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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, BY MORRIS & MONSARRAT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. STEREOTYPED AT THE FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDERY, CINCINNATI, O.

TO HIS GRACE
THE DUKE OF ATHOL,
GRAND MASTER MASON OF SCOTLAND,
This Volume,
As a feeble acknowledgment of his fraternal courtesy to a dear and valued Brother, is respectfully
Dedicated.

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Preface.

BUT little will be demanded in the form of prefatory remarks to a volume like this. To delineate the practice of Masonry is an end that can scarcely fail to command the good wishes of all who love the Craft or the cause. To do it in language simple and easily understood secures a wider range of readers, and, consequently, of usefulness. To select illustrations of an every-day character, will be most likely to awaken a spirit of emulation in the minds of readers: and these three ideas form the key to this little volume.

That the literature of Freemasonry is deficient in that department that professes to teach theory by example, may be seen at a glance at Masonic Bibliography. There are rich treasures of lore in its History. Its Philosophy has authors in abundance. Its Poetry has not been neglected. Even its Jurisprudence lifts up its head through several works of more or less merit. But in Tales, and Sketches, and Practical Illustrations, of the influence of Masonic page: viii-ix (Table of Contents) [View Page viii-ix (Table of Contents) ]Switch to Image ModeCLOSE Page viii-ix (Table of Contents) sentiments upon the characters of men, there is a lamentable deficiency. The avidity with which such works as "The Lights and Shadows of Freemasonry," "Life in the Triangle," and "The Two Saint Johns," have been welcomed, is the best evidence that the Craft have felt this want, and it is an earnest of the welcome fondly anticipated for the present volume.

Contents.

• THE Widowed Sister's Lodge. 1
• The Right Eye—The Right Hand. 9
• • Chapter I. 18
  • Chapter II. 32
  • Chapter III. 50
  • Chapter IV. 65
• The Broken Column Unbroken. 81
• • Brother Lemuel Fairfax, of the Tuscan Order. 88
  • Brother Frank Ashdod, of the Doric Order. 96
  • Brother Joseph Concoran, of the Ionic Order. 105
  • Brother Henry Evans, of the Corinthian Order. 113
  • Brother Bowling Fant, of the Composite Order. 122
• Bob White and his Lectures. 131
• The Leak in the Lodge. 139
• Three Episodes in the Masonic History of Loring Hahded. 146
• The Peace-Maker. 165
• Brother Bauer from Berlin. 175
• The Badgered Witness. 197
• The Duel. 201
• Staying the Hands. 201
• The Tongue too Silent. 221
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• • Chapter I. 228
  • Chapter II. 241
  • Chapter III. 257
  • Chapter IV. 272
• • The Timely Warning. 292
  • The Three Brothers. 296
  • The Conquest of a Lady. 302
  • Charlty No Humbug. 314
  • The Haunted Lodge. 324
  • The Master Elect. 340