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How Mr. Joss Failed To Be Made A Mason.
by the sea god Neptune ; this was also red hot . The fiend uttered a dismal groan , and then struck its face with the trident , producing a clang as if a gong had been struck . Mr . Joss Avaited not one instant ; the door of the penitence room was open , he bounded through it , flung up the window , burst open the shutters , and sprang into the outer darkness—fortunately alighting on a soft bed of the garden ; thence he rushed , impelled by terror , to his home , Avhich , to his great dismay , he found locked up and in darkness .
The night was bitterly cold , and Mr . J's means of keeping out the cold did not much exceed those of the first inhabitants of Eden . After many vain efforts , he at length succeeded in breaking into his OAvn house , ancl at once went to bed , deeming himself fortunate in escaping further horrors . When the Deacon recovered from the astonishment caused by Mr . Joss ' s very singular conducthe followed him into the outer passagebut found him " non est "
, , ; neither did he see the fiery-faced fiend—that had vanished also . There was a sli ght odour of sulphur bi the preparation room , ancl one of the candles Avas found to be wickless . The windoAv of the room was open , and Mr . J . ' s clothing rested on a chair . Further examination led to the discovery of his footmarks across the garden . But he , the great Joss , was invisible .
A few days after these occurrences , some one found an old frying-pan in the scullery ; holes had been made in it , so as to give it a grotesque resemblance to a human face . Tbe kitchen spit had to get an extra cleaning , as it had been evidently thrust into the fire . The pipe of the ventilator in the preparation room Avas out of order ; one of the Masons Avho wore thin shoes complained of tin tacks being left about on the passage floor ; another , who was a chemist , pointed out the danger of laying fat ancl phosphorous about to kill mice , and produced several pieces which be hacl found in the
preparation room . Mr . Joss ' s clothes were sent home . Whether he kept his own counsel or not I am unable to say , but he Avas observed to be very sad for some weeks . Mrs . J ., on the contrary , was very merry , ancl appeared to be on very friendly terms Avith the cook at the " Clarendon . " Wh y , I knoAv not , but this I do know—Mr . Joss is not yet a Freemason . Chelmsford .
Amabel Vaughan.
AMABEL VAUGHAN .
BY BEO . EMEA HOLMES . Author of" Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers ; " "Mildred , an AutnmnRomance ; " "My Lord the King ; " "The path of Life , an Allegory ; " "Another Fenian Outrage ; " "Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " cj-c , § c . CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTORY—A WORD ON CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL . HOW shall I describe Amabel Vaughan ? HOAV shall I introduce you to her , gentle reader ? Shall I give her birth , parentage , and education , Avith all the little details incident thereto ; or shall I simply tell you that she Avas beautiful , accomplished , and of good family , and nothing more ? I think it Avill be sufficient to describe her thus , and leave you to judge for yourself as to the rest , —though touching the family I don't know that there was anything particular to boast of , as many of its members Avere in trade , and none had raised themselves greatly above tbeircompeers . Were I going to write
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How Mr. Joss Failed To Be Made A Mason.
by the sea god Neptune ; this was also red hot . The fiend uttered a dismal groan , and then struck its face with the trident , producing a clang as if a gong had been struck . Mr . Joss Avaited not one instant ; the door of the penitence room was open , he bounded through it , flung up the window , burst open the shutters , and sprang into the outer darkness—fortunately alighting on a soft bed of the garden ; thence he rushed , impelled by terror , to his home , Avhich , to his great dismay , he found locked up and in darkness .
The night was bitterly cold , and Mr . J's means of keeping out the cold did not much exceed those of the first inhabitants of Eden . After many vain efforts , he at length succeeded in breaking into his OAvn house , ancl at once went to bed , deeming himself fortunate in escaping further horrors . When the Deacon recovered from the astonishment caused by Mr . Joss ' s very singular conducthe followed him into the outer passagebut found him " non est "
, , ; neither did he see the fiery-faced fiend—that had vanished also . There was a sli ght odour of sulphur bi the preparation room , ancl one of the candles Avas found to be wickless . The windoAv of the room was open , and Mr . J . ' s clothing rested on a chair . Further examination led to the discovery of his footmarks across the garden . But he , the great Joss , was invisible .
A few days after these occurrences , some one found an old frying-pan in the scullery ; holes had been made in it , so as to give it a grotesque resemblance to a human face . Tbe kitchen spit had to get an extra cleaning , as it had been evidently thrust into the fire . The pipe of the ventilator in the preparation room Avas out of order ; one of the Masons Avho wore thin shoes complained of tin tacks being left about on the passage floor ; another , who was a chemist , pointed out the danger of laying fat ancl phosphorous about to kill mice , and produced several pieces which be hacl found in the
preparation room . Mr . Joss ' s clothes were sent home . Whether he kept his own counsel or not I am unable to say , but he Avas observed to be very sad for some weeks . Mrs . J ., on the contrary , was very merry , ancl appeared to be on very friendly terms Avith the cook at the " Clarendon . " Wh y , I knoAv not , but this I do know—Mr . Joss is not yet a Freemason . Chelmsford .
Amabel Vaughan.
AMABEL VAUGHAN .
BY BEO . EMEA HOLMES . Author of" Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers ; " "Mildred , an AutnmnRomance ; " "My Lord the King ; " "The path of Life , an Allegory ; " "Another Fenian Outrage ; " "Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " cj-c , § c . CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTORY—A WORD ON CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL . HOW shall I describe Amabel Vaughan ? HOAV shall I introduce you to her , gentle reader ? Shall I give her birth , parentage , and education , Avith all the little details incident thereto ; or shall I simply tell you that she Avas beautiful , accomplished , and of good family , and nothing more ? I think it Avill be sufficient to describe her thus , and leave you to judge for yourself as to the rest , —though touching the family I don't know that there was anything particular to boast of , as many of its members Avere in trade , and none had raised themselves greatly above tbeircompeers . Were I going to write