This last was employed for the benefit of Master Roderick
Magsworth Bitts, Junior, on the Saturday following the
flag-raising. He presented himself in Sam's yard, not for
initiation, indeed--having no previous knowledge of the Society
of the In-Or-In--but for general purposes of sport and pastime.
At first sight of the shack he expressed anticipations of
pleasure, adding some suggestions for improving the architectural
effect. Being prevented, however, from entering, and even from
standing in the vicinity of the sacred building, he plaintively
demanded an explanation; whereupon he was commanded to withdraw
to the front yard for a time, and the members held meeting in the
shack. Roddy was elected, and consented to undergo the
initiation.
He was not the only new member that day. A short time after Roddy
had been taken into the shack for the reading of the rixual and
other ceremonies, little Maurice Levy entered the Williams' gate
and strolled round to the backyard, looking for Sam. He was
surprised and delighted to behold the promising shack, and, like
Roddy, entertained fair hopes for the future.
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