New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03
4 DRElDrTL HUSBAND.

middie-aged woman vim black aifaca drc.,
worn shiny AZ tn" "lb|"s ana u ch'"p Jaw .,''
blue as though an" had just got her wnthlnS ouL
went into ,ne Office Of prominent M'f%n q ,I i,%
ana ne persgraop from 9rr f Ma.og T BOXED 9
her with an interested brotherly look. a. though
.he were In roubl' she 'a.G
He hlushed told her hc vas Mason buy not ,,
| the highest In the land. 81" hesitnied e moment
fingered the corner 81 !'i apron, ~" oII'H " Up
Ike boy speaking piece AT school ana a-n,i
.hrS y"G de sel Of Mas"Hry
The man laughed and tod her thee ""rc only
thirty-two. The other d'sree coua ",y "1 ann H
| by a very few who were reoo'nncndrd hy the
GI"n The L2aft Ghh " dsgi n" 10 30 TO
The woman stqdigd moment unrnn,ed i,,i ne e,
| A. her mouth. took "A log breath ana sad
Where does my husband get the other two hun
The prominent Mason said ne guessed her hp rs
| had a degree factory. lie said ne dGHt under
Does my husband nave 10 1T up with a corpse
three nights w.rk?' h" asked, her eye nnsh'ng
ire And do they keep lot oi SIX Maa"lS ,, on
| tap for my husband to SIT up with me o'hor
The prominent Mason said he thankful mat
| elck enough to call for Masonic assistance. -.
| But why do you ask these questions madam
| The woman picked the fringe OF her shaw huns
me- wei my husband began 70 join he Masons
| about three years ago. and he mas been iaklnt
inc lie has come Home twice with wrong clothc,
on. and when asked MN nov II WI, w. S ,h.
| penalty OF being shot with cannon. ~ thal NJ.
would say was VA !; ana gr ia, he has taken
"a degrees. Including the grand SKY Fuce degrcr.
which he took the night ne cane nome YIN MS 'p
'" "o i madam. said mo prominent M1aon there
S> no ssy r$s!$ %'sI1 a. n.,~
That's WA in her '''h re said he vas taking
TIE SKY Fugie degree and fell through the SKY.
m17a aee h"a MN heT h. had aiken about nun
| dred and nfty degrees told him should think
i the cell" cellar FOR winter but he said wacn man
once got started IN the degrees he hho !" tlhe
hem All or he did not amount 10 anything Some
| times "A brother Mason comes nome dlnht Win
him in the morning ara they 'ah about on o dG'
one night when be was ns.eep ae9td Nm i, wills VI,
per raise you SO and When asked ,, nm wat
poor widow. Another time he raised up IN hei
natr and when | asked him what he meant he
said he was ruined II 'od u III sid ne i' ~
Morgan i was put ON, Of the way. Mister Is stand
''1Th The Mason told her It not. That the words
she Ind spoken was IN expression nsrd by men
Sdn', beeve that her husband vas Mason n,
all but that he had been 'ying 20 her All these
she She sighed and said: That's that though;
his pocket. lie sad that they used Thorn at the
lodge 10 vote candidates. and thot whit" chip,
elect and blue CHIPS fcJecl r"1 ~ ~ YOU
the Masons 7 Will he Obliged to YOU ~" says ne
has taken all the two hundred ana ihrty-threc
degrees and now the boys want him to join the
Knights OF Pythias want 10 get oui an In
junction 10 prevcn, him Joining anything else
until we get some urderclothes for winter. I'll
tell you what III do. The next time he says
ANYTHING about Sky FuEle degrees | viii take ii
washboard and make him think that there is one
degree IN Masonry that he skipped. and row good
by. You have comforted me greatly and will
liz awake tonight until my husband comes home
from the lodge with his pat hand and will make
him think he has forgot his ante.
The went out to the grocery In buy some
bar soap. and the prominent Mason resumed bis