overloaded now with all proper ornaments, and even with a thousand works of sculpture, which make it a fit residence only for such a rich man as you are."

"I tell you no, my dear neighbor; but what do you wish? It may be a strange fancy of my own. We English millionaires have an abundance of them, and we like them well enough. But I do not like the sculptures which they have put on my apartment. They are detestable."

"They are mine, sir."

Bonborough remained silent. Morlon took advantage of his astonishment to leave, after having given a profound salutation.

On another day the Englishman called at the artist's.

"Neighbor," he says, "I have been thinking, and have got an excellent idea. I admire sculpture and all the fine arts, and you know how much I appreciate your talents."

"Without doubt;-witness the sculptures of your apartment!"

"But you are trifling. If my neighbor, I would say to myself, could employ his talent upon a large scale, there is no doubt, that by his merit and his indefatigable zeal he would meet with unbounded success- -what is wanted to bring this about but money? I have more than I know what to do with; are you willing that we become copartners? I will furnish the money that you may deem necessary, and we will come to a good understanding-what do you say ?”

The inducement was powerful, for the sculptor was under great embarrassment; and besides, by receiving handsome advances he could employ himself according to his own taste; his position would be a splendid one, and the results would be certain. But to be indebted for any thing to a man whose obstinate beneficence had pursued him unremittingly and had deeply mortified him! to yield, after so long a resistance, to a proposition which was, perhaps, but a new form of an offer of charity! Morlon's dignity was wounded. He might, perhaps, have accepted the proposition, had it been made by a trading capitalist, a broker who would have exacted the utmost; and yet he was inclined to refuse it when made by a millionaire, a man of the world, who would be unwilling to limit the free action of his associate, and who would give him a place where he would be the object of general envy. And then he thought to himself, that after all, notwithstanding his temporary embarrassment, his present situation was very advantageous. The English are endowed with a remarkable scent for good bargains, and this fellow well understands how much my industry is worth. But why should I share with him the rewards which I may alone enjoy? Soon I shall pass by this temporary embarrassment; a good run of business will give me ample means; my affairs will improve; I shall be established; my reputation will increase; and, unaided, by my own resources I shall reach the goal which this man of wealth would be glad to claim the honor and the profit of having caused me to reach.

As the milk-pan of Jeannette, the excited look of the artist, in the midst of his revery, glanced upon the table where a memorandum book of his debts which was there spread open, recalled him to a sad reality. He hesitated for a while, undecided what reply to make, awaiting the result of that rapid conflict of feelings within his breast, when Bonborough added:—

"Do not hesitate, my young friend. In the first place, I am rich; and we will go to any extent that we may wish; and then, you see, you French people have not the talent for business; in your rail-roads, in your factories, you always call upon English capitalists, and you do well. There is nobody like an Englishman for business."

The balance in his mind was so nearly equal, that there wanted, to incline it to the negative, a far less weight than that dash of national vanity, coming from a heart so completely filled with it. Morlon decided at that moment not to accept the offer, and while he was preparing to close the conversation with a mild reply, Bonborough, not a little vexed, hastily uttered these words:

"Your creditors, trust me, will not be sorry to take English bank notes for, their pay."

"They will receive quite as readily French guineas," replied the sculptor; and he tartly refused.

This man is determined to mortify me, thought Morlon, as he returned to his work; and besides, I could never endure to live with an Englishman.

This Frenchman, said Bonborough, has sworn to enrage me; but I will not give it up. I will do him a service in spite of himself, and by force, if it is necessary. I choose to give myself this pleasure, and I will not allow him to prevent it!

The next day, as Morlon was going to the Lodge, he found in the street a pocket book. He opened it and found one hundred bank bills, of a thousand francs, and a visiting card, bearing the name of Sir GEORGE WALTER, Maurice Hotel. He quickly repaired to the residence of this personage, expecting to find in him the owner of the pocket-book; but he was told that Sir George had not yet returned, and that he might call again the next morning, at ten o'clock.

At the appointed hour, the sculptor was ushered in at Sir George Walter's, and explained to him the object of his visit.

"You are a noble young man, sir," said the Englishman, "it is, in truth, I who lost that pocket-book, and for proof, last evening I caused to be inserted in the Age, this advertisement, which I will read: 'Lost in street, a pocket-book, containing very valuable property. The finder, by returning it at the Maurice Hotel, shall receive ten thousand francs reward.'"

The artist laid down the pocket-book, and prepared to withdraw. "Hold, sir," said Sir George, calling him back, "Do you forget the reward?"

"I do not need to be rewarded for doing my duty."

“No, truly; but I have need, myself, to reward you, in order to keep my word. I have promised ten thousand francs, and I will give ten thousand francs. It is.

besides a mere trifle for me.”

"If I were a poor devil, I would accept it; but I am an artist."

"You shall take them, sir, or I will throw them out of the window."

"Permit me to tell you, sir, that it would be better to give them to the poor." "You are quite right; but since they belong to you, do you take them, and give them away yourself."

A quick sign then passed between the two speakers.

"I see," said Morlon, "that you are a Mason. Very well, sir, since you require it, I will carry off the ten thousand francs, and shall proceed immediately to give them to the house of refuge, under the charge of the Grand East."

While this scene was going on, a man was seated in a neighboring hotel, who had the appearance of waiting impatiently for some event. It was Bonborough. He had before him a glass of sugared water, and was mechanically poring over "The Gazette of the Courts," in which was a long account of a law suit against an individual suedfor damages for a duel, wherein he was acquitted by the jury, but condemned by the Court to a very heavy penalty. Whether the subject little interested him, or, what is more probable, he was under the influence of strong feeling, he pushed away from time to time the journal, while his eyes, fixed towards the door, seemed to beckon some one to approach. At last somebody entered. "How now," said Bonborough to him, without giving him time to sit to the table.

"He has taken away the ten thousand francs."

"Heavens be praised! I have at last accomplished my purpose."

"But on the condition that he be permitted to dispose of them at the house of refuge, whither he went immediately to carry them."

"Thunder! But that is nothing to me, let the house of refuge have ten thousand francs, so much the better; I will give to it double that sum, if necessary; but this sculptor has nothing, and I mean he shall have something."

"In truth, my dear friend, you take this most at heart; and you played a high game when you thus exposed your pocket book."

"Not at all. I merely laid it down at the very moment when the young artist was going to pass, and I did not let it go out of my sight. If he should pick it up, I was quite sure that the pocket-book would return to us, for he is an honest man. If it had fallen into the hands of any one else, I was there to claim it. I risked nothing, or at least, I have undergone all the risk which I run."

"But why charge me with the business ?"

"If I had caused him to return the pocket book to me, I was quite sure that the obstinate fellow would refuse the ten thousand francs. I hoped that he would accept them of you. But to think that he should go so foolishly to give

them away 199

"But hold, Bonborough, you blaspheme! Foolishly, do you say? Indeed, it is quite the contrary.”

"This makes me love him the more, noble fellow, and I will yet oblige him, even if I should lose all my latin; no, not my latin, I am jesting, but my English; and I will stick to it."

He then paused, and for a moment remained plunged in a profound meditation, which Sir George did not wish to interrupt. All of a sudden, he struck the table so violently, that the glass and the decanter rolled to the ground, and the file-stick of the Gazette of the Courts was broken in two. "Ah, ha!" cried he,

without perceiving that his neighbors were gazing at him with astonishment, "May I be hanged, if I do not yet succeed!"

CORRESPONDENCE.

Calcutta, (India,) July 1, 1845. R. W. BR. MOORE:-We have just established a Council of Rose Croix. There are now in this city, eight Lodges, (all working); two Mark Lodges; one R. A. Chapter; one Superexcellent Chapter; one Encampment; one Sovereign Council of Rose Croix of Herodon and Ne Plus Ultra; one Council of Red Cross, and one Mark Lodge forming. Dr. John Grant, the Grand Master, is expected out in September."

[Dr. Grant has been on a visit to England, for the benefit of his health.-[ED.

Clarksville, Tenn. Nov. 4, 1845.

BR. MOORE :-Our M. W. G. Master, E. DILLAHUNTY, visited Clarksville Lodge, No. 89, last evening, and made a most appropriate address, impressing the Masonic virtues upon a large and attentive audience of the Brethren. He represented Masonry as in a most prosperous condition throughout the State. He is a talented, industrious and efficient officer, and is doing much, very much, to elevate the Craft to that high standard which its intrinsic worth so well merits. Thursday night next, he will install the officers of Tannehill Lodge, publicly, at the Presbyterian Church. This is a Lodge, working under dispensation, and bids fair to do well.

Clarksville, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1845.

BR. MOORE :-Tannehill Lodge, No. 116, was duly constituted last evening, in the Presbyterian Church, before a large assembly of our most enlightened citizens, by the M. W. E. DILLAHUNTY, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. He availed himself of the opportunity to speak particularly of the virtue of Temperance. His remarks were the best I ever heard upon the subject, and I doubt not will exercise a most salutary influence in the behalf of our time-honored Institution. I know of no Grand Master who is doing more to elevate the character of the Fraternity than this estimable Brother. His heart is in the work.

[A more particular account of the ceremonies above referred to, will be found in a succeeding page.]-ED.

Greeneville, Va. Nov. 16, 1845.

An esteemed correspondent writes us from this place as follows:

"The condition of the Craft in Virginia, is most prosperous; prejudices are retiring before the practical exhibitions of true Masonic principles, which are daily exhibited in the conduct of our Brethren. The accession of members during the present year has been large, talented and influential. We are here as a city set upon a hill; a beacon and a guide to the benighted and unwary."

MASONIC INTELLIGENCE.

TENNESSEE.

THE officers of Tannehill Lodge, No. 116, recently organized in Clarksville, were publicly installed in ample form, on the evening of the 6th ult., in the Presbyterian Church. After the singing of a Hymn, and an impressive prayer by the Chaplain, the Rev. A. H. Kerr, the candidates were presented to the M. W. Edmond Dillahunty, present Grand Master of the State of Tennessee, by his deputy, the R. W. Thomas W. Barksdale.

E. Howard, W. Master; Charles R. Cooper, S. Warden; John P. Wendel, J. Warden; W. J. Castner,* Secretary; B. Stewart, Treasurer; T. J. Donoho, S. Deacon; L. H. Johnson, J. Deacon; Rev. W. C. Crane,† Chaplain.

After the installation, the G. M., E. Dillahunty delivered an Address, which (says the Jeffersonian) by its appropriateness, beauty and eloquence, and striking illustrations; by positive facts of personal observation,-in short by its intrinsic merit, kept the large and respectable audience, for about an hour, in profound attention; and many only regretted that they could not longer enjoy so fine an intellectual repast, fraught with the most important moral truths, and moreover seasoned with a glow of Christian philanthropy and patriotism, that do honor to the head and heart of the distinguished Speaker.

It affords us great pleasure, in conclusion, to state, that the Masonic Fraternity in this place are in a very flourishing and prosperous condition. The number of Brethren belonging to Clarksville Lodge, No. 89, was deemed too large already, and the formation of a new Lodge was therefore thought expedient, and will no doubt bring about the best results;-increasing the prosperity and usefulness of the Fraternity, and enlarging their sphere of active benevolence.

MARYLAND.

AFTER a protracted, but unavoidable delay, we recur to the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, had at its annual session in May last. From the report of the committee to whom was referred the excellent opening address of the Grand Master, we make the following extracts:

FUND FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

"The subject of establishing a fund for the relief of the indigent widows and orphans of deceased Masons," is one worthy of the most serious consideration of the Grand Lodge. Of all the schemes adopted or proposed by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, for dispensing the blessings of the Order on this portion of society, your committee believe none are in actual operation, or have been of any material advantage. Your committee deem this to be a most correct and legitimate field in which the Order should display the philanthropic promptings of christianised humanity, and tangibly show the fruits resulting from the principles on which our institution is based. This committee not having time to mature a plan which will be effectual in accomplishing this desirable object in a broad and comprehensive way, would submit the following resolutions:

1. Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed to devise and arrange a plan for the establishment of a fund for the relief of widows and orphans of indigent Masons.

2. Resolved, That said committee also report a plan for the education of the orphans of indigent Masons, so as to prepare them to engage in the active duties of life, usefully and honorably,-said reports to be made at the November communication of this Grand Lodge.

*By his proxy, H. L. Bailey.

+By his proxy, Rev. A. H. Kerr.