Show MYSTERIES REVEALED A st loa a breward Bre wara entrance into secret society st louis globe democrat A secret ceremony with all the mystic arts and signs of antiquity waa employed the other day the candidate mr meyer carefully guarded by two masked elks entered the sacred precincts clad precisely like the good honest farmer who goes forth in harvest time to attend the threshing machine except that across the valorous left arm there were two broomsticks carefully joined and across the stalwart right arm was a huge enormous boots the proper lions of which were reminders of the late lamented jumbo encased his feet huge dark whiskers and mustaches covered completely the native dark handsome and care fully trimmed mustache after the noise had subsided the presiding officer asked if there was any reason why the candidate should not be received there were expressions in the negative all over the hall the tenor of which was air meyer was blind folded ef feci ively lie felt like resenting thise who branded him as a chump but he could not standing erect before his masked judge with both arms stretched forth he answered the series of questions put to him and willingly yielded to every suggestion of bis immediate attendants when told to gracefully place himself in the familiar attitude of the festive booso for instance he obeyed with commendable resignation and when the selfsame attendants undertook in obedience obe diance to the presiding mogul to test the elasticity of the ordinary broom as applied to the exterior resistance of nature he murmured mur not his bravery was great this feature of the instruction completed the candidate was taken up a pyramid of desks and chairs probably eight feet high from the apex of which there was a slide well chalked and primed at the i command of the great veiled official air meyer started head fremant fre mast face downward down the slide with no idea how far he wai aug or where he would land when be reached the floor he rolled over and over finally making a heap buggea tire of a balloon he lay there motionless and speechless for a few moments his guards going to the rescue being assisted to his feet the grand veiled official indignantly ordered that he be seated failing to find a chair convenient be drop ped how heavily and inconveniently may be imagined upon a hassock he had fairly become reconciled to this position when the grand ukase went forth that must submit to the next feature of the ceremony having the haae turned upon him many tender hearted members objected to this saying it was snowing outside the grand chief ao decreed it however and the unfortunate candidate blindfolded as be was had to submit or weaken he never flinched his silence indicated his readiness to meet the chilly ordeal one of the masked elks approached the candidate and with great dexterity threw a full cup of water into the candi dates face he only smiled one of those cold chilly ill get even wilh TOU smiles there were other features before the candidate was finally admitted but they were of too sacred or too serbia a character to be revealed |