The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-02-17
The Lunar Workings of the "SeVeh
Wise Fools

Lett rs from our grandmothers ana
maiden auDts invariably commenced, u
take my pen in hand to write you few
lines" etc. /, also, would like 10 write a
STEW lines" lines of warning and of counsel;
but my life is also taken in hand, ss well a.
nv pen. Truth is fslsity, friendship but
name, snd mans love for man but hol
low mockery. / have been initiated into the
society of the brothers of the Mystic Tie
Would we're not. foolishly expressed
wish to become q member 10 friend who
wore the mystic pin, horse shoe nail, and
was invited to meet him the following night
at IL o'clock. We met. Taking a carriage
we were driven TO the hall. My friend
knocked three times in q peculiar manner
and mutsered words, tome unintelligible. A
voice from within said, "Has the applicant
considered everything is his heart stou ard
nerves unfaltering?" Ny conductor an
swered. "He has considered everything"
presto paso." The floor on which L stood
raised suddenly up, and | was thrown with
great violence through panel in the door,
and landed, stunned on the floor OF the
chamber. On recovering consciousness l
| looked around and saw about one hundred
and ffty Enthusiastically dressed and masked
| figures. who saluted me as rose with the
cry, "Hail stranger hail Welcome TO our
mystic hall" l thought the cry Of bail
very inappropriate, as l entered more like
a cannon bali than hAii stone.
| 1 was assisted to my feet by two members
who conducted me TO sort Of throne 1t the
! head of the hall on which was seated per-
son who seemed to be the presiding genius
of the society. In deep sepulchral tone ne
asked, "Hsst thou well considered the step
thou art about 10 take?' Now had not
considered anything a. all, but a friendly
nudge from one Of my conductors aomon-
| ishe3 me To answer, ayes" at is well; pre-
nare hin, for the services" / was then seized
Nv Eve of the members and hurried TO an
| adjoining room. While on the way saw q
moor. forlorn looking thing. once q msn,
lo;pe out on sttetcher. To my unasked
question one Of uny guards said, "He is over
come with grief at the death OF his mother
In law" l feared differently, but said moth
| ing. My guards stripped me of everything,
ssvo one brief undergsrment. The weather
was cold. oh how cold l was shiveringly
led back 70 the council hall which now ss-
| sumed the form Of court room. The occu-
nant of the throne. who WAS called Most
| Hiph Kakolorum,' said: "The applicant
must answer 20 several indictments ere he
can be admitted 70 n membership IN the
order of the Seven Wise Fools, and be enti-
tied 10 wear ihe highly honorary badge OF
the horse shoe nail. Place him before the
thronen was placed. His msjesty said,
sTbe garment in which you are clad teaches
Won tilat life l. short, and that il will be long
enough before TIE roses bloom again." 1
said nothing. have read somewhere OF =
man. who. travelling from Jerusalem TO
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