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| Masonic references in the writings of Charles Portis
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| “Some people will take it wrong and criticize me for not going to my father’s funeral. My answer is this: I had my father’s business to attend to. He was buried in his Mason’s apron by the Danville lodge.” [p. 24.] “He was a Cumberland Presbyterian and a Mason and he fought with determination at the battle of Elkhorn Tavern….” [p. 11.] “The Danville lodge had charge of the graveside service.” [p. 76.] “McAlester is also the international headquarters of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls.” [p. 159.] “My thought was: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.” [p. 214.]
Charles Portis, True Grit. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1968. True Grit appeared in a somewhat different version in the Saturday Evening Post.. |