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A Mason's Story.

A MASON'S STORY .

( Continued from page 371 ) . A MONG the visitors at Mr . Morton ' s was a young man named Pelliam . He _ Ci _ was nofc a person in whose favour one would be prepossessed . He had a very plausible manner with him ; he could talk very g libly on a great many subjects ; and if you were inclined to be pious , he could and would string scripture texts together in a way which was most alarming . And yet , as I

have said , under this charming exterior there was something absolutely forbidding . When you came in contact with him , you shrank instinctively from him . In fact , he was a very personification of a Uriah Heep , so flattering and so fawning and so very deferential . It was the old humble-jumble of mock " ' nmbleness " and striving for the mastery over you . He would insinuate himself little b y little into your confidence ; ancl if you reposed anything in his

keeping which you would not care to have repeated , he was just the one to hold it over your head , suspended like the sword of Damocles , by a hair , read y to descend if you once gave him any provocation . Those with whom he was connected in every-day life hated him ; and I am not at , all surprised at their doing so either . He was just the one to go cringing and sneaking round to a person ' s employer , and regale him with a story of that person ' s doings , exaggerated to a most mischievous extent . He could weave a net round , those whom he disliked so subtle and so complete that they found it impossible to break from it .

A lie which is half a lie is ever the blackest of lies , For that which is oil a lie may be met with and fought outright ; But a lie which is half a lie is a harder matter to fight . Pelliam ' s lies were of the first-mentioned character . . Mary Morton shrank intuitively from this man . He was the first who had , under the guise of friendship , put her father on his guard against Penrhyn

Falconer , and informed him of his unbelief . As schoolboys they had been connected , and Penrhyn had noticed the petty actions of his companion , actions from which his own nobler self would have revolted . When he knew that Pelliam was in the habit of going to Mr . Morton ' s , he had contrived to warn Mary against him , merely saying that he was " not of such a nature as to do anybody good b y his friendship . "

One bright May morning Mary was working alone in the garden . Her thoughts were far away , as they often were , wondering what Penrhyn was doing , etc . I dare say his thoughts were also engaged in the same way . She was very busy tending her flowers , which were a paragon of beaut y and colour .

Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining , Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day , Tremulous leaves , with soft and silver lining , Buds that open only to decay . There were all sorts of blossoms there . Looking along the beds , your eyes would rest on a glowing mass of variegated hues . There was the Naiad-like lilof the vale

y , Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale , That the light of its tremulous bolls is seen Through their pavilions of tender green . Aud the hyacinth , purple and white and blue , Which flung from its bells a sweet peal auew Of music so delicate , soft , and intense , It was felt like an odour within the sense .

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A CURIOUS MASONIC TRACT. Article 1
List of the Regular Lodges in England according to their seniority, year of erection, and time of meeting. Article 9
MASONIC RESEARCH. Article 12
SONG. Article 14
THE PRESENT POSITION OF MASONIC HISTORY AND CRITICISM. Article 16
OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES. Article 17
A MASON'S STORY. Article 21
FURNESS ABBEY. Article 24
THE SECRET AT LAST. Article 26
CONSERVATION OF MASONRY. Article 28
AFTER ALL. Article 29
CHAPTER X. Article 32
HISTORY OF THE AIREDALE LODGE, No. 387, Article 37
APPENDIX. Article 40
THE PHILOSOPHY AND WORK OF PYTHAGORAS. Article 43
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A Mason's Story.

A MASON'S STORY .

( Continued from page 371 ) . A MONG the visitors at Mr . Morton ' s was a young man named Pelliam . He _ Ci _ was nofc a person in whose favour one would be prepossessed . He had a very plausible manner with him ; he could talk very g libly on a great many subjects ; and if you were inclined to be pious , he could and would string scripture texts together in a way which was most alarming . And yet , as I

have said , under this charming exterior there was something absolutely forbidding . When you came in contact with him , you shrank instinctively from him . In fact , he was a very personification of a Uriah Heep , so flattering and so fawning and so very deferential . It was the old humble-jumble of mock " ' nmbleness " and striving for the mastery over you . He would insinuate himself little b y little into your confidence ; ancl if you reposed anything in his

keeping which you would not care to have repeated , he was just the one to hold it over your head , suspended like the sword of Damocles , by a hair , read y to descend if you once gave him any provocation . Those with whom he was connected in every-day life hated him ; and I am not at , all surprised at their doing so either . He was just the one to go cringing and sneaking round to a person ' s employer , and regale him with a story of that person ' s doings , exaggerated to a most mischievous extent . He could weave a net round , those whom he disliked so subtle and so complete that they found it impossible to break from it .

A lie which is half a lie is ever the blackest of lies , For that which is oil a lie may be met with and fought outright ; But a lie which is half a lie is a harder matter to fight . Pelliam ' s lies were of the first-mentioned character . . Mary Morton shrank intuitively from this man . He was the first who had , under the guise of friendship , put her father on his guard against Penrhyn

Falconer , and informed him of his unbelief . As schoolboys they had been connected , and Penrhyn had noticed the petty actions of his companion , actions from which his own nobler self would have revolted . When he knew that Pelliam was in the habit of going to Mr . Morton ' s , he had contrived to warn Mary against him , merely saying that he was " not of such a nature as to do anybody good b y his friendship . "

One bright May morning Mary was working alone in the garden . Her thoughts were far away , as they often were , wondering what Penrhyn was doing , etc . I dare say his thoughts were also engaged in the same way . She was very busy tending her flowers , which were a paragon of beaut y and colour .

Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining , Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day , Tremulous leaves , with soft and silver lining , Buds that open only to decay . There were all sorts of blossoms there . Looking along the beds , your eyes would rest on a glowing mass of variegated hues . There was the Naiad-like lilof the vale

y , Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale , That the light of its tremulous bolls is seen Through their pavilions of tender green . Aud the hyacinth , purple and white and blue , Which flung from its bells a sweet peal auew Of music so delicate , soft , and intense , It was felt like an odour within the sense .

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