, 1885-11-04
FREE MAsoNs IN GUINEA.
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A Tribe OF Queer People Having MO-
tious"-Hatlvs Erpressmsn.
iGuinea Cor Boston Commercial Bulletin
When the cooler breath SET In from the
direction of the river we set out once
rore to complete the circuit of tho city
OF Abeokula. On the gold coast of Africa
, utchle was sent TO gather up our bag
gage. while our guide proposed to lead us
where We could find lodging with a
tribe. as he termed it, OF very queer
people. He described them us shaving
motions " This seemed very definite We
had already imagined that motions were
incident to all animated beings. lie
persisted, howe,er, in his state
meut. and added that they were
motions different from those Of
other PEOPLE. ue positively asserted that
the could fly. n although no one could
see Them when they were in the act, yet
they must ifs. for they iooS messages
down to the coast and brought back the
answers. doing the whole business in a
few hours always In the night
lie also dec AIRED That there was "a tribe
Of these motion men up on the cnnni-
la coast of A%ppolonia 10 the wesl Of the
old coast VOW we would give no
space 10 recording this gable If subse
quent Developments bad not made II
worthy of note. To my question If they
had no other name. he said, -Oh. yes.
they are Free Masons. Now we admit
that this confession caused some pertur-
baton in our hair. We had supposed
that our experience with the mystic
brotherhood had been a bona tide business,
but we had never been initiated into this
rite. Here was an opportunity TO take
another degree The dividing distance was
soon passed over. and the colony of mo
ton - men reached. They proved to be
on industrious tribe. rather above the
standard in intelligence, and were as a
matter Of fact accepted Masons.
, arious trials proved this. and an cx-
hlbition of work showed them well up
in the craft They claimed kinship under
a dispensation from the east. dating back
beyond their remembrance. But they
were working an unmasonic scheme by
practicing on the superstiiious notions OF
the uniniiiated, and quietly pocketing no
small gains thereby.
They had some means Of rapid commu-
nicating with the coast, and when an
order was given to carry n message they
would put oil the time Of carrying osten.
sibly. but would set in motion their secret
agent at once. and on the day when they
declared the omens all right would "ny
he night"-so thought the Ignorant
native-and in one night bring back
NJ uuHNtIs uf1 MtIt uNhnOMltQEtu "
he honest aud faithful in carrying money
aud v~aluables. and were the expressmen
for the residents In all money transactions
with the coast. We did not give them
away. but very much astonished our in
rrffeier when he saw us received by
them rs n brother. lie ever after re.
rafded his employer as q mystery.
Using "a .ua-Oias. ~ lie light.
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have no words 10 describe my feelings
AZ the great North cape rock came In
Il 1t 81 new. yet so familiar, wa its
form We had left all winds behind us.
aa ID was a scene Of so emn grandeur
HE sea of CLASSY smoothness. the slight
we under. not breaking the surface and
% front Of us the Arctic ocean stretching
ont in its immensely. AT ) p. IN. of the
ihe most perfect Of summer days we landed
from u little boats. the sailors carrying
nur wraps and provisions, TO see the mid
light sun from the North cape. Our cap.
iuin assured us that in twenty three visits
he had never seen n night like this.
4 was as balmy AS Italy-the sun
sIu danced high above the horizon. We
draak to the midnight glory and at pre-
cise'y IL n IN commenced with n glass
ip burn holes IT. gowns and hats, and
my husband actually liz q cigarette in the
sime way and smoked il. and proudly
wears II great hole in the top of his felt
nat ,liat he burned at 10 o'clock p. M.
Of The North cape Returning to our
-'lp. no one felt like retiring. so the gen
tenen all fell TO fishing. while we ladies
sai n ihe bridge more interested ia the
.IHimhity Of nature than in seeing the
unhappy fish taken from their Watery
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