The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-08-19
Findinu Out The Secrets.

| Mtb DrONH Unu Hcr gossip, NrS.
White, wore convcrsing about hus-
bands and the secrets Of Frcemasary.
Mr. Brown WAS a Frcemason, md
the fact Of not being ablo to share
tho secrets Of tho order with him
made Mrs, Brown very unhappy
Sbc was pouring out her grief ~
Mrs. White, and saying for tho tlIon.
sandtb time : II woulor what thoy
do in tho lodge room"
II have DO doubt but it's dread
full, replied Mrs. White. "Drt il
my husband was n mason. III bot
would find ont what hs dill
"But how They dare not toll
"Ah But I'd mike hun tell"
"Iiow Oh, how : askol Mrs.
Brown anxiously.
Hush (! III tel you but don't
breathe IL for tho world, because it's
q doa1 secret" "
mo. no. | won't"
"Well, do you know that tickling
a persons ear when thoy are asleep
will make them tall; =
"No; will il though T.
"Ycs. Now. yon must wait until
Brown comes home from the Lodge
the nest tilc. md have broom-
straw III the bed with you When
ho gets asleep, you tickle his oar
gently With it, nnd he will bcgin to
talk about what he has been doing at
the lodge, and in this way you eau
get tho whole business out Of him"
"Gracious me! You don't say 10,
Mrs White!
"ro DO sure I 10. I always get
my husbands socrcts out OF him in
this way"
"ill do it; | Il do it
"tna youn tell mo all about it,
won't You -
Certainly But You must mover
say anything about it.
"oL, Of course not. I'm worry
close mouthod," replied Mrs. White,
earnestly
So it was agreed upon, and they
separated Hut unfortunately, Mr..
White hal overheard the 90. spiracy,
aud lost no timc in informing Mr..
irowl, who laughed heartily over it.
\ few nights afterward Brown at
tended II meeting of his lodge, and
his wife was all anxiety regarding it.
On retiring. she armed herself with
n spray from her broom and wakc-
fully waited for her lord and master
to return Atlast sho had almost bro.
ken dowd the veil Of secrecy which
had troubled her 30 long, and her
heart bent wildly when sho heard
him open the front door and como in.
Of course she pretended TO DO
asleep, and did not SEQ the comicsl
smile ou her husbands face AS ho
turned up the gas and began disrob-
ing for bod But ho said nothing,
and in few moments he was COM
fortably tucked in and giving out
premonitory indications of fapproach-
ing sleep
Then Mrs. Brown opened her eyes
cautiously and convinccdhorself that
he hnd gonc to that land from which
sleepy husbands never roturn until
some time next day. Cautiously sho
reached under hor pillow, and took
the broom straw from its hiding
place. Then she reached over care
fully aud began to tickle her hus-
banda car, and he was all tho whilo
doing his bost to keep from oxplod.
ing with laughter.
Finally he began to talk little.
and her ears We're keenly alive to
every syllable,
"lts, ho must die" said no "IIo
betrayed our secrets to his vito. lvo
got to kill him-tho lot foil on me. ="
Mrs. Brown screamed and loapod
from the bed. while her husband, nm
able longer TO control himself, gave
yent to his laughter, aud disturbed
the noighbors for the next ten min
utos. But they never came to any
understanding about the strange af-
fair. She never asked what he was
laughing at, and ho never inquired
what il was which made her scream
and leap out Of bed 20 quickly.
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. White don't
speak now. She thinks Mrs. White
played joke on her. and sho sooms
to have lost much Of hor anxiety ro-
garding the secrets of Frcomasonry.