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Amabel Vaughan.
do not go out by the stage door , the usual mode of exit for the " ladies and gentlemen " of the company , but they come through the manager ' s private Avay , Avhich leads out through the box entrance . As they go out , Miss Longmore dropped something , but it Avas only a card , so it did not much matter . Having shOAvn the charming actress to her carriage , Fitz Avent back " as cool as a cucumber , " or Charles Matthews , to the box where he had left his chere amie and other
relatives , ancl excused himself for being absent so long by saying that a friend of his from London had just , come down , and Avas anxious to see him ; but he forgot to add who that friend was . Miss Renard Avas prepared to be satirical ; but she knew that Fitz was more than a match for her , and so thought it Avisest to hide her time . A farce followed the play , ancl after that the ballet ; but our friends were heartil y tired , and the ladies did not care to wait longer , so our party Avere amongst the first to leave .
Miss Renard was a little in advance of the rest , ancl in going out saw near the door a card lying on the ground . Unobserved she stooped ancl picked it up , and it did not take long to read engraved thereon , " Mr . Reginald Fitzgerald , " or to see that there AA'ere some Avords in pencil : " May I come ancl see you after the first act 1 " the rest was half rubbed out ; but it Avas quite sufficient for the inquisitive lady , and she hid it under her glove , resolving to make use of it some day . Meanwhile Fitzgerald , wholly unsuspicious of the plot in which he was 'becoming
involved , Avas endeavouring to reinstate himself in Mabel ' s good graces ; a feat that would have been difficult even for him but for one fact , Avhich was that the fair Mabel had had a host of admirers round her all the evening ; and therefore , although she was hurt and chagrined at first at her lover's want of attention , —and had she guessed the cause , would undoubtedly have discarded him at once and for ever—she did not miss Fitz as much as perhaps he would have liked , and consequently soon forgave him for his neglect . ( To be Continued . )
Masonic Hymn.
MASONIC HYMN .
From the "Advocate . " COME Avhere each Mason raises His heart in grateful song , Come where each brother praises , Where prayer and praise belong
They serve their God in heaven , And square their useful lives ; The Mason ' s Great Li ght given , Directs them to the skies .
The square , the plumb , the level , Their rule of life portray ; They cease the work that ' s evil , To tread the upright way . Their smoke of incense rises , Emblem of faithful heart ; Each Mason sacrifices , Each acts a noble part ,
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Amabel Vaughan.
do not go out by the stage door , the usual mode of exit for the " ladies and gentlemen " of the company , but they come through the manager ' s private Avay , Avhich leads out through the box entrance . As they go out , Miss Longmore dropped something , but it Avas only a card , so it did not much matter . Having shOAvn the charming actress to her carriage , Fitz Avent back " as cool as a cucumber , " or Charles Matthews , to the box where he had left his chere amie and other
relatives , ancl excused himself for being absent so long by saying that a friend of his from London had just , come down , and Avas anxious to see him ; but he forgot to add who that friend was . Miss Renard Avas prepared to be satirical ; but she knew that Fitz was more than a match for her , and so thought it Avisest to hide her time . A farce followed the play , ancl after that the ballet ; but our friends were heartil y tired , and the ladies did not care to wait longer , so our party Avere amongst the first to leave .
Miss Renard was a little in advance of the rest , ancl in going out saw near the door a card lying on the ground . Unobserved she stooped ancl picked it up , and it did not take long to read engraved thereon , " Mr . Reginald Fitzgerald , " or to see that there AA'ere some Avords in pencil : " May I come ancl see you after the first act 1 " the rest was half rubbed out ; but it Avas quite sufficient for the inquisitive lady , and she hid it under her glove , resolving to make use of it some day . Meanwhile Fitzgerald , wholly unsuspicious of the plot in which he was 'becoming
involved , Avas endeavouring to reinstate himself in Mabel ' s good graces ; a feat that would have been difficult even for him but for one fact , Avhich was that the fair Mabel had had a host of admirers round her all the evening ; and therefore , although she was hurt and chagrined at first at her lover's want of attention , —and had she guessed the cause , would undoubtedly have discarded him at once and for ever—she did not miss Fitz as much as perhaps he would have liked , and consequently soon forgave him for his neglect . ( To be Continued . )
Masonic Hymn.
MASONIC HYMN .
From the "Advocate . " COME Avhere each Mason raises His heart in grateful song , Come where each brother praises , Where prayer and praise belong
They serve their God in heaven , And square their useful lives ; The Mason ' s Great Li ght given , Directs them to the skies .
The square , the plumb , the level , Their rule of life portray ; They cease the work that ' s evil , To tread the upright way . Their smoke of incense rises , Emblem of faithful heart ; Each Mason sacrifices , Each acts a noble part ,