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The Free Vintners.
man ! he formed a strange resolution to cover the defeat he had met with , by offering himself to the often-intimated advances of an elderly female , who thereon readily acquiesced in bestowing herself and cash on the suppliant . The friendly connexion which had formerly existed between the parties ceasedand a very singular circumstance occurred which naturally
, tended to widen the breach , and excited the openly-expressed indignation of John Gates , and even raised the wonder of the immediate neighbourhood . The sign of Kates' house , which for many years bore the name of the Lion and Lamb , was changed , by permission ( through the usual means ) of his majesty ' s justices of the peace , on the licensing day , to "the Square and Compasses ! "
Now , the " Square and Compasses " certainly encroached on Cates ' s sign , the " Goat and Compasses * , " and it was soon evident that the alteration which had been made caused an influx of company to Kates ' s house . About two years after this , it happened that an agent connected with
Cates ' s brewers influenced and induced him , much against the will of his better-half , or , technically speaking , his half-and-half , to be made a Freemason . The lady , as a matter of course , being in the precise situation of all females , excluded from a participation in our treasures , supposed the members of the Fraternity no better than they should be ; but the agent at last so effectually convinced her , that it would , in the
common course of events , increase the extent of her husband ' s connexions , that she granted the desired permission for his being initiated into the grand and awful mysteries of our ancient order . The day on which John Gates was scorched was marked with every expression of anxiety on the part of his wife : his linen and a new suit of clothes were placed on the clean counterpane of their bed , in
applepie order . The first thing in the morning , she herself assisted him to dress ; ancl , when putting on his braces , she expressed her hope " that he would brace up his courage to the sticking point , and bear with manly fortitude the inflictions and the etceteras he ivas about to undergo . "John took all this in good part , and he also took so considerable a drop of his own good things , that it almost became a question whether he had not gone too far .
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The Free Vintners.
man ! he formed a strange resolution to cover the defeat he had met with , by offering himself to the often-intimated advances of an elderly female , who thereon readily acquiesced in bestowing herself and cash on the suppliant . The friendly connexion which had formerly existed between the parties ceasedand a very singular circumstance occurred which naturally
, tended to widen the breach , and excited the openly-expressed indignation of John Gates , and even raised the wonder of the immediate neighbourhood . The sign of Kates' house , which for many years bore the name of the Lion and Lamb , was changed , by permission ( through the usual means ) of his majesty ' s justices of the peace , on the licensing day , to "the Square and Compasses ! "
Now , the " Square and Compasses " certainly encroached on Cates ' s sign , the " Goat and Compasses * , " and it was soon evident that the alteration which had been made caused an influx of company to Kates ' s house . About two years after this , it happened that an agent connected with
Cates ' s brewers influenced and induced him , much against the will of his better-half , or , technically speaking , his half-and-half , to be made a Freemason . The lady , as a matter of course , being in the precise situation of all females , excluded from a participation in our treasures , supposed the members of the Fraternity no better than they should be ; but the agent at last so effectually convinced her , that it would , in the
common course of events , increase the extent of her husband ' s connexions , that she granted the desired permission for his being initiated into the grand and awful mysteries of our ancient order . The day on which John Gates was scorched was marked with every expression of anxiety on the part of his wife : his linen and a new suit of clothes were placed on the clean counterpane of their bed , in
applepie order . The first thing in the morning , she herself assisted him to dress ; ancl , when putting on his braces , she expressed her hope " that he would brace up his courage to the sticking point , and bear with manly fortitude the inflictions and the etceteras he ivas about to undergo . "John took all this in good part , and he also took so considerable a drop of his own good things , that it almost became a question whether he had not gone too far .