all the circumstances shall be made known, and, if
he condemns him, I will see that the penalty is inflicted.”
S. G. W.—“On these conditions, I release
him.” The candidate is released, and taken
before the Right Worshipful Master. Cond.—“This
young Fellow Craft has brought up work for inspection,
which was not his own, and has attempted to receive
wages for it; he was detected at the Senior Grand
Warden’s apartment as an impostor, and I became
responsible, on condition of his release, that he should
appear before the Right Worshipful, and if, after a
fair trial, you should pronounce him guilty, that
I should see the penalty of an impostor inflicted
upon him.” R. W. M.—“Brother
Junior Overseer, did this man bring up work to your
station for inspection?” J. O.—“He
did. I inspected it, and observed that it was
neither an oblong nor a square, neither had it the
regular mark of the craft upon it; but on account
of its singular form and beauty, I was unwilling to
reject it; therefore, I ordered it passed to the Senior
Overseer’s station at the West gate for further
inspection.” R. W. M.—“Brother
Senior Overseer, did this young man bring up work
to you for inspection?” S. O.—“He
did; and I, for similar reasons offered by Brother
Junior Overseer, was unwilling to reject it, and ordered
it passed on to the Master Overseer at the East gate
for further inspection.” R. W. M.—“Brother
Master Overseer, did this young man bring up work to
you for inspection?” M. O.—“He
did. I inspected the work, and observed that
it was neither an oblong nor a square, neither had
it the regular mark of the craft upon it; I then asked
him if it was his work. He admitted that it was
not. I asked him where he got it; he said he picked
it up in the quarry. I rebuked him severely for
his attempt to impose upon the Grand Overseers, and
for loitering away his time, and then bringing up
another man’s work for inspection. I then
called a council of my brother Overseers, and we,
knowing no use for the work, hove it over among the
rubbish.” R. W. M.—“Senior
Grand Warden, did the young man attempt to receive
wages at your apartment?” S. G. W.—“He
did, and I detected him as an impostor, and was about
to inflict the penalty, but the conductor becoming
responsible, that if I would release him, he would
see the impostor taken before the Right Worshipful,
and, if found guilty, that the penalty should be inflicted,
I released him.” R. W. M.—“Young
man, it appears that you have been loitering away
your time this whole week, and have now brought up
another man’s work for inspection, to impose
upon the Grand Overseers, and what is more, you have
attempted to receive wages for labor which you never
performed; conduct like this deserves prompt punishment.
The penalty of an impostor is that of having his right
hand chopped off. This young man appears as though
he deserved a better fate, and as though he might
be serviceable in the building of the Temple.
Are you a Fellow Craft?” Cand.—“I