VICTOR ROY;

A Masonic Poem.

BY
HARRIETT ANNIE WILKINS.

DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION,
TO
DANIEL SPRY, ESQ.

GRAND MASTER OF THE
GRAND LODGE, A.F. & A.M.
OF CANADA.



PREFACE.

An anecdote appeared some time ago in the pages of "The Craftsman" which
gave rise to the ideas embodied in "Victor Roy." It is not a story of
profound depth. Its aim is not to soar to Alpine heights of imagination,
or to excavate undiscovered treasures from the mines of thought. It is a
very simple story, told in very simple words, of such lives as are around
us in our midst. It tells of sorrows that are daily being borne by
suffering humanity, and of the faith that gives strength to that suffering
humanity to endure "seeing Him, who is invisible." All lives may not see
their earth day close in sunshine, but somewhere the sun is shining, and
all true cross-bearers shall some day become true crown-wearers. The
following pages have some references to that Ancient Order which comes