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Masonic Reminiscences.

MASONIC REMINISCENCES .

BY ^ torotpiKoQ , P . M ., L . 50 , Dublin . ( Continued from p . 484 . ) CHAPTER VIII . THE DIPLOMACY OF THE JOHNSONS PHIL ' S COURTSHIP—Miss JOHNSON DISCOVERS A RIVAL—A LOVE SCENE—A CONTRE-TEMPS .

PHIL vegetated into manhood , stout , stalAVorth , and well-featured , but without one beam of that intellectual light Avhich gives grace , and character to beauty ; his father grew every day more helpless , and his mother more feeble : while the politic fathers , and managing mothers of the neighbourhood , threw many an anxious glance at the green heir , and the green acres

oi Simpson Hall . Deep aud various were the plans , and speculations of the several manoeuvring parents , who happened to have a sAveet Mary , a gentle Jane , or a gifted Rosa to be disposed of , as to the best mode of Avinning the good opinion and confidence of the old people at the Hall , and seeming its future proprietor for one of their rival beauties .

Amongst them was a hale old gentleman of polished manners , and imperturbable temperament ( Avhom Ave shall call Mr . Johnson , though generaEy addressed as captain , but his most intimate acquaintance could never discover to Avhich branch of her Majesty ' s " service he belonged ) , who rented a handsome residence within a few miles of the Hall , and who ¦ contrived to keep up , at least , the outward appearance oi wealth . He

was a crack shot ( and a knoiomg one as the sequel Avill prove , for he managed to lag Phil , hall , acres , and all ) , as Avell as a scientific fisherman , and having discovered Mr . Simpson ' s weakness for trout , and wild foAvl , he allowed scarcely a day to elapse during the season that he did not send a welcome present of either , to his respected friend , Mr . Simpson , of Simpson Hall .

Mr . Johnson Avas blest Avith one fair daughter , IIOAV , according to the neighbouring gossips , in dangerous proximity to the dreadful epoch of old maidenhood ; she was looked upon by the young ( perhaps a little spice of envy adding somewhat of piquancy to their feelings ) as a Avaning coquette Avho had flirted in vain , through each successive regiment of a garrisoned toAvn , for nearly a dozen years , having previously jilted , or been

jilted by , half the squires of the county . The proprietor of Simpson Hall , having but a very flitting , and shadowy recollection of his grandfather ' s " local habitation , and name , " Avas most anxious that Phil should form an aristocratic connection , and Mr . Johnson took care to put prominently forth his OAA ' claims to high pedigree , and continually boasted of his close relationship Avith several branches

of extinct peerages ; in fact , he exulted so much in the antiquity of his family , one became impressed with the notion , that he laboured under the delusion of being descended from Adam ' s eldest brother , and by

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UNIFORMITY OF RITUAL. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 4
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 11
THE NEW CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FRENCH MASONS. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 21
LONDON LODGES. Article 24
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 25
ROYAL ARCH. Article 42
SCOTLAND. Article 43
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 50
SUMMARY OF SMEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. Article 53
NOTICES. Article 59
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Masonic Reminiscences.

MASONIC REMINISCENCES .

BY ^ torotpiKoQ , P . M ., L . 50 , Dublin . ( Continued from p . 484 . ) CHAPTER VIII . THE DIPLOMACY OF THE JOHNSONS PHIL ' S COURTSHIP—Miss JOHNSON DISCOVERS A RIVAL—A LOVE SCENE—A CONTRE-TEMPS .

PHIL vegetated into manhood , stout , stalAVorth , and well-featured , but without one beam of that intellectual light Avhich gives grace , and character to beauty ; his father grew every day more helpless , and his mother more feeble : while the politic fathers , and managing mothers of the neighbourhood , threw many an anxious glance at the green heir , and the green acres

oi Simpson Hall . Deep aud various were the plans , and speculations of the several manoeuvring parents , who happened to have a sAveet Mary , a gentle Jane , or a gifted Rosa to be disposed of , as to the best mode of Avinning the good opinion and confidence of the old people at the Hall , and seeming its future proprietor for one of their rival beauties .

Amongst them was a hale old gentleman of polished manners , and imperturbable temperament ( Avhom Ave shall call Mr . Johnson , though generaEy addressed as captain , but his most intimate acquaintance could never discover to Avhich branch of her Majesty ' s " service he belonged ) , who rented a handsome residence within a few miles of the Hall , and who ¦ contrived to keep up , at least , the outward appearance oi wealth . He

was a crack shot ( and a knoiomg one as the sequel Avill prove , for he managed to lag Phil , hall , acres , and all ) , as Avell as a scientific fisherman , and having discovered Mr . Simpson ' s weakness for trout , and wild foAvl , he allowed scarcely a day to elapse during the season that he did not send a welcome present of either , to his respected friend , Mr . Simpson , of Simpson Hall .

Mr . Johnson Avas blest Avith one fair daughter , IIOAV , according to the neighbouring gossips , in dangerous proximity to the dreadful epoch of old maidenhood ; she was looked upon by the young ( perhaps a little spice of envy adding somewhat of piquancy to their feelings ) as a Avaning coquette Avho had flirted in vain , through each successive regiment of a garrisoned toAvn , for nearly a dozen years , having previously jilted , or been

jilted by , half the squires of the county . The proprietor of Simpson Hall , having but a very flitting , and shadowy recollection of his grandfather ' s " local habitation , and name , " Avas most anxious that Phil should form an aristocratic connection , and Mr . Johnson took care to put prominently forth his OAA ' claims to high pedigree , and continually boasted of his close relationship Avith several branches

of extinct peerages ; in fact , he exulted so much in the antiquity of his family , one became impressed with the notion , that he laboured under the delusion of being descended from Adam ' s eldest brother , and by

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