The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1865-02-09
Discovering a Secret.


termined to have their lodge room done M
clean and nice, and it was unanimously
resolved that Mrs. K. should be hired to
DO the job.
After the lodge adjourned, the guardian.
who knew the inquisItive character of Mrs.
K procured n biliy-goat and placed him
in a closet He then informed the lady
of the wishes of the lodge, and said he
wished her to come early next mornino as
he would then be at leisure to show be-
what was and what was not 70 be DONE
Morning came and brought with If Mrs
H., with broom, brushes, pals, tubs, &c,
prepared and armed for the lob, and the
guardian waiting for her arrival.
'Now, madame" said he, "T'H tell vou
what We want done, and how we came to
employ you TIE brothers said if was
dilaeolt to get any one to DO the job, and
not meddle With the secrets in that little
closet We have lost the key, and can't
| ilnd 1t 10 lock The door. I assured them
thar you could be depended on"
Depended on!' said she, 'I guess I
can Ny poor dead and gooe husband,
| who belonged 10 the Free AIasons or the
Anti Dlasons, [ don't know which, used to
| tel NE all the secrets OF the concern. and
/ when he showed NE the marks the grid
| iron made when he was initiated. and told
| me how they fixed poor Morgan, [ never
tod living soul 20 this day. And if no.
body troubles your clesct to Iiud ou. secrets
till | DO, they'll lay there till they rot-so
| they will
81 thought so, said the guardian. uapd
| now 1 want you to comuleuce in that cor
ner and give the room decent cleapipo.
and have pledged my word and honor
for the fidelity of your promise; and now
don't go into that closet, ana then he left
the lady to herself
No sooner had she heard the sound of
his foot on the last step of the stairs than
| she exclaimed :-"Dou't 20 into that closet,
| II warrant .here is gridirou or some
nonsense, just ike tie Anti Masons for all
the world, III be bound. I'll Just take a
peep, and nobody viii be any the wiser, as
[ can keep it to myself"
! SWtIug the acion to the word. she
/ stepped lightly to the forbidden closet
! turned the bntt0n-when the billy-coat.
with great sRring 10 regain liberty, came
near upsettlng her ladyship. Both started
icr the door, bat it was full Of implements
| for house cleaning, and all were swept clear
from their position down to the bottom.
! The noise and confusion occasioned bv
such unceremonieus coming down stairs.
/ drew hall the town to witness Mrs ks
efforts to get from the pile Of pals, tubs,
brooms aud brushes, into The street
Who should be first to the spot but the
rascally guardian, who, after releasing the
goat, which was = cripple for life, and up
lifting the rubbish that bound the good
woman to earth, anxiousiy inquired if she
had been taking the degrees
Taking the degFeosT2 exclaimed the
lady. '.If You call tumbling from the TOP
to the bottom Of the stairs, scared to death.
taking things by degrees, [ have them,
and if you friehten folks as YOU have
me, aud hurt them to boot, III warrant
that they viii make as much noise as I
did"
IL hope You did rot open the closet,
! madame said the guardian.
"Open the closetl Eve ate the apple
when she was forbidden! If you want
woman to do anything, tell her not to do
it, and she'll do it certain [ could not
stand the temptation. l wanted to know
it, so [ opened the door, and cut popped
the tarnal critter right IN my face, and /
thought I was goner, and broke for the
stairs, with Satan bUtting me at every
jump fell over the tub, and got down
stairs as you found US, ali in a heap
but, madame" said the guardian, "as
you are in possession Of the great secret of
the order, you must so up aud be inflated
ia the regular way"
Regular way exclaimed she, eand do
you suppose l am going through the tar
nal place again, and ride that critter with
out saddle or bride? No, sir. never T
don't want nothing to do with the man
who rides it. "a look, nice on a billv-roat
wouldn't /? No, never! I'll never 90
nigh it again, nor into your hall, neither
and if l can help it, no lady shall ever
JON the Odd Fellows. Why, ia rather
join the Free Masons, and be fried ON =
sridiron as long as FIRE could be kent nn-
der It, and be pulled from the garret to
the cellar with halter, Just as NV poo-
dead husband was, Tor he lived over it. but
| never could outlive sucn another ride as
| took to-day.'
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