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The Worshipful Master.
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER .
BY BEO . EMKA HOLMES , F . R . H . S ., Author of " Amabel Vaughan , " "Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " etc .
CHAPTBE I . A CANDIDATE . W HAT sort of a fellow is Penhaligon ? " said young Rowatt to his friend Wroath , as they strolled home one night together from the lod
ge . " Oh ! I don't know , " his companion answered . " Not half a bad sort . " " Will he get in , do you think ? " " Can't say . " " Why ? " " Well , of course the ballot is secret . " " Oh I know that ; but one can generally tell beforehand . Do you
, yes , know anything against him ? " "No . " " Then why shouldn't he get in ? " " Wheels within wheels . " " Ton are sententious my friend . Be pleased to be a little more explicit . " " Wellin the first lacehe is a young doctor—an M . B . of Dublin . "
, p , " I thought he was a Cornishman . " " So he is , by descent . His friends live in Cornwall still . " "Well : I don't see your drift . " " Don't you ? " said Wroath , taking his cigar from his mouth , and emitting a long whiff ' of smoke . "Well , he won't get in , as sure as my name is
Diggory . " " Is your name Diggory ? I never knew that before . I thought it was David . " "Ah ! there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy—Hamlet ! Diggory is my name , and England is my nation , and so on . Perhaps you think it is rather infra diggory ? " " Funny manverygood for you that you ' ve got a funny name . "
, ; " Don ' t see it , unless I went on the stage and became a low comedian . " "Ah I low , indeed . " " What the deuce do you mean ? " " Nothing , my friend ; nothing . " " Well , but about Penhaligon . Why should he not get in ? " " Because Dr . Carlyon objects to a new doctor in the town . "
" Possibly ; but as he is over seventy , and the oldest P . M . in the lodge , I think he mi ght allow other people to mount the Masonic ladder if they please . " " Well ; we shall see . " " Good night , old fellow ; " and young Rowatt , grasping his friend ' s hand with a friendly reminder of their Masonic brotherhood , left him for a stroll on the Esplanade before turning in , as it was . a lovely moonlight night ; whilst Mr . Wroath turned the latch-key in the cloor of his lodgings in the Anglesea Road , ancl went in .
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The Worshipful Master.
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER .
BY BEO . EMKA HOLMES , F . R . H . S ., Author of " Amabel Vaughan , " "Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " etc .
CHAPTBE I . A CANDIDATE . W HAT sort of a fellow is Penhaligon ? " said young Rowatt to his friend Wroath , as they strolled home one night together from the lod
ge . " Oh ! I don't know , " his companion answered . " Not half a bad sort . " " Will he get in , do you think ? " " Can't say . " " Why ? " " Well , of course the ballot is secret . " " Oh I know that ; but one can generally tell beforehand . Do you
, yes , know anything against him ? " "No . " " Then why shouldn't he get in ? " " Wheels within wheels . " " Ton are sententious my friend . Be pleased to be a little more explicit . " " Wellin the first lacehe is a young doctor—an M . B . of Dublin . "
, p , " I thought he was a Cornishman . " " So he is , by descent . His friends live in Cornwall still . " "Well : I don't see your drift . " " Don't you ? " said Wroath , taking his cigar from his mouth , and emitting a long whiff ' of smoke . "Well , he won't get in , as sure as my name is
Diggory . " " Is your name Diggory ? I never knew that before . I thought it was David . " "Ah ! there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy—Hamlet ! Diggory is my name , and England is my nation , and so on . Perhaps you think it is rather infra diggory ? " " Funny manverygood for you that you ' ve got a funny name . "
, ; " Don ' t see it , unless I went on the stage and became a low comedian . " "Ah I low , indeed . " " What the deuce do you mean ? " " Nothing , my friend ; nothing . " " Well , but about Penhaligon . Why should he not get in ? " " Because Dr . Carlyon objects to a new doctor in the town . "
" Possibly ; but as he is over seventy , and the oldest P . M . in the lodge , I think he mi ght allow other people to mount the Masonic ladder if they please . " " Well ; we shall see . " " Good night , old fellow ; " and young Rowatt , grasping his friend ' s hand with a friendly reminder of their Masonic brotherhood , left him for a stroll on the Esplanade before turning in , as it was . a lovely moonlight night ; whilst Mr . Wroath turned the latch-key in the cloor of his lodgings in the Anglesea Road , ancl went in .