The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

ordinary conduct The masonic travel
er. The sign manual Point of hon0ur-
Ee-aUDgaTfEcC. a revelation. Ditfi-
Guilty. Tight place. ENoglpau0n
= HIS is "a story of Freemas0nry. that
is the foundation of it is Masonic.
Masonic. I may say, TO a degree
Many years ago before Seal Hayne
or were Oyerburdened with RESPONSE
bury. as he had not then entered the
house. and / was the merest beginner
il the pleasant paths of Hghtest drama
at least fancy I am placing the date
there or therea b0uts-I was touring
about Dev0ushire when I came across
Seal Hayue. whom / had not met since
He had parted years before at Elton,
which he had left for good some time
before ] did.
Old sChoOlfellows. and especially Old
EJOuians, are always delighted to en-
counter one another. excepting, per
laps. when one of them may have gone
under, and is likely to attempt the part
uI Chevy SIyuu, or OF a MIR. MOutaEu
Tigg. as the latter appeared on the oc-
Casiou of his memorable failure I'm the
attempt ou Mr. Pecksuiffs private
purse. Now as this was not my case,
and as Seal Hayue had no need for me.
nor ] of him. 1T follows that there was
nothing to come between our enjoying
ourselves together.
He had recently at that time joined
the militia and was out with his reEi-
meut, quaTteTed ar Plymouth
He most Hospitality invited me to
stay with him as long as the regiment
was out which ] fancy was for some
thing like "a month. AT all events his
stay at Plymouth was of such dura-
lion as 20 give me plenty of opp0rJu-
nifty of seeing the country round about
and of doing DeEOushlre pretty thor
oughIy. or rather that part of it which
lay within twenty or thirty miles OF
Plymouth.
Vow at the same time there arrived
q mutual acquaintance of ours, whose
name. as ] cannot recall iJ, and would
not If I could / win here set down as
Robert DrOue. Bob Droue had been
rather a bore as a boy at school but
since leaving Elton he had graduated in
the art. and had now come out as a
master of this craft. That he was thus
qualified as q guest and companion
was unknown 20 the genial Seal Hayne.
as we'll as 10 myself. The fact broke
upon as gradually.
Good fellow Drouc, said seal
Hayue to- me- "Amusiug.
yes" ] returned, got some capital
stories"
This was true, he had.
.-I shall ask him TO mess quoth my
h0spitabIe friend.
Certainly [ responded.
And Bob Dr0ue made himself so
perfectly agreeable TO every Woody az ms
first mess dinner that the sallaut Dew
unshire Creams cor whatever they
werel. would not allow Seal Hayne 10
luuuopoIize this acquisition, but insist
ed ON Droue's being the guest of sew
eraI OF them, that is until further no.
JIce.
But lu a very few days time, Bob
Droue. who was ready to- pal with eF-
ery0ue and anyone of them began TO
TalI (Which is quite another lning-ltl
only the difference of an 81 which
difference may be forcibly If somewhat
ruarsely expressed in the very vulgar
tungue) ON al Of them
you left me this morning" quoth
Seal Hayue. when We met one evening
at dinner. Ito be shot at by that Dig
bore. ] couldn't get away. But, ne
chuckled. we've stopped his coming
tonight.
How 2' I inquired.
81 told him that we We're having
military Masonic banquet, seal Ha}He
said. "aud ] put the other fellows up
10 it, 1 had ascertaiued from DrGue
that he wasn't a Mason and SO of
course Dee could not be present. /
rhiHk.H continued mT host. that we
might make this Masonic meeting last
Tor some DAYS. A sort of festival
Rur this suggestion was found nm
uraetics bile. The next evening 300
'-o-g "t- ,-5t.5 I,,- d. ,-7urrfu1 enc
-5-- -. r'-7 49,, ..r.-s7- on leave. and
7-7- PA s-..-4 r..T,- mo of DrOne-s
mo -''~
s-- 7,.-- 1I,,. had NO stories ain this oe-
.-:,7, r4l v-zs fuu of inquiries.
'e .stS-t-. ,.,-r IN l-1ov- isn me nut
g. 49, ATnfarv Masonic
7'-- r--- ~
ot -fe -rar-r.ers they toIdl What
. wealth nf ingenuity was wasted ON
81, Tr-5,r OTIy one -hfnr attracted
49,.
"a l-.,-s.T rl7asl ==rfousIv-and ne
-,.4- never So serious. bgv or man. as
-.-5--,, r-s ,gas nIarfng "A practical joke
...-.4 can travel everywhere for
... chino
..Jy-p7-r.s exclaimed Drgra t1 whom
-s.=.- ..-.r...-raa ,-arz- strongly what do
-...-- ---.sr- ,,ff7rrf5- uaErantgr
..>-lr -b-rfutaiv free" answered
Tssz-rc .Of course. don't mean that
80 20 r..-rr..- -na amount of discount
80 .iIr-.f .sHI Farand ON certain
.-.frr-
..-,7- ,--l,a+a- manfred Drone eagerly.
s.yg.fr 70 -.arffad Seal Hayne very de
5..,-- .fl.s r,1ls- be-5 mason. Secondly.
--9 .r---s7f nm rf--. lime must be a mason.
t-4 .Ira clerk f-u'r "a mason but
-5-.sr .r7r~5 IS. fr.n an you've got To DO
5s fo make the .uard the travellers
SION and he Tate YOU into a first class
M sbout n tdfrd of the usual price"
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