Masonic Reminiscences.

client's residerc ? , as he ivas determined , if possible , "to curb the cunning devils of their will . " The deed was soon prepared , and the man of war , and the man cf peace , the man of civil , and tlie man of uncivil process , two dangerous opponents for any private gentleman to encounter , posted , off to Simpson Hall , where they found Mr . and Mrs . Simpson in the most fitting temper possible , for their purpose , and in a mood to believe

anything evil of Mr . Johnson . They admitted their precipitancy , their want of judgment , their ingratitude , in short everything that could be urged against them by their indignant brother , and by degrees , they even volnntered a detail of all the grievances , and discomforts they endured , since the establishment of the Johnson regime .

The colonel thought the opportune moment had now arrived to inform them of the occasion of their solicitor ' s presence , and that he had brought ivith him , ready for . signature , a deed conveying all the disposable property of Mr . Simpson , to certain trustees , in trust , to the use of Phil , and his issue , giving that young gentleman a life estate , without power of alienation , and as soon as that was properly signed , and sealed , he promised

that the angels should no longer have cause to weep , at the "fantastic tricks" of Mr . Johnson , as he intended forthwith , to strip him of bis "little brief authority , " and reinstate Ms brother , once again , in the nncontrouled lordship of Simpson Hall . Joyously ivere these tidings 2-eceived , and anxiously , and urgently was he entreated , that the happy project should be at once carried out .- a

request to which he was not slow to accede . The Hector of the parish , and the discarded agent—the trustees named in the deed—were summoned to the Hall on business of importance , and solicited to set , which , after an explanation , they consented to , and in a few hours , the faithful solicitor of Mr . Simpson , was on his way to the registry office , with a deed fully perfected , where it was duly registered , and the machinations of the wily Johnson were defeated .

Notices were served on the tenants , ancl bankers , Mr . Johnson received a communication that his services , as agent , were no longer required , that Ms authority was superseded , his power of attorney withdrawn , and calling on him to produce certain documents illegally and fraudulently obtained , in order that they may be immediately cancelled . The old servants were recalled , things went on after the old fashion ,

familiar faces of old neighbours , were again smiling round the hospitable board , and joy reigned once more in the halls , ancl hearts of the Simpsons . Mr . Johnson , though somewhat alarmed at the threatening aspect of the hitherto unclouded sky , still laboured under the impression that the deeds in his possession were valid ; as he had himself some little notion of lawhaving , in his youth , spent a short time in a lawyer ' s office . Pope

, says , " a little learning is a dangerous thing , " but in no branch of human knowledge is it so dangerous as in legal matters , particularly if it lead the unfortunate possessor to become 3 ns own lawyer . Mr . Johnson knew nothing of that most salutary law , the Irish Registration Act ; ancl he did not even think it necessary fully to explain the nature of the deed to the parties interested , previous to its perfection , deeming their signatures all