The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-12-11
EIsc Lady Free Nsascsa.


/ zion. Elizabeth st. LeSer: was the on
female Nho was ever lnitlated INTO
me ancient and honorable nystery OF
treeinaSonry. How she obtained TINS
honor, we shall lay before our readers,
promising that our Information IS deri-
yea nom the best sources. Lord Done
raile' Miss st. Legers father, very
jealous Mason, held a warrant and oc-
caS'ohally opened lodg &c at Donera'le
House, his sons and some intimate
lrien"S assisting, ana IL IS Said: that new
CT were masonic aU''9S more r'Sia'y
performed 'lah by the brethren OF no.
l'"' Tue number OF '''elr warrant IL
appears tha' Pre''onSl y 10 the imitation
ol d Sentie'',a" 10 'Ee ''rSt steps 81 ma
Soh'S; MISS ~, h'SGr' VINO was d young
girl happened 10 be IN an apartment
ADJOINING the room generally used as a
iod5e room; but whether the young Ia
ny was there oy design or acc,dent' we
cannot cohhaehelv state. Inc room
ae I'VE V'me was undergoing some alter
auoh' amongst o'her 1Mhg'' Inc wax
was considerably reduced IN one part
ior the purpose OF making saloon.
inc young lady' having hearo the VOL
crS Oh inc lr'ei'asohs' ana oelhg prompt
ca oy the curiosity ha'nral 10 all 10 see
inns mystery SO long and SO secretly
locked up from pubic vlew' mad the
courage TO pick brick IRON the wall
WIN her scissors, ana mus witnessed the
Two nrS' steps Oh 'he ceremony
curiosity St"''"eo' rear at once LOOK
possession OF n'r mlna' ana those VINO
nhutFStahu inns passage well kho" what
'ne 'ef"lsS Oh any person must DC VINO
coulu on'h"l"!'y peNo'u lAae ceremony;
.et ''e.'' '''e'' Judge what were ll1e leei'
'hSs OF ayouns SIrl under such extra
ordlhary circumstances. lhere was no
hooe Oh escape except through 'he
very loo'' Whtre Tue cohcluolnS part
ol ''!e SECOND step was sun oeliS SOL
elhh'Zeo' al 'l'e laE ehd, ana 'he room a
very large one NiSS 81 LeSef hau res
o'u.'oh Sulnc'eht 70 at'rmpt hef escape
'la' way, ana with llght but tremoling
steps g''dea along ahooserVea' lald her
haho on inc handlc OF the door, and
opening IT., oe'ore her STOOD, 10 her ciS-
may gr''' ana &'rly lller, with MS
long SWorG unsllealned.
~ sllrieH t1al pierced through the
aPar'''ent alarmed tne members OF the
nouse' MHo' an an ruSh''s 10 ll'e door' ana
lihalhs 'llat MISS 81 hegef hao been IN
=: .ne room curing 'ae ceremony, resolved
u Is saia' IN the ParoXySm OF thelr rage,
10 put the EAR SPec'atress 10 death; out
ID, ti'e moving aNu earnest SUPP i.calioh
VI hef youngest oro'ler' her HE was
spared, on cohoi''on OF hef gong
through '''e TWO remaining steps 81 me
solemn ceremony she mad unla"lully
Witnessed ms She consented TO, ana
tney conducted .ne beautiful ana TERRI
''eo young la"y through thoSe 'f'ais
"hicn are sometimes more than enough
ior masculine resolution, httle 'hihk'n5
'ney were 'aN'' in'o 'ae Bosom OF lhe'r
cral' a member t,'at "e"la aiter"ard
Miss st. Leger was directly descend
ed from Sir Richald de st. Leger, who
accompanied William The Conqueror to
England, and was of that high repcte
that he, with his own hand, supported
the prince when he first went out of his
ship to land in Sussex. Miss st. Leger
was cousin to General Anthony St.
Leser, Governor OF st. Lucia, who in
sttuted the interesting race, and the
celebrated Doncaster st. Leger stakes
Eventually she married Richard Aid
worth, Esq, of New Market, member
OF highly honorable and ancient fam
lily. Whenever benefit was given at
any of the theatres in Dublin or Cork,
for the Masonic Female Orphan Asy-
lum, Mrs. Aldworth walked at the head
Of the Free Masons, with her apron and
other insignia of Freemasonry, and sat
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