The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.

" Nay , nay , you jest Adrian . " " You know , Caius , too well that I am not one of a jesting * mood . Although I have never seen that woman , your description of the effect her

presence had upon you , frig htens me . Our instincts never fail—they are like the leaves of the sensitive plant which close up at the approach of danger . Go not thither . Let us away to Tivoli , with Licenius . Sons of Rome , what hast thou to do with

a son of fallen Greece ?" " Do them justice , Adrian , do them justice . Report has prejudiced you against them , go , and for yourself judge their worth . If there is danger , let us face it , but never fly it . Will you come

with me ?" A struggle took jjlace in Adrian ' s heart , the dislike to mix himself up with a man of such infamous character as he felt convinced Murtius must be , but then , apart from the desire of snatching his

cousin from the dangers which beset him from Phryne ' s charms , he had a keen desire to know whether Myra was what his heart whispered she might be . The combat of feelings was unequally balanced .

"Though some secret monitor warms me to avoid this Greek as dangerous , yet , for your sake , Caius , will I go with thee . " " Save from bright eyes , and rosy lips , what danger can await you there ?"

"The die is cast ; let us go . " How often do misfortunes befall us ; by our neglecting those secret spiritual warnings . We heed the tremors of the flesh , but never the tremors of the soul . Angels in the dress of earth ,

we forget our higher destiny , our nobler life . The spirit of our fathers works strong within us , but like the captive of the Bastille , we have forgotten the language of the home which is ours . Blinded , swayed by passion , we rush headlong to

destruction . ( To be continued . ) [ Tho Author reserves tho right of reproduction and translation . ]

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

PAE-TIIEIS 1 I ASS PBEE ^ fASOS - EY . —EXPLANATION OP A EOEAfEK COiniUlN-TCATIOr-r . I beg a brother to accept my thanks for his remarks upon my communication , "Pantheism and Freemasonry , " Freemasons' Magazine , vol . x ., p . 21 . My answer there ought to have been positive , and not hypothetical . Ifc oiiglit to have been that a Pantheist , whether Mystical or Atheistical , is not receivable into true "Freemasonry . But the subject is one respecting

Masonic Notes And Queries.

which at that time ( January , 1 S 64 ) my knowledge was imperfect . The presence , too , of Mystical Pantheists in Continental Lodges was a fact extremely embarrassing in the formation of an opinion . — CHABLES PUETOX COOEEE .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The ' Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed ly Correspondents . TO THE EDITOB OF TIIE UHEEilASONS' 1 IASAZINE AND MASONIC 1 IIKKOE . MASONIC SONG Dear Sir and Brother , —In reply to " "W . B . " , in your issue of the 19 th inst ., I beg to inform him that

I have the song , " The Level and the Square , " both music and words . Its author is Bro . Dr . Rob . Morris ,, of Kentucky , U . S . It was lately sung at the installation meeting of the St . Aubyn Lodge , No . 954 ' ,. Devonporfc , and a copy of the words will he published in The Devon and Cornwall Masonic Calendar , 1 S 67 . Yours fraternally , P . M ., 9 o 4 < .

MASONIC SONG . TO THE EDITOR OE THE EKEElTASOJfs' MACAZIITE AND 5 IAS 0 ITIC 3 IIEEOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have searched through several of my collections of Masonic songs , & c , todiscover , if possible , a clue to the verse mentioned hy

" R . M . " in last week's Magazine . The nearest is asfollows : — " We meet like true friends on the level , And lovingly part on the square ; Alike we respect king and beggar , Provided they ' re just and sincere-We scorn an ungenerous action ,

~ Sone can with Freemasons compare , & c . Chorus—Then who would not be a Freemason , So happy and social are we , & c . It is from a song commencing , "King Solomon that wise projector . " Should " R . M . " think this is the one he requiresit shall he given him in full ere

, long , if he writes me . Yours fraternally , > b WiLLiAAt JAACES HtraifA-s - , 18 ° , & c . Truro , 19 % Jan . 1867 .

THE LIBRARY . TO THE EDITOR OP THE EREEMASOXS' 3 IAGAZIXE AXD itASOXIC 1 IIHE 0 H . Dear Sir and Brother , —So it seems from your extract from Bro . How's works , that the nucleus of the library has been consigned to " Hades . " I suppose my old projenitor knowsthereforemore about

, , it than I am likely to know . But why should this be ? If Grand Lodge is not aware of the duty which lies at its door to preserveall that throws light upon Masonic doings and sayings of ancient days , is it possible that it is indifferent to the preservation of Masonic information , & c ., of "

the present day ? I came into Masonry in search of wisdom ; I cried for knowledge ; and I have not received yet my dues . If we have not a Grand Lodge library , we ought to have a joint stock subscription library , aided and fostered hy Grand Lodge , whence contributors and subscribers could borrow , not " the trash , " but " rare