Excerpt from On the Road: Or a Familiar Talk With My Brothers and Friends Kind brother and friend: In March I crossed the threshold Of Riverside Lodge, in the thriving village of Merrimac, Mass., the last one Of my long journey of several months. During -these months Of frosts and chilly winds Of winter and autumn I have visited over three hundred lodges Of the and exchanged fraternal greetings with many thousands of brothers of our Order. It is with emotions Of joy that I now turn my face homeward to mingle with family and friends after an absence of seven months, again to enjoy the comforts of home, - a name which charms the soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.