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Brotherly Love.

The spot where the Maniac was interred gave rise to strange surmises for it was in a vault under the mural monument already mentioned , and in which poor St . Claire and a lady of rank were buried . The tablet bore the following inscription : — " Sacred to the memory of these who loved in life and rest together in death . " It appeared that the vault had been placed at the disposal of Mrs . St . Claire shortly after the death of her

husband , under certain conditions relative to the interment of the unknown donor in the same tomb . The widow , who had only buried her husband a few days previously in an lnunble cemetery assigned to paupers , actuated by an amiable weakness had his remains removed to the vault which con- < tamed one coffin , with the remains of Agnes on the plate , and having rich armorial bearings , indicating that the deceased was a lady of rank . The

circumstance of the Maniac being buried in the tomb with her husband created no small surprise in Mrs . St . Claire ' s mind , but she was compelled to admit that it was above her comprehension . If some of those writers who have given the world tomes on misty metaphysical and religious points had arrived at the same conclusion , what a vast saving of baseless theory , perverted ingenuity , and futile controversy , would have been effected .

If Mrs . St . Claire had felt any ordinary desire to speculate on this or any other subject at the time , she would not have been able to have done so , for sorrow and threatened penury had visited her abode . She had received an account , that her nephew , Alfred Beaufrere had been severely wounded , and that his life was in imminent danger . He was the only child of a deceased sister to whom she was much attached , and had

brought him up until his twelfth year , so that she loved him with almost as much affection as if he had been her own son . She was also proud of his beauty , amiability and talents . Ida regarded him as a brother , and was deeply distressed at the intelligence , which was confirmed by a letter from him , the contents of which placed his character in a stronger light than ever . He said that he knew he could not recover , and that he

would endeavour to gratify his only wish , and that was to breathe his last in her arms . He told her , that he was in love with her , but that aware of the feelings of mutual affection subsisting between her and Simon , he had

abstained from giving any indication of his passion , which only the conviction of approaching dissolution induced him to disclose . He added that he had endeavoured to atone for any annoyance he had occasioned Simon , for that it was in saving him he had received his death wound . A month had elapsed beyond the time that Mrs . St . Claire should have received her quarterly allowance , and the gloomiest apprehensions seized

her mind . She imagined that her secret benefactor had either discontinued his remittances , or was dead , and had made no provision for a continuation ¦ of his pension . All the horrors of destitution stared her in the face , and it was only from the religious counsel and consolation of Jeunegrace and Ida that she could view with resignation the calamity with which she was threatened . The former having ascertained the cause of her anxiety took an early opportunity , and in the most delicate manner , of offering to secure her and her daughter a provision out of his own means in the event

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THE MARK DEGREE. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 3
THE CHANCES OF LIFE, Article 8
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 9
A MASONIC SONG. Article 16
BROTHERLY LOVE. Article 17
THE LIGHT DIVINE. Article 26
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 27
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Article 27
LONDON LODGES. Article 30
INSTRUCTION. Article 32
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 33
ROYAL ARCH. Article 37
THE COLONIES. Article 39
AMERICA. Article 39
THE HIGH DEGREES. Article 40
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 41
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JULY. Article 44
OBITUARY. Article 51
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 52
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Brotherly Love.

The spot where the Maniac was interred gave rise to strange surmises for it was in a vault under the mural monument already mentioned , and in which poor St . Claire and a lady of rank were buried . The tablet bore the following inscription : — " Sacred to the memory of these who loved in life and rest together in death . " It appeared that the vault had been placed at the disposal of Mrs . St . Claire shortly after the death of her

husband , under certain conditions relative to the interment of the unknown donor in the same tomb . The widow , who had only buried her husband a few days previously in an lnunble cemetery assigned to paupers , actuated by an amiable weakness had his remains removed to the vault which con- < tamed one coffin , with the remains of Agnes on the plate , and having rich armorial bearings , indicating that the deceased was a lady of rank . The

circumstance of the Maniac being buried in the tomb with her husband created no small surprise in Mrs . St . Claire ' s mind , but she was compelled to admit that it was above her comprehension . If some of those writers who have given the world tomes on misty metaphysical and religious points had arrived at the same conclusion , what a vast saving of baseless theory , perverted ingenuity , and futile controversy , would have been effected .

If Mrs . St . Claire had felt any ordinary desire to speculate on this or any other subject at the time , she would not have been able to have done so , for sorrow and threatened penury had visited her abode . She had received an account , that her nephew , Alfred Beaufrere had been severely wounded , and that his life was in imminent danger . He was the only child of a deceased sister to whom she was much attached , and had

brought him up until his twelfth year , so that she loved him with almost as much affection as if he had been her own son . She was also proud of his beauty , amiability and talents . Ida regarded him as a brother , and was deeply distressed at the intelligence , which was confirmed by a letter from him , the contents of which placed his character in a stronger light than ever . He said that he knew he could not recover , and that he

would endeavour to gratify his only wish , and that was to breathe his last in her arms . He told her , that he was in love with her , but that aware of the feelings of mutual affection subsisting between her and Simon , he had

abstained from giving any indication of his passion , which only the conviction of approaching dissolution induced him to disclose . He added that he had endeavoured to atone for any annoyance he had occasioned Simon , for that it was in saving him he had received his death wound . A month had elapsed beyond the time that Mrs . St . Claire should have received her quarterly allowance , and the gloomiest apprehensions seized

her mind . She imagined that her secret benefactor had either discontinued his remittances , or was dead , and had made no provision for a continuation ¦ of his pension . All the horrors of destitution stared her in the face , and it was only from the religious counsel and consolation of Jeunegrace and Ida that she could view with resignation the calamity with which she was threatened . The former having ascertained the cause of her anxiety took an early opportunity , and in the most delicate manner , of offering to secure her and her daughter a provision out of his own means in the event

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