Chapter Iii.

Thero she stood for some minutes before sho stirred . Then he followed her , and laying his hand upon her shoulder , spoke the ono word which was necessary . " Kate , will yon take ifc , if not from him , then from me ? " She did not answer him at once ,

and then his arm was passed round her waist . " If not from him , then from me ?" " Y " cs ; from you , " she said . "Anything from you . " And so it was .

Masonic Ellphabet.

Masonic Ellphabet .

A Mason , to bo worthy of tho name , must have B enevolence of disposition , and a C haritable mind , Ready and Milling to D o his duty , whether lowly in his state or of

10 minent degree , he should ever strive from I ' irst to last to gain tho approbation both of G od and Man . His office is to pour the 11 ealing balm of lovmu * consolation

I nto the wounds of the afflicted , to •1 ndge the failings of a Brother with a , K indly charity and , as much as in him '; es , to L ive pcacably with all men . Thus , M any know ancl feci his worth ; his

i \ eighbours laud his name , and ever speak 0 f him with pardonable pride . The P uresfc principles of piety and virtue Q uicken his actions , measured by the strict . 11 ule of rectitude , -while his life and conduct ,

S qua veil by propriety and by moral truth T end to ennoble him in the eyes of all . U nlike the worldly aud the selfish man V a-inly puffed up by personal conceit , ho

\\ rcstles against evil , delights in doing good , X eels in faith , in hope , in charity and love , Y iehls fruit of righteousness to all around and Z ealously defends the right . * H . D . S .

Our Model Stage Manager.

Our Model Stage Manager .

CHAPTKll I .

SILM . MK 1 } morning on the sands of tlie little Kentish watering-place of Broadstairs—Kentish , hy the May , is wrong , as any inhabitant of Kamsgato or Margate , on ( lie tiny town that is hetween them , hut not of tliem , will let you know in double quick time , for

_ are they not all proud denizens ot the Isle ot Tlianet ' ' though what particular farmer ' s ditch constitutes its

insularity I have never been precisely able lo decide . At any rale , JJi-oadsfaii * .- * , wilh its charming esplanade , iunny little pier , white-clilTed bays , and pleasant sands is , in mv opinion , the

capital of the Island , ( he claims of noisy Margate and rollicking liiimsgato notwithstanding , and , at any rate , as I lie on my back in the sun , looking lazily about me , ifc has the great merit of concentratiii' ** all its features within mv view .

I'irst of all , there is the immense population of visitorchildren , who have earned for the little hamlet the sobriquet of The 1 X ~ u \ ' * eYY ; here they are , mostly little Londoners , dabbling , butting , constructing sand fortresses , laughing , squeaking , crying , and ruining * their clothes in a manner calculated to gladden

Our Model Stage Manager.

the heart of the man who keeps tho clothing store , and to make the soul of the frugal parent sink within him . To tho observant man who is fond of children , and whom I have usually found to be a rather raoketty , reckless sort of fellow , and occasionally , too , a , very great scamp , their ways and doings are interesting and

humorous , and the infant Broadstairer nofc seldom repays his tribute of kisses and sweets by burying him alive with much care and solemnity , should ho haply give way to lazily slumber on the sand . Nurses , governesses , and , in a few cases , mothers sit

round with half an eye on their youngsters , and one-and-a-half on the " Family Cnrdler , " or some such entrancing piece of literature that they hold in their fingers , or , if industriousl y disposed , ply the nimble knitting-needle .

Then there is the other juvenile population , almost as large as its more aristocratic fellow , the offspring of the fishermen and boatmen , which is skurrying about thc wetter and dirtier portion of the sand , where the receding tide has left the one collier schooner that periodically visits Broadstairs high and dry inside

the " harbour , " i . e ., the shelter of a miniature pier . She is now being unloaded , and a large number of these ragamuffins are scrambling * for the odd lumps of coal which fall on their way to the carts , which the little snappers-up of unconsidered trifles bear off in triumph to the family scuttle . The Broadstairs child

is a curious article ; he appears to have no meals to speak of , and no particular hours of rest ; yon encounter him often at midnight , and he is treading on your toes all day ; he is constantly on the increase , and successfully defies the local school , his parents being continually fined for his non-appearance , and as

constantly " taking it out of him by means of a perfectl y inefficacious whacking . He is allowed to tumble up in life , and usually makes a very healthy and complacent fellow . Gathered in and around the littlo watch-house on the pier are the fathers of this class , who combine in one skin the professions

of boatman , fisherman , and crew of the lifeboat ; a meditative , talkative , and good-humoured race , who apparently wax fat and jolly in the exorcise of their calling without any particular muscular exertion ; in fact , the Broadstairs boatmen appear to have as nearly as possible solved the problem of existing without

work . They never take their hands out of their pockets except to remove a pipe previous to expectoration ; they look very hard at the sea , a process which I never found remunerative myself ; and when they get a job they betray no unseemly exultation , bufc frequently the reverse ; iu fact , in the words of Jethro Pettit ,

one of then * number , we ates work , and ates them as likes it . " Nevertheless , they aro oxjiert fishermen and sailors , most of them have been in the merchant service , and good enough ship carpenters to repair and refit their own boats in the winter . The job they like best is when the lifeboat is ordered out to the

assistance of some ship that is ashore on the Goodwins , or has lost an anchor , as the salvage in these cases is something worth cutting up , though nothing like what it used to be in the old days when steamships were few , and "hovelling" flourished . When times are bad they cheerfully run up long bills for beer and other

soothing matters afc the Tartar Frigate , a snug and favourite hostelry , and when the long-suffering landlord rebels they transfer their custom elsewhere , and before they have exhausted all thoir credit something turns up , or the wife ( all the wives take in washing ) provides the wherewithal . As to their lifeboat duties , there is nofc much of the heroic glamour with which ifc is

surrounded in fiction ; they are seldom called on to save life , and on a foggy night will say that , " with luck , something mi g ht run on to the Good ' ns , " when their work consists of lightening her or warping her off ; and it is not so many years ago since the Kentish hovellers used to prosecute their work of

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