Oriental Guide-"Tis well; let them enter." 
They enter, preceded by Marshall, Ceremonial Mas- 
ters etc,., conducting them, the guide leading all. 
Grand Potentate-(three raps, all 'rise.) Gong 
sounds once, organ music. They march twice around, 
orgran or singing or both; the gong sounds when they 
pass the East and when they halt there the second time
around. Grand Potentate strikes once; all are seated. 
Candidates halt. 
Grand Potentate-"What strange intruders have 
we here? Our pleasures were most perfectand should 
be sacred from this turmoil and display." 
Previous to the entrance of the candidate, the 
captain of the Guard chooses twelve members who 
dress like Arabic soldiers with large broad Cymitars, 
and are stationed outside; drill, and are ready for duty 
when wanted. The candidates are seized and carried 
out bv the soldiers in a rough manner at which the
the Oriental Guide supplicatingly answers. 
Oriental Guide-"Illustiious Grand Potentate "tis 
I who have ushered in (one, two or three) poor Sons of
the Desert, who being weary of the hot sands and burn-
ing sun of the plains, humbly crave that sacred boon to
the weary and thirsty traveler, a cup of water and shel-
ter under the protecting dome of our goodly Templp. I
do commend them to your favor, having found them 
worthy and not of treacherous or ignoble purpose, each
having passed the ordeal of the Secret Ballot of our 
Mystic Shrine unsoiled and vouched for by a Noble with
our secret pass." 
Grand Potentate-"Most Noble Guide, know you 
the penalty of broken faith and do you stand forth as 
ransom for them all?"
Oriental Guide-"Illustrious Grand Potentate, I 
do." 
Grand Potentate-"So be it then. Conduct them 
once again about our Shrine and to our Most High 
Priest,that he may imprint upon the tablets of their