Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-10-21

me no wslh his lies about the Pope's
Ginning 10 make all the Yankee girls
marry Irishmen. and 10 eat up all the
babies that warnst born with cross on
their ioreheads. that let him 20 on and
encourage him 10 It.
"Then he iined the Masons. P'raps
YOU know what them be, bat don't.
'cept they think they are the same kind
Of critters that built SoloHon's Temple
and took care Of his concubines: and Of
all the darned nonsense and CAB about
worslipfnl master and square and COM
passes and SIGH like that we had IN the
house for the next six months, you never
see the beat. And he's never outgrowed
IL, nutheT. What do you think Of a man,
squire, that'Il dress himself in white
apron. bout big enough for q monkeys
bib. and 20 marching Up and down and
making motions and talking the foolish
lingo at picture OF George Washington
in 4 green jacket and truss ON his
stomach Amt be a loonyticki Well.
that's my Sam, and I've stood Il as long
as I'm goin' to.
"The next Iunge The old fool made
was into the Odd Fellows. ] made II
warm for him when he came home and
told me he'd iined them, but he kinder
pacified me By telling me they are .
sort Of branch show that took in women,
and he'd get me in a. soon IS he found
out how to do II. Well, one night he
come home and said I'd been proposed,
and somebody had blackballed me. Did
IL hisself, of course. Didn't want me
around knowing to his goings on. OF
course he didn't, and told him so.
"Then he jined the Sons Of Mailer.
Didn't say nothing to me about IL, but
sneaked OF one night, pretendin' he'd
got to sit up with sick Odd Fellow.
and never found it out, only he come
home lookin' like man who had been
through a threshing-machIne, and
wouldn't do a thing for him until he
owned up.
"And so it's gone from bad to wus,
iinin' this and that and t'other, till he's
worship minister of the Masons, and
goodness Of hope OF the Odd Fellows,
and sword-swallower Of the Finnegans,
virgin cerus of the Grange. and grand
Mogul Of the Sons of Incidence, and
two-edged tomahswk of the United
Order Of Black Men, and tale bearer
OF the Merciful Manikins, and skipper
Of tie Guild Caratrine Columbus, and
big wizard of the Arabian Nights, and
pledge-passer OF the Reform Club, and
chief bulger of the Irish Mechanics.
and purse-keeper Of the Order of the
Canadian Conscience, and double
barreled dictator OF the Knights of the
Brass circles, and standard bearer Of
the Royal Archangles, and sublime porte
of the Onion League, aud chambermaid
OF the Celestial Cherubs, and puissant
potentate oil the Petriied Pigstickers,
and the Lord only knows what else.
I've born it and born 1t, hopin' he'd
get 'em all jined after while. but faint
no use, and when he'd got into a new
one and been made grand guide of
Night OF Horror, told him I'd quit, and
I will"
Here the major interrupted, saying:
"WelI, your husband is pretty well
initiated, that's fact; but the Court
will scarcely call that good cause for
divorce. The most Of the societies you
mention are composed of honorable
men, and have excellent reputation.
Many of them, though called lodges,
are relief associations and mutual insur-
ance companies, which, il your husband
should die, would take care OF you and
would not see you suffer if you were
sick"
"See me suffer when I'm sick |!
Take care Of me when he's dead J
Well, / guess not /; can take care
of myself when he's dead, and ii ]
can't can get anotherl There's plenty
of 'emi And they needn't bother Them
selves when I'm sick, either, II want
TO be sick and suffer, it's none Of their
ENTHUSIASTICALLY after all the suffer-
ing I've had when amt sick, because
Of their carryin's on. And Won needn't
try and make me believe it's all right,
either. know what it is to live with
a man that jines so many lodges that
he don't never lodge at home.
"Oh, that's harmless amusement"
quietly remarked Mr.. Huse.
She looked him square in the eye, and
said:
81 believe you are jiner yourself"
He admitted that he was to q certain
extent, and she arose, and said;
81 wouldn't have thought il. A man
like you, chairman of a Sabbath-school
and superintendent OF the Republicans
It'senough to make a woman take pisenl
But don't want any thing of you. i
want a lawyer that don't belong to no.
body or nothin'." And she bolted out
OF the Office and inquired where Cap