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The Family Ghost.
" They don't shake their flocks out in p rison , anyhoAv , " Avas his first muttered thought , as he felt the sharp ends of the roots against his bones . " This is the Avorst bed that ever I was in : I ' m hanged if they don ' t stuff their bolsters Avith chips !
And they are sparing Avith their blankets , too , " he said to himself , grouping here and there in vain for the bedclothes . " Hi ! police , polbe ! " he shouted , " come and make my bed properly . " But nobod y came ; and then , in trying to make himself
more comfortable , he seized a projecting root and pulling violentl y at it , he brought down a whole shoAver of lumps of spia wood upon him . He could endure it no more , but jumped up , and seizing the first thing that came to hand , Avhich happened
to be the log lying against the door , he began to lay about him violently , intending to break everything in the cell . The log having been removed , hoAvever , the door began to swing quietly open by its own wei g ht , letting in a bri ght flood of
moonlight . "Diaoul ! " cried John , pleased , but frightened at the result of his exertions , " I ' ve broken out of the lock-up ; I must run for it now . " It was then that
Y \ iliiam saw the ghost . AAvay Avent John , and away Avent William and Meyrick , pell-mell : but John thought that the doctor ' s stuff he IIOAV remembered to have swalloAved had turned
his brain . For although he being quite Avell aAvare that he was running from the lock-up to his OAVU home , and every step of the Avay Avas familiar to him , yet the evidence of his senses seemed to show just the contrary , and everything came to him back end foremost . There were the crass ,
and the avenue , and the bridge , but all in the Avrong order ; and the police , too , instead of their pursuing him , it seemed as if he were after them—two fl ying policemen dashing along at their utmost speed in front of him . HOAV they did run , those nimble constables !
" They re trying to cut off my retreat , " said John to himself ; "but I'll out-pace them . " For liberty is sweet , and the faster they ran the taster ran John , till at last they all burst in at my surgery door , one on the top of the other , fri ghtening me into fits , waking up the bab y and Mrs . Evans , and setting all the dogs round about barking like mad . There , gentlemen .
The Family Ghost.
" But , " said one of the company , " how was it that he could run like that after the kick he'd had . " " The grandmother ' s best bonnet came in for that . A careless servant had left it in the bandbox upon the hall floor , and it
Avas found with the occi pital part of it fri ghtfully fractured . " " HOAV did your grandmother take it , William 1 " asked the doctor , turning to the hero of the tale , AVIIO folloAved its progress Avith rapt attention , making
occasional gestures of dissent . " Well , indeed , " replied William , cheerfully , " she was thankful it was no Averse . " The Keystone , Phila .
Sonnet.
SONNET .
( For the Masonic Magazine . ) 0 , the Avxle scope of our fraternity ; Free as the Avinds , which o ' er the mountains bloAv , Free as the dark-blue ocean ' s boundless
flOAV . As the sun ' s universal gospel free To bless mankind ;—such our Freemasonry . 1 st a "religion , " this our craft 1—if so , 'Tis void of all rash pride , —not one , I
trow , Which ventures to ascend presumptuously From earth to heav ' n , but which descending thence To earth—like to that chaste and modest Bride
Of Heav ' n , Avhich John saw in th ' Apocalypse—Brings down to earth , and doth to earth dispense Heav ' n ' s choicest gifts ; benevolence , allied With kindliest acts , and truth ' s fraternal grips . Bro . Rev . M . GORDON .
THE " S PECIAI . ITE" SIIEBBY . —This Wine , which possesses really a genuine light and wholesome flavour , has attained great popularity , and is largely patronised by the medical profession . We find it free from that mineral acidity so invariably found in sherry of the present day . The wine has been submitted by Messrs Feltoe and Sons ( of Albemarle Street ) , the importers , for analytical purposes , to many of our most able medical men , who unanimously , we may say , recommend it for its valuable dietetic qualities . —The Freemason .
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The Family Ghost.
" They don't shake their flocks out in p rison , anyhoAv , " Avas his first muttered thought , as he felt the sharp ends of the roots against his bones . " This is the Avorst bed that ever I was in : I ' m hanged if they don ' t stuff their bolsters Avith chips !
And they are sparing Avith their blankets , too , " he said to himself , grouping here and there in vain for the bedclothes . " Hi ! police , polbe ! " he shouted , " come and make my bed properly . " But nobod y came ; and then , in trying to make himself
more comfortable , he seized a projecting root and pulling violentl y at it , he brought down a whole shoAver of lumps of spia wood upon him . He could endure it no more , but jumped up , and seizing the first thing that came to hand , Avhich happened
to be the log lying against the door , he began to lay about him violently , intending to break everything in the cell . The log having been removed , hoAvever , the door began to swing quietly open by its own wei g ht , letting in a bri ght flood of
moonlight . "Diaoul ! " cried John , pleased , but frightened at the result of his exertions , " I ' ve broken out of the lock-up ; I must run for it now . " It was then that
Y \ iliiam saw the ghost . AAvay Avent John , and away Avent William and Meyrick , pell-mell : but John thought that the doctor ' s stuff he IIOAV remembered to have swalloAved had turned
his brain . For although he being quite Avell aAvare that he was running from the lock-up to his OAVU home , and every step of the Avay Avas familiar to him , yet the evidence of his senses seemed to show just the contrary , and everything came to him back end foremost . There were the crass ,
and the avenue , and the bridge , but all in the Avrong order ; and the police , too , instead of their pursuing him , it seemed as if he were after them—two fl ying policemen dashing along at their utmost speed in front of him . HOAV they did run , those nimble constables !
" They re trying to cut off my retreat , " said John to himself ; "but I'll out-pace them . " For liberty is sweet , and the faster they ran the taster ran John , till at last they all burst in at my surgery door , one on the top of the other , fri ghtening me into fits , waking up the bab y and Mrs . Evans , and setting all the dogs round about barking like mad . There , gentlemen .
The Family Ghost.
" But , " said one of the company , " how was it that he could run like that after the kick he'd had . " " The grandmother ' s best bonnet came in for that . A careless servant had left it in the bandbox upon the hall floor , and it
Avas found with the occi pital part of it fri ghtfully fractured . " " HOAV did your grandmother take it , William 1 " asked the doctor , turning to the hero of the tale , AVIIO folloAved its progress Avith rapt attention , making
occasional gestures of dissent . " Well , indeed , " replied William , cheerfully , " she was thankful it was no Averse . " The Keystone , Phila .
Sonnet.
SONNET .
( For the Masonic Magazine . ) 0 , the Avxle scope of our fraternity ; Free as the Avinds , which o ' er the mountains bloAv , Free as the dark-blue ocean ' s boundless
flOAV . As the sun ' s universal gospel free To bless mankind ;—such our Freemasonry . 1 st a "religion , " this our craft 1—if so , 'Tis void of all rash pride , —not one , I
trow , Which ventures to ascend presumptuously From earth to heav ' n , but which descending thence To earth—like to that chaste and modest Bride
Of Heav ' n , Avhich John saw in th ' Apocalypse—Brings down to earth , and doth to earth dispense Heav ' n ' s choicest gifts ; benevolence , allied With kindliest acts , and truth ' s fraternal grips . Bro . Rev . M . GORDON .
THE " S PECIAI . ITE" SIIEBBY . —This Wine , which possesses really a genuine light and wholesome flavour , has attained great popularity , and is largely patronised by the medical profession . We find it free from that mineral acidity so invariably found in sherry of the present day . The wine has been submitted by Messrs Feltoe and Sons ( of Albemarle Street ) , the importers , for analytical purposes , to many of our most able medical men , who unanimously , we may say , recommend it for its valuable dietetic qualities . —The Freemason .