Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-25
MYSTERY SOLVED.
Clever and Successful
Detective Work.
RACHEL" AND "REUBEN."
The Desert Crossed, the Oasis Reached
and Living Water CO Discovered.

Mrs. Mary Lizzie Lease, OF fragrant
memory, claims to have gotten possession
OF the secrets OF masonry by hiding her.
self In blue lodge at the time OF an ini.
tiation. This claim, wheth her well ground
ed or not, suggested to our Palestine cor
respondent yesterday the idea OF secretiDg
himself IN the ancient Auditorium, to
discover, II he could, something Of the oc-
cult mysteries OF the Arabic Shriners. He
got there with both feet, so to speak.
The pilgrims, In penitentiaI garb and
with purse and scrip each well stocked
that they might not be ahungered by the
way, began to gather early. The vast am
phitheatrc, decked out with all the mystic
paraphernalia handed down from the
times Of the Hvksos Kings, and bearing
In many instances the signet and price
mark of Sheeney XVII, "kaash down, no
drust," was impressive In It's weird beauty
and majestic silence, even before the pill
grims entered. But when they did come
1t was ut once evident from what source
had come the inspiration that led the
prophet Of old to compose that psalm Of
lamsntation--" Oh I What Difference In
the Morningl"
Headed by the Most Noble, Grand and
Ineffable Ajax, K. G. T. L., the caravan,
marching thrice around the elongate
ovoid, slowly crooked their elbows and
took suthin'. Then the postutants filed In.
Weary and footsore, but with "grit" In
every feature and all over them, for that
matter, they were led up to the dais, inter-
rogated by the q. 4. j. A. In due and
ancient form, as laid down in the third
book of the DIinns, at the forty second
tablet, and then were handed over to the
Grand Anjandrum and his minions.
Meanwhile Rachel, In her cashmere robes,
tufted and variegated In the true Zebraic
manner, had taken her place, and stand
ing erect and motionless, awaited develop
ments. A rope OF sand stretched from
her OF hind hump clear over to the for.
ward gambrel joint Of the Sphinx, and
across this fearful chasm the trembling
acolytes took their way. Some fell among
thieves, some dropped by the wayside
and got left, some saw as through q glass
darkly and swallowed It without turning
hair, and some took q rest or anything
else that was within reach, but all Ear
rived" at last, and when the tocsin pealed
forth the majestic symphony, "For He's a
jolly Good Fellow" there was OF dry
throat In that whole vast assemblage OF
the faithful, nor more than two fingers In
any flask throughout the outfit.
Then there was hurry and hustle. The
hour of O'Clock was announced as the time
for starting, and the Kaliph of the Ruby
Fee brooks no delay. The cavalcade moved
just as soon as they got darned good and
ready. Phelime- Ben Kirschwasser with
the mighty scimetar such as not even
Saladin himself ever welded, went ahead; (;
Rachel and her guard OF swarthy and
with their music tied up In bundle came
next, and the illuminate rode In hacks,
not from necessity, (for they COULD walk
straight,) but merely as an evidence OF
their ornamental abilities; and lastly
rolled along the stream of the common
atty, picturesque lin black swallowtails
and scarlet fezzes, their manly breasts
palpitating under q load OF badges, SYM
bols, medals and decorations enough to
suit numismatist or the Kaiser Wilhelm
himself.
OF what followed later when the camp
was reached and a repast Of dates and dry
bread ~ was eaten, our correspondent
does not speak, but from the shaky char.
acter OF his manuscript 1t Is evident that
he. saw, or At least thought he saw, very
great deal yesterday. The Shriners have
come and gone, the sun shone kindly
down on them, the town was theirs, there
are not 20 many lemons nor quite so much
Ice In tho town a. there was before they
came, and II they "had good time" 1--WE
guess they did), Allah be praised. May
they live long and prosper.