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The Angel Ministers.

It is only tiventy-four miles out from the city by rail , and Ave Avill try ancl make you as pleasant a stay as may be in our poAver . " This generous offer of his mystic friend , Benton , Mr . Fitzgibbon thankfully accepted , ancl that evening a short hour ' s ride brought them to the princely home and family of the Boston merchant . Here Mr . Fitzgibbon Avas received ancl treated with all the kind attentions and tenderness

Avhich could have been bestowed upon a brother . The scenes at every point of this rural palace home were grand ancl beautiful , and had it been under any other circumstances he Avould have felt that this grand loctdity , with its magnificent surroundings and social hospitalitiesAvould have been an

, Eden home of the highest and purest earthly happiness . But as it Avas , his very heart was dead to all enjoyment , and nothing but death ancl the grave seemed to have any allurements for him , or even to feed the thoughts of his mind for a moment . Still be tarried there because it shut him out

from the Avorld , and to some extent appeared to bury the deep , deadly grief to his sonl . " Papa , did God take care of Mamma and Nettie ? " asked little Robbie again the fifth evening of their sojourn at this lovely sea-shore home , as he and his papa Avere taking a Avalk OA er the extensive laAvn , just as the whistle of the locomotive announced

the return of Mr . Benton from his clay ' s business in the city . " I hope so , my clear child , " Avas the only response the deeply afflicted father could make . But the train had scarcely stopped , when he saAv Mr . Benton on the run ancl jump

towards him , as if he Avas Avild . He stopped to meet him . Mr . Benton leajjed , threw up his arms , and when he came up to where Mr . Fitzgibbon ancl his little boy was standing he cried out , shouted : " They live 1 they live 1 your Avife and

daughter both live ! Thank God 1 thank God for ever , my clear brother . " Mr . Fitzgibbon thought the man Avas wild , stark mad . He could give no other explanation to his conduct . Mr . Benton seeing that his glad tidings

of great joy were not credited , broke out again : " Why , my dear man , you don ' t believe me , but I am telling you the happiest neAvs of your life . Your clear wife aud daughter both still live . Jtis true , it is true . "

" Yes , I knoAV , " said Fitzgibbon , solemnly , " but it is in Heaven . " " No , no , sir , it is here on this earth ; iu Louisville , Ky . " Then seizing Mr . Fitzgibbon by the arm and turning him in the direction of the residence he led him almost as a child . As

they walked along the greatly excited and big-hearted merchant said : " To-day , an old customer , a shoe merchant from Louisville , Ky ., came into the store , and I began telling him all about you , Avhen he at once asked your name , and just as soon as I said Fitzgibbon-. — "' By Jove , ' said he , ' I'll bet a hundred dollars he ' s the husband of that Mrs .

Fitzgibbon who has been sick so long in our St . Joseph ' s Hospital . She and her little daughter Avere saved off the TJritecl States when she collided with the America . ' " Is that so ? Is that so ? ' I asked , in wonderful astonishment .

"' It is , ' said he , 'for I have seen her ancl her daughter , too , for we learned she was the AvidoAV of a Masonic brother , and Ave had her removed from the hospital to the best hotel in the city . '" By this time they had entered the parlour , where Mr , Fitzgibbon threAV himself CIOAVU

upon the lounge in delirious doubts of Avhat he Avas hearing , and yet he could but hope , in the name ancl mercy of God , that it Avas all true . " But this is not all , my clear brother Fitzgibbon" continued the generous

heart-, ed Benton , " Brother Morris , the gentleman from Louisville , and I Avent at once to the telegraph office ancl sent this dispatch :. "' Tell us the names of Mrs . Fitzgibbon and daughter sick at the Louisville Hotel . ' " TheansAvcr came in perhaps a half hour :

" ' Eliza Fitzgibbon and Nettie , of Mobile . '" "That convinces me , satisfies me , Benton , " said Fitzgibbon , " that God has actually saved them . " He could say no more . His heart Avas full , ancl pressing his little Robbie to his bosom again and

againhe wept great tears of unspeakable joy , " I Avas stisfied , too , " said Benton , " that it Avas all right , and I Avanted your Avife to be as happy to-night as you are , ancl I sent a dispatch stating that : '" Major Henry K . Fitzgibbon , of Mobile , was in

this city , in good health , with his little son , Robbie , and will be pleased to ( loath to know that his wife and daughter still live . He will meet them as soon as tire locomotive mil permit him , ' ¦ '

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
COMPARISON OF MSS. Article 2
THE HOUR GLASS. Article 5
WAITING FOR HER—A MESMERIST'S STORY. Article 5
THE PRESENT. Article 9
ORATION, BY S. C. DENNISON, OF SACRAMENTO. Article 10
TALKING TO THE DEAD. Article 14
RUDDER GRANGE. Article 15
THE MASONS' TEMPLE. Article 19
EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICAN FREEMASONRY, ONCE MORE. Article 19
WOMAN'S RIGHTS. Article 23
THE ANGEL MINISTERS. Article 23
THE LIVING TEMPLE. Article 28
OLD LODGE WARRANTS AND CERTIFICATES. Article 28
T'DISTANT SPRING.* Article 30
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 30
Chippings. Article 31
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The Angel Ministers.

It is only tiventy-four miles out from the city by rail , and Ave Avill try ancl make you as pleasant a stay as may be in our poAver . " This generous offer of his mystic friend , Benton , Mr . Fitzgibbon thankfully accepted , ancl that evening a short hour ' s ride brought them to the princely home and family of the Boston merchant . Here Mr . Fitzgibbon Avas received ancl treated with all the kind attentions and tenderness

Avhich could have been bestowed upon a brother . The scenes at every point of this rural palace home were grand ancl beautiful , and had it been under any other circumstances he Avould have felt that this grand loctdity , with its magnificent surroundings and social hospitalitiesAvould have been an

, Eden home of the highest and purest earthly happiness . But as it Avas , his very heart was dead to all enjoyment , and nothing but death ancl the grave seemed to have any allurements for him , or even to feed the thoughts of his mind for a moment . Still be tarried there because it shut him out

from the Avorld , and to some extent appeared to bury the deep , deadly grief to his sonl . " Papa , did God take care of Mamma and Nettie ? " asked little Robbie again the fifth evening of their sojourn at this lovely sea-shore home , as he and his papa Avere taking a Avalk OA er the extensive laAvn , just as the whistle of the locomotive announced

the return of Mr . Benton from his clay ' s business in the city . " I hope so , my clear child , " Avas the only response the deeply afflicted father could make . But the train had scarcely stopped , when he saAv Mr . Benton on the run ancl jump

towards him , as if he Avas Avild . He stopped to meet him . Mr . Benton leajjed , threw up his arms , and when he came up to where Mr . Fitzgibbon ancl his little boy was standing he cried out , shouted : " They live 1 they live 1 your Avife and

daughter both live ! Thank God 1 thank God for ever , my clear brother . " Mr . Fitzgibbon thought the man Avas wild , stark mad . He could give no other explanation to his conduct . Mr . Benton seeing that his glad tidings

of great joy were not credited , broke out again : " Why , my dear man , you don ' t believe me , but I am telling you the happiest neAvs of your life . Your clear wife aud daughter both still live . Jtis true , it is true . "

" Yes , I knoAV , " said Fitzgibbon , solemnly , " but it is in Heaven . " " No , no , sir , it is here on this earth ; iu Louisville , Ky . " Then seizing Mr . Fitzgibbon by the arm and turning him in the direction of the residence he led him almost as a child . As

they walked along the greatly excited and big-hearted merchant said : " To-day , an old customer , a shoe merchant from Louisville , Ky ., came into the store , and I began telling him all about you , Avhen he at once asked your name , and just as soon as I said Fitzgibbon-. — "' By Jove , ' said he , ' I'll bet a hundred dollars he ' s the husband of that Mrs .

Fitzgibbon who has been sick so long in our St . Joseph ' s Hospital . She and her little daughter Avere saved off the TJritecl States when she collided with the America . ' " Is that so ? Is that so ? ' I asked , in wonderful astonishment .

"' It is , ' said he , 'for I have seen her ancl her daughter , too , for we learned she was the AvidoAV of a Masonic brother , and Ave had her removed from the hospital to the best hotel in the city . '" By this time they had entered the parlour , where Mr , Fitzgibbon threAV himself CIOAVU

upon the lounge in delirious doubts of Avhat he Avas hearing , and yet he could but hope , in the name ancl mercy of God , that it Avas all true . " But this is not all , my clear brother Fitzgibbon" continued the generous

heart-, ed Benton , " Brother Morris , the gentleman from Louisville , and I Avent at once to the telegraph office ancl sent this dispatch :. "' Tell us the names of Mrs . Fitzgibbon and daughter sick at the Louisville Hotel . ' " TheansAvcr came in perhaps a half hour :

" ' Eliza Fitzgibbon and Nettie , of Mobile . '" "That convinces me , satisfies me , Benton , " said Fitzgibbon , " that God has actually saved them . " He could say no more . His heart Avas full , ancl pressing his little Robbie to his bosom again and

againhe wept great tears of unspeakable joy , " I Avas stisfied , too , " said Benton , " that it Avas all right , and I Avanted your Avife to be as happy to-night as you are , ancl I sent a dispatch stating that : '" Major Henry K . Fitzgibbon , of Mobile , was in

this city , in good health , with his little son , Robbie , and will be pleased to ( loath to know that his wife and daughter still live . He will meet them as soon as tire locomotive mil permit him , ' ¦ '

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