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Phcebe Walton.*
But since , in honour of the luckless James—Brother of Charles the second of his name—Rechristened " City of New York . " The pah-Were young and hopeful , resolute to win Great store of wealth and purchase other land . No sordid love of gain prompted the wish ,
But honest pride to earn a competence , If any family were born to them . Comely they were too . Walton was a kind Ancl gentle man , of nervous energy , Who knew not what was meant by failure . She Was provident as well as fair , ancl helped
Her husband cheerfully . No wonder then They prosper'd ancl became more affluent . The modest farm swell'd to a large estate , Their children grew to sturdy adolescence , Ancl labour'd skilfully , as 'tis most like The sons and daughters of a skilful man Would know to labour .
Yet a blot there was That marred the beauty of their homely life In earl y manhood , years before he saw His future helpmeet , Walton had become A brother , versed in all our mysteries Ancl all the many duties of the lodge . Honour succeeded honourancl at length
, He rose to be the Master . How he fill ' d That high position—how his energy And kindliness of heart won him esteem From all his fellows , need not be chronicled A better man ancl Mason never graced The Chair of Solomon . Prudence alone
Restrained him from a use too liberal Of those resources he was bless'd withal ; Yet many a kindly deed of charity Was clone by him in secret , and unknown Even by those he gave his bounty to .
One day—he had not long been married then A friend , who proved to be a brother , called At Walton ' s house to plead the cause of one Who sorely needed help ; and then it was That Phoebe—so I call her , though her name Is not recorded in the pretty tale I'veall too feebltried to
reproduce—, y , Then first it was that Phoebe ascertain'd Her husband was a member of the Craft . The news aggrieved her . She had always heard That Masons were a godless set of men , Ancl , in her anger , was provoked to say Thathad she known that Walton had been one
, , She ne ' er had wedded him . In vain he strove To moderate her wrath . In vaid he urg'd That Masons sought to benefit mankind , To succour the distress'd and indigent , To feed and clothe and educate the young
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Phcebe Walton.*
But since , in honour of the luckless James—Brother of Charles the second of his name—Rechristened " City of New York . " The pah-Were young and hopeful , resolute to win Great store of wealth and purchase other land . No sordid love of gain prompted the wish ,
But honest pride to earn a competence , If any family were born to them . Comely they were too . Walton was a kind Ancl gentle man , of nervous energy , Who knew not what was meant by failure . She Was provident as well as fair , ancl helped
Her husband cheerfully . No wonder then They prosper'd ancl became more affluent . The modest farm swell'd to a large estate , Their children grew to sturdy adolescence , Ancl labour'd skilfully , as 'tis most like The sons and daughters of a skilful man Would know to labour .
Yet a blot there was That marred the beauty of their homely life In earl y manhood , years before he saw His future helpmeet , Walton had become A brother , versed in all our mysteries Ancl all the many duties of the lodge . Honour succeeded honourancl at length
, He rose to be the Master . How he fill ' d That high position—how his energy And kindliness of heart won him esteem From all his fellows , need not be chronicled A better man ancl Mason never graced The Chair of Solomon . Prudence alone
Restrained him from a use too liberal Of those resources he was bless'd withal ; Yet many a kindly deed of charity Was clone by him in secret , and unknown Even by those he gave his bounty to .
One day—he had not long been married then A friend , who proved to be a brother , called At Walton ' s house to plead the cause of one Who sorely needed help ; and then it was That Phoebe—so I call her , though her name Is not recorded in the pretty tale I'veall too feebltried to
reproduce—, y , Then first it was that Phoebe ascertain'd Her husband was a member of the Craft . The news aggrieved her . She had always heard That Masons were a godless set of men , Ancl , in her anger , was provoked to say Thathad she known that Walton had been one
, , She ne ' er had wedded him . In vain he strove To moderate her wrath . In vaid he urg'd That Masons sought to benefit mankind , To succour the distress'd and indigent , To feed and clothe and educate the young