The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-08-07

to his bed side and cautioned him cot &c
act too hastily, nor to bring sorrow to the
grey hairs of his father. He said:
- am glad that you think well of
Masonry after hearing SO many denunci-
atioDs of 1t, Tor it satisfies my mind that
you will make a good Mason and, if you
desire it, should very much like to pre-
sent your name to our lodge for accept
| ance.
Here the conversation closed, and
young Winslow and Sanford went home,
/ baviug called Alice to attend to her faith
er. As they left the house she thanked
| them ovor and over again for their kind
ness, and she looked quite refreshed after
good nights rest.
Days passed.
Father Pearson gradually grew worse,
notwithstanding the unremitting care
and attention of his friends and brethren,
and one Sunday morning he passed to
his heavenly home without struggle,
his bedside surrounded by many dear
friends. As his end drew near he turned
to Mr.. Wakelee and said Brother
Wakelee, thou you, to Trinity Lodge
l commit the care of my daughter Alice,
who for years has been uiy support and
comforter since my faithful wife passed
away. Let her be taught TO love the in
stitution of Masonry, to live by its ex-
| ample, until some worthy brother shall
ask the lodge for her hand, and choose
her to be his partner through life"
Mr.. Wakelee assured the dying broth
er that his request should be ful6lled,
and while he was speaking he noticed
the approach of deaths messenger, and
soon the spirit of the good brother had
gone to the Grand Lodge above, to sit at
the right hand of the supreme Grand
Master.
Alice was completely overcome by the
loss OF her father. She was an orphan
now. Where should she go, or what
should she do? 1t was with difficulty
that Mrs. Wakelee and other ladies
could remove her from the body of her
father, but like tue Chris..:an women
they comforted her as much as it was
possible. While the preparations for
the funeral were being made by Mr..
Wakelee, the Master of Trinity Lodge,
and other brethren, Mrs. ". took Alice
to her own home in the hopes that
change of scene would tend quiet her
mind, 1t did, in measure, for short
time, until the dav of the funeral, when
Alice returned to her old home but as
she crossed the threshold she wept bit
terly. She passed at once to the death
chamber, where she knelt and offered up
prayer to God on high to pity the poor
orphan While she thus wept, young
Winslow came in, and seeing her deep
DISTRESS went to her and tried to COM
fort her. She at last listened to his
friendly entreaties, and seemed to try to
nerve herself to repress her feelings.
During his sickness. Mr. Pearson had
expressed wish, if he should die, to be
buried by his brethren. and it was arrang-
ed that after a short service at the
house, the services at the grave should
be conducted by the Master of Trinity
Lodge
The hour for the services at the house
arrived, and the rooms we're crowded by
friends wishing to pay the last tribute of
honor to one who in life had been good
citizen and an honest man. The remarks
of the Rev. Mr.. Loury were exceedingly
appropriate. He spoke of the life and
character of the deceased, and closed his
remarks by paying a worthy tribute to
the association of men who had so faith
fully cared for their brother to the end.
He spoke of the great charity which ex-
tended even beyond the grave. Among
the funeral assembly aud of those who |
the remains to their final rest |
ing place was David Winslow and his
family. He had listened to the divine |
word over the ashes of dear friend, by |
one who spoke eloquently of an associa-
ton he had despised. The words of the
preacher and the action of the brethren
that day worked change in his heart,
and while he uttered not word, his mind |
was busy, questioning if in the past he
had not acted wrongly. At any rate. he
never again renewed the theme in the
shop.
Alice Pearson found home with Mr.. |
Wakelee and his wife, and when either
was called to visit the sick she always
went with them, and by her words of /
cheer and good will was welcome visi-
tor.
When the fall meetings of the Lodge |
were resumed, the Ma or lag The dying |
request of Bro. Pearson before the lodge, |
and the charge being accepted. Alice |
Pearson became the child of Trinity |
Lodge. Through the kindness of one of |
the members she was sent to a boarding |
school to finish her education, and as |
years rolled on she became a most beau |
tiiul woman, admired not only for her !
beauty, out for those accomplishments |
which make the true woman.
1t was not long after the lodge had |
taken its new charge before Hiram Win
slow, through his friend, Warren Sand
ford, offered himself as candidate for
the mysteries of Masonry. When he
handed the proposition to Mr.. Sanford,
he said:
g l have told my father what intend
ed to do, and he at first made no reply.
At last he said: Hiram, you have been
dutifui SON. you are of age now, and a.
liberty to do as you think best. If by
joining the Mssons You feel it will do you
good, and you can do good to others,
shall offer DO objection. For the past
few weeks | have thought differently
about the subject than 1 once did. The
reply of Father Pearson in the shop, the