Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-19

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aoas Of TIE higher degrees tA0s8 Of Viii
Ma hnnnle runrer q g blaa apron be-
no knowledge, and ths cular world no 4
presiahon Hsspeps - = proudly tod D
nieoa, nearly every night e IFS LIE Ia q
work, and e. the function IL every riel
minded lodge Is always followed BY q 81.
gust, there wns certainly no other man
to whole world, outide Of royal circla
who had consumed such an enormo,
quantity Of champagne and was possessed
8 finer palate, But to ell things thsl
eomsth an end. The secretary grew Of,
He began 10 find travelling wearisome: h
memory began TO fail him-it was whispera
that he had once impaired the secrets OF
higher instead Of a lower degree by mistak,
1ruly dreadful thing to do, and believed t
nave caused the earthquake In Java; thing
began to be said about slipshod conduct Q
me work and. finally, the council resolve,
that the time was come when he must resign
They gave him, however, a pension Of RIO0 ,
year, which he brought to the CronaI
household, where he came to lodge and b
grnmble.
His champagne was cut Oft was eone
for good. He would never again-alay H.
taste Of that divine drink. No wonder that
the old man wept heavily and was always
discontinued. For he craved continually az
ter champagne He found some consolation
in putting on his dress clothes every night,
and In talking over the once splendid past he
had a sympathetic listener in bis niece, and
he found gin and water a substitute for
champagne-inadequate it is true, but bet
ter than nothing.
1t has been a brilliant career, Maria" he
said. Few mell--it has often been said in
my own pre5cnce-have sat at more or at
nobler hanquets / doubt If any man ex-
cept a prince, and he must be a prince Of
seventy at least. has drunk more champagne
than your poor uncle. Yet such a life has
its drawbacks; you can't save money by eat
ing and drinking; the more brilliant It is, the
more champagne you drink; the less chance
you've got of saving. You can't save cham
pagnc, and now, you see, nothing but the
memory remains
'Indead, Uncle Joseph, we are all proud of
you"
sand now TIM come down to a pension
Of q hundred a year and to g~in-and-water.
Give me another glass, Maria Gin-and-
waterT'
''You must think of the banquets, uncle,
and the great company you kept, uncle"
The highest in the land, y he replied, sol
emnly. II have initiated and raised to the
most sublime degrees royal princes and the
noblest Of the nobility, young and old. As
for dukes, marquises, earls and barons they
have been under my hands, meek and obedi-
ent, by the hundred. I've lost count of
baronets, and knights l value not at all.
Yes, Maria, it gives a man some satisfaction
in his old age to feel he's done so much good
and been so greatly honored. No doubt such
a life bestows IN air of distinction. put it
n with my evening dress. The Jewels are
up stairs IT would not be proper to adorn
my breast with those splendid regalia out
side a lodge. | can leave my jewels to
your children, Maria, but not the air Of dis
tincticn That can't be left to anybody"
ut cannot, Uncle Joseph, no more than a
smile"
'1've often thought, Maria" the old man
continued, shat l should have liked one of
your boys to take up the same line. But Of
0Gf1asn IN fC fnn rnfIOh 70 nxnoOf IF khnn, Ia
oouf ~ - 700 mucn 70 eApec6 Oh tnem. IL
- u gu. Hucn d man as mysen cant DC
made lie Is born, as they say of a poet.
Either a young Ina has the genius or he has
not. Lordl most masters, whether in the
Z pasv ~ nave goO, no more real
Nho"isuge q the rlCual; WnaEeVer bne de-
sree, .nuh tney nave Oh tne oma mass
VI ours uong Know "hag II IS" sad
MI@ Or0nan' o"' I've away under
You cant understand, Maria No wo-
man can. It's beyond their intellects to
understand such suDlimity and such nitric
acy' More tha a dozen different rituals
INNS q Nlasi Every one eomplese ana dit-
Ielsns, aAN v De "usksr sAacv any wore
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All tl,a soorss a. l. 81. LIN az Sawois
put tha ritnaIs~thax ,n,,sn,t - ,vritten snd
1hers's no Ono anvwbera who Knows them
lilo mo rThoy,yo oo4 ! yornr ,nar q ~,
rlace rtrainsd him B,,t ne for comnarino
him With mc-weIl, I pitv tba voung man
Tbav will make cornnarisous and
i,0b GOOD Tordp
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doctor ,sLo s,ddenIv inmned m With +bi,
n]rofona ~ Eo dronned baet however
and eat down aoain oaIing about him With
! Iools ~ tho b,enna, am snoont IT, staT,
and The crv migbt have been forced from
hin Nv .,;ddop1v sitting On a lin or nv