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An Old, Old Story.

as Miss Mouser observes , " are deceivers ever , " ancl " there is often no knowing what they moan , and no believing what they say ; their promises are pie-crust , and their protestations are flummery . " But as Miss Mouser is a disappointed elderly

female—it ' s believed of fifty-two—my readers will take her remarks " cum grano , " as they say , that next to a she-bear robbed of her cubs , there is no being so irascible ancl unforgiving as a disappointed elderly female . "Sprette injuria formte" seems

to animate her words ancl direct her proceedings . She is clearly an untrustworthy witness in all that relates to what young Balasso calls "le cnrr . " Whether however , Mr . Mainwaring was true or false in his professions and declarations

, ( ancl for once we are inclined to believe him sincere ) , he took an early opportunity of discussing them with Miss Margerison , and what came of that interview , and

what was the result of so much interesting small talk , my readers shall hear in the next chapter . In the meantime I wish them to try and realize the picture before them , drawn by the " limner , " if with faltering pencil ,

yet with vivid colours . Indeed the painting is pre-Raphaelite in its conception , and design , and execution—simply " realistic , " and certainl y " naturalistic , " what ever these words may actually import . I have not sought to attract my readers

by anything sensational , weird , or grotesque in its wording , ancl the verdict I hope of all will be , when they come to the close of this veracious tale— "The writer , be he who he may , has not deceived usor disappointed us ; he has been as

, good as his word , and given us a little story of common and every-day life—true , absolutely true in its ' tout ensemble , ' useful in its application , and valuable in its moral to its all . "

Three Charges.

THREE CHARGES .

From "Harper ' s Bazaar . " THERE ' a maiden up the avenue—I see her every day—She has stolen ! she has stolen ! Stolen my heart away .

Three Charges.

There ' s a maiden up the avenue—I make the charge with pain—She has forged , Sir ! yes , she ' s forged Sir Forged an eternal chain . There ' s a maiden up the avenue—Ye gods ! can such things be 1—

She has murdered ! she has murdered ! Murdered my sleep hath she . For thieving , forging , murdering , 0 ' twould be joy divine T' arrest her ! yes , arrest her ! Help me , St . Valentine !!

Wonders Of Operative Masonry.

WONDERS OF OPERATIVE MASONRY .

From the "Keystone . " II . THE old Abbej's and Cathedrals of England—the works , many of them as they now standof the Travelling Freemason ' s

, of the Middle Ages—although built after a general cruciform design , in their fronts , interiors , and entire details vary in a remarkable degree . Each is a new creation , full of interest after you have seen all of the rest . It is this fact which enhances

their value to the student of architecture , and fills with , admiration every beholder who has an eye for the grand ancl beautiful in design and ornamentation .

TINTEIJN ACBEV is charmingly situated on the river Wye , near the Welsh border , in Monmouthshire , 150 miles west from London . It was founded by Walter de Clare , in A . D . 1132 , for Cistercian Monksand rebuilt in A . D . 1287 by

, , Roger Bigot , Earl of Norfolk . It is cruciform , the nave being 230 feet iu length , and the transept 103 feet . It is an elegant Gothic pile . The walls are entire , ancl many of the pillars in the aisles are standingthe roof onlhaving

, y fallen in . From the western portal the great beauty of the interior is seen—the eye ranging along a succession of clustered shafts , supporting the arcades of the nave on pointed arches , and the noble east window closing the view . To the en-

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"DYBOTS." Article 1
Untitled Article 2
Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 3
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF CONCORD ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR AND HOPE LODGE, No. 37, BOLTON. Article 4
SONNET. Article 8
LETTER OF BRO. W. J. HUGHAN, OF ENGLAND, TO THE GRAND LODGE OF OHIO. Article 8
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 13
THREE CHARGES. Article 14
WONDERS OF OPERATIVE MASONRY. Article 14
ON FATHER FOY'S NOTES. Article 18
A TRIP TO DAI-BUTSU. Article 19
THE HAPPY HOUR. Article 21
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, No. 114, IPSWICH. A.D. 1762. Article 21
THE QUESTION OF THE COLOURED FREEMASONS IN THE UNITED STATES. Article 24
THE JEALOUS SCEPTIC. Article 25
THE LADY MURIEL. Article 27
THE MASSORAH. Article 29
THE BRIGHT SIDE. Article 32
HOPE. Article 33
ON THE EXCESSIVE INFLUENCE OF WOMEM. Article 34
Our Archaeological Corner. Article 39
FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 40
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 43
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
A MASONIC ENIGMA. Article 50
BORN IN MARCH. Article 50
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An Old, Old Story.

as Miss Mouser observes , " are deceivers ever , " ancl " there is often no knowing what they moan , and no believing what they say ; their promises are pie-crust , and their protestations are flummery . " But as Miss Mouser is a disappointed elderly

female—it ' s believed of fifty-two—my readers will take her remarks " cum grano , " as they say , that next to a she-bear robbed of her cubs , there is no being so irascible ancl unforgiving as a disappointed elderly female . "Sprette injuria formte" seems

to animate her words ancl direct her proceedings . She is clearly an untrustworthy witness in all that relates to what young Balasso calls "le cnrr . " Whether however , Mr . Mainwaring was true or false in his professions and declarations

, ( ancl for once we are inclined to believe him sincere ) , he took an early opportunity of discussing them with Miss Margerison , and what came of that interview , and

what was the result of so much interesting small talk , my readers shall hear in the next chapter . In the meantime I wish them to try and realize the picture before them , drawn by the " limner , " if with faltering pencil ,

yet with vivid colours . Indeed the painting is pre-Raphaelite in its conception , and design , and execution—simply " realistic , " and certainl y " naturalistic , " what ever these words may actually import . I have not sought to attract my readers

by anything sensational , weird , or grotesque in its wording , ancl the verdict I hope of all will be , when they come to the close of this veracious tale— "The writer , be he who he may , has not deceived usor disappointed us ; he has been as

, good as his word , and given us a little story of common and every-day life—true , absolutely true in its ' tout ensemble , ' useful in its application , and valuable in its moral to its all . "

Three Charges.

THREE CHARGES .

From "Harper ' s Bazaar . " THERE ' a maiden up the avenue—I see her every day—She has stolen ! she has stolen ! Stolen my heart away .

Three Charges.

There ' s a maiden up the avenue—I make the charge with pain—She has forged , Sir ! yes , she ' s forged Sir Forged an eternal chain . There ' s a maiden up the avenue—Ye gods ! can such things be 1—

She has murdered ! she has murdered ! Murdered my sleep hath she . For thieving , forging , murdering , 0 ' twould be joy divine T' arrest her ! yes , arrest her ! Help me , St . Valentine !!

Wonders Of Operative Masonry.

WONDERS OF OPERATIVE MASONRY .

From the "Keystone . " II . THE old Abbej's and Cathedrals of England—the works , many of them as they now standof the Travelling Freemason ' s

, of the Middle Ages—although built after a general cruciform design , in their fronts , interiors , and entire details vary in a remarkable degree . Each is a new creation , full of interest after you have seen all of the rest . It is this fact which enhances

their value to the student of architecture , and fills with , admiration every beholder who has an eye for the grand ancl beautiful in design and ornamentation .

TINTEIJN ACBEV is charmingly situated on the river Wye , near the Welsh border , in Monmouthshire , 150 miles west from London . It was founded by Walter de Clare , in A . D . 1132 , for Cistercian Monksand rebuilt in A . D . 1287 by

, , Roger Bigot , Earl of Norfolk . It is cruciform , the nave being 230 feet iu length , and the transept 103 feet . It is an elegant Gothic pile . The walls are entire , ancl many of the pillars in the aisles are standingthe roof onlhaving

, y fallen in . From the western portal the great beauty of the interior is seen—the eye ranging along a succession of clustered shafts , supporting the arcades of the nave on pointed arches , and the noble east window closing the view . To the en-

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