The members were beginning to seem really awake, and Judge Hobart asked with some quickness what the conditions were.
“First,” the President answered, “that his identity shall not be revealed. I am not to tell his name, and he trusts to the honor of any member who may recognize him. A meeting is to be appointed when and where we please. He is to know nothing more than the time. I am to send a carriage for him, to provide certain things of which he has given me a list, to arrange a room according to his directions, and to give him my word that no record of the meeting shall appear in the newspapers.”
“Are the things he wishes difficult to procure?”
“This is the list,” said Dr. Taunton, taking a paper from his pocket. “You will see that they are all sufficiently simple.
“‘Two rings of iron, four or five inches in diameter, interlocked and welded firmly.
“‘A ten-inch cube of hard wood.
“‘A six-inch cube of iron.
“‘A sealed letter, written by some member.
“‘A carpenter’s saw.
“‘A gold-fish globe ten inches or so across.