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The Revelations Of A Square.
found that he had no firmness of character . Serious personal disputes were allowed to be introduced into the Lodge , which , finally , deprived him of the power of command . And the reins of authority being once relaxed , confusion usiu'ped the place of order , —discussion was confined within no decent limits , —the disputants were clamorous to be heard , —all
spoke together , —sometimes half a dozen Brethren being on their legs at once , till the Lodge became a type of bedlam . Some brethren were expelled , others withdrew , and Bro . Dunckerley soon ceased to attend in his place . " The corpus delicti was in the R . W . M ., who was frequently admonished in private by some judicious friends ; but he was as obstinate as the Abbess of Andouillet ' s mules . You might bou , bou , bou , —fou , fou , fou , —gre , gre , gre , — tre , tre , tre , —to all eternity : he was perfectly insensible to
everything but his own egregious vanity ; and even if you gave him a smart cut with the whip , to rouse his sluggish zeal into activity , he would merely switch his tail , —the mule was still a mule , — and remained so to the end of the chapter . " I have mentioned his want of punctuality , " said the
Square . " This was another failing which produced strange consequences ; but it appeared to be insuperable , and not to be suppressed . After a few months , he began to be a quarter of an hour , then half an hour behind his time , sometimes an hour . This conduct , as it was nightly repeated , disgusted the Brethren ; and they gradually dropped offwhen the
, Master did not appear at the time named in the summons . They refused to wait , because it introduced another evil of no small magnitude , —it delayed the closing of the Lodge to an untimely hour , which proved a source of great inconvenience to many of the old Members .
" This unpropitious course was continued , until , from a Lodge of thirty or forty Brethren , in constant attendance , which was the usual average number during Bro . Dunckerley ' s rule , they dwindled away to such an extent , that when the R . W . M . made his appearance , an hour perhaps too late , it frequently happened that he did not find a sufficient number
of Brethren present to perform the opening ceremony ; and they were obliged to separate , weary and dissatisfied . " Several of the members , recollecting the example of Bros . Dagge and Dunckerley , exerted their influence to prevent the consequences of such extraordinary conduct ; but the new R . W . M . was too much wedded to his own system of
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The Revelations Of A Square.
found that he had no firmness of character . Serious personal disputes were allowed to be introduced into the Lodge , which , finally , deprived him of the power of command . And the reins of authority being once relaxed , confusion usiu'ped the place of order , —discussion was confined within no decent limits , —the disputants were clamorous to be heard , —all
spoke together , —sometimes half a dozen Brethren being on their legs at once , till the Lodge became a type of bedlam . Some brethren were expelled , others withdrew , and Bro . Dunckerley soon ceased to attend in his place . " The corpus delicti was in the R . W . M ., who was frequently admonished in private by some judicious friends ; but he was as obstinate as the Abbess of Andouillet ' s mules . You might bou , bou , bou , —fou , fou , fou , —gre , gre , gre , — tre , tre , tre , —to all eternity : he was perfectly insensible to
everything but his own egregious vanity ; and even if you gave him a smart cut with the whip , to rouse his sluggish zeal into activity , he would merely switch his tail , —the mule was still a mule , — and remained so to the end of the chapter . " I have mentioned his want of punctuality , " said the
Square . " This was another failing which produced strange consequences ; but it appeared to be insuperable , and not to be suppressed . After a few months , he began to be a quarter of an hour , then half an hour behind his time , sometimes an hour . This conduct , as it was nightly repeated , disgusted the Brethren ; and they gradually dropped offwhen the
, Master did not appear at the time named in the summons . They refused to wait , because it introduced another evil of no small magnitude , —it delayed the closing of the Lodge to an untimely hour , which proved a source of great inconvenience to many of the old Members .
" This unpropitious course was continued , until , from a Lodge of thirty or forty Brethren , in constant attendance , which was the usual average number during Bro . Dunckerley ' s rule , they dwindled away to such an extent , that when the R . W . M . made his appearance , an hour perhaps too late , it frequently happened that he did not find a sufficient number
of Brethren present to perform the opening ceremony ; and they were obliged to separate , weary and dissatisfied . " Several of the members , recollecting the example of Bros . Dagge and Dunckerley , exerted their influence to prevent the consequences of such extraordinary conduct ; but the new R . W . M . was too much wedded to his own system of