Masonic Reminiscences.

sufficient , and binding . He was , however , on consultation with competent persons , soon undeceived , and returned to Elysium , a broken-down , disheartened , and disappointed man . He now found himself involved in personal liabilities , from which he could not possibly extricate himself , the money deposited to secure the purchase of Elysium must be forfeited , and what was most alarming of all ,

Phil ' s bill , of which , as yet nothing was known , was fast approaching maturity , and must lead to an eaypose fatal to his honour , ancl character . On consideration he found he had no alternative but to quit without the ceremony of leave-taking , as a levanter , or to throw himself on the mercy of the Colonel , who , he knew , was the chief mover in the counter-plot , and ivhom he knew to be capable of acts of generosity and goodness . His

daughter urged him to pursue the latter course , which he finally adopted , and wrote a very plausible letter , announcing his intention to sell Elysium , museum , menagerie and all , and travel for some time , in order to recruit his finances , attributing his inability to meet Ms present engagements to heavy losses on the turf ; and stating that he could now view the destruction of his household gods with less poignancy , as the sole object of his

life was sure of a happy home , and tender protection . The Colonel wrote to say , he was happy to hear Mr . Johnson was about to seek a more genial clime , and a wider field for the display of Ms talents -, that he hoped Ms daughter ivould at once take up her residence at the hall , a wing of which would be placed at her disposal , where she could have her own separate establishment ; and her happiness ivould therefore considerably depend upon herself .

Mr . Johnson understood , and felt the Colonel s sarcasm , but yieldin ° ' to that stern and inexorable master , which no human law can control , necessity , he passed it over in silence , and bid farewell to bis Elysian fields , and beloved daughter with a sigh , like our great and unfortunate ancestor on quitting his Eden , " a few natural tears he shed , but dried them soon , for the world was all before him , ivhere to choose , and

providence Ms guide ; " and the wandering steps of Mr . Johnson were led by providence to that reftuj ' mm peccatorimi , Boulogne , where for many years after he might have been seen , ready to initiate any young gentleman , disposed to expend a little money in the acquisition of such kiiowledo-e into the interesting mysteries of JEearttf . Mrs . Phil Simpson felt the separation from her father as acutel as one

y so artificially educated could , but short and fleeting are the sorrows of those , from ivhose young hearts are pressed out , as vulgar and ill-bred all indications of those soft , loving , and delicate sensations , which suffuse the cheek of innocence with the tint of the rose , or make the eye sparkle with the tear of sensibility , that dew of gentle hearts . The joys of such are as superficial , and as hollowas their affection of

, SOITOW is evanescent , discontented and unblessed with any feeling of substantial happiness . They pass through life , light , frivolous , unreal things tickled into laughter by the smallest straw , or feigning the deepest anguish , at the crumpling of a rose leaf . Incapable of appreciating the stern virtues of worth y men , they are either induced by heartless parents , to marrv a