for his trouble , he declined the offer , and Bro . Noorthouck was intrusted with the sole execution of this important work .
" When Bro . Preston found , " the Square continued , " that he was excluded from all participation in the honours and rewards which he had confidently anticipated would result from the great inconvenience and loss of time to which he had been subjected in the preparation of materials for the undertakinghe expostulated warmlyand perhaps intemperately
, , , against such a flagrant act of injustice , and threw up the office of D . G . Sec . in disgust . " By my faith , ' said Bro . Preston one evening , when the matter was discussed in open Lodge , ' I would not have held the D . G . Secretaryship on such terms another hour—no , not if Hesletine were incapable of finding a substitute . He might ,
for aught I care , have done the work himself . ' " It was an imprudent word , and , being repeated to Bro . Hesletine , was warmly resented . Whether Bro . Preston refused to g ive up the materials which he had collected with so much labour or not , I could never discover ; but it is highly probable he withheld them , as the G . Sec . was mortally offended , and determined within himself that such contumacy should not remain long unpunished .
" An opportunity soon presented itself ; and Bro . Preston was arraigned before the Grand Lodge for an alleged breach of the laws of Masonry . The grounds of the proceedings which were instituted against him were simple enough in their