se you cannot." The ruffian
then gives the candidate a blow with the twenty-four-inch gauge across
the throat, on which he fled to the West gate, where he was accosted
by the second ruffian, JUBELO, with more violence, and on his
refusing to comply with his request, he gave him a severe blow with
the Square across his breast; on which he attempted to make his escape
at the East gate, where he was accosted by the third ruffian, JUBELUM,
with still more violence, and refusing to comply with his request, the
ruffian gave him a violent blow with the common gavel on the forehead,
which brought him to the floor, on which one of them exclaimed, "What
shall we do, we have killed our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff?" Another
answers, "Let us carry him out at the East gate and bury him in the
rubbish till low twelve, and then meet and carry him a westerly course
and bury him." The candidate is then taken up in a blanket, on which
he fell, and carried to the West end of the Lodge, and covered up and
left; by this time the Master has resumed his seat (King Solomon is
supposed to arrive at the Temple at this juncture), and calls to
order, and asks the Senior Warden the cause of all that confusion; the
Senior Warden answers, "Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, is missing, and
there are no plans or designs laid down on the Tressle-Board for the
crafts to pursue their labor." The Master, alias King Solomon,
replies, "Our Grand Master missing; our Grand Master has always been
very punctual in his attendance; I fear he is indisposed; assemble the
crafts, and search in and about the Temple, and see if he can be
found." They all shuffle about the floor a while, when the Master
calls them to order, and asks the Senior Warden, "What success?" He
answers, "We cannot find our Grand Master, my Lord." The Master then
orders the Secretary to call the roll of workmen, and see whether any
of them are missing. The Secretary calls the roll, and says, "I have
called the roll, my Lord, and find that there are three missing, viz.:
JUBELA, JUBELO and JUBELUM." His Lordship then observes, "This brings
to my mind a circumstance that took place this morning--twelve Fellow
Crafts, clothed in white gloves and aprons, in token of their
innocence, came to me and confessed that they twelve, with three
others, had conspired to extort the Master Mason's word from their
Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, and in case of refusal to take his life;
they twelve had recanted, but feared th